Hanoi reduces 1,251 schools after arranging and investing in about 1,800 additional classrooms
Hanoi - After arrangement, the city has streamlined 53.3% of focal points and reduced 1,251 schools. The number of classrooms is still being invested in additionally.
At the conference to summarize the 2025-2026 school year and deploy tasks for the 2026-2027 school year organized by the Hanoi Department of Education and Training (GDĐT) on August 21, Ms. Vu Thu Ha - Vice Chairwoman of Hanoi People's Committee - said that so far, Hanoi has completed the arrangement of school focal points and consolidated staff.
Accordingly, Hanoi has streamlined 53.3% of focal points and reduced 1,251 schools. Meanwhile, the number of classrooms is still being invested in additionally.
This school year, there will be an increase of about 1,800 classrooms. Initially, 800 classrooms will be put into operation immediately in the new school year. 1,000 rooms are still being completed.
Even if schools are reduced, the scale of classrooms and classes is still invested to meet the requirements," Ms. Ha said.
After arrangement, the number of management officials decreased by 2,366 people, while the number of teachers directly teaching increased by nearly 2,000 people.
This both streamlines management focal points, promotes resources and contributes to overcoming the teacher shortage situation as in previous school years.
According to the Vice Chairman of Hanoi People's Committee, Hanoi's school model is currently unified into two types: one-level school with many campuses and branches and school with multiple levels (primary school - secondary school or primary school - secondary school - high school).
From there, the task group that needs to be implemented immediately is to establish a management system suitable for the new model.
Ms. Ha also noted that schools need to have plans to coordinate staff and use facilities most effectively and flexibly.
After reorganizing, from 2-3 educational institutions with different orientations in the past, now it is necessary to identify common goals, limitations that need to be overcome and a roadmap for implementation in the coming time.
To prepare for the new school year, Ms. Vu Thu Ha noted the arrangement of redundant facilities and the city's funds for localities.
Vice Chairman of Hanoi People's Committee emphasized that the first priority is to take advantage of surplus rooms, such as administration rooms or shared areas, to supplement classrooms in places with high enrollment. Next, schools need to arrange multi-purpose classrooms to serve artistic, physical, intellectual and emotional activities.
The Department of Education and Training is assigned to guide the minimum multi-purpose classroom area of 80m2, and at the same time organize creative spaces in schools.
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