Ministry of Education and Training: Prepare 10 million textbooks to distribute free to students in flood-affected areas

The Ministry of Education and Training said that in recent days, floods in the South Central and Central Highlands provinces have caused heavy damage to the education sector. According to the synthesis from localities, floods have killed 4 students (of which 3 students in Dak Lak, 1 student in Lam Dong); Gia Lai, Khanh Hoa and Quang Ngai provinces have not recorded any human losses.

About 2,000 schools affected by floods, causing damage of nearly 100 billion VND

According to statistics, as of noon on November 24, many schools were deeply flooded, had landslides, damaged fences, teaching equipment, embankments, parking lots and drainage systems, and fallen trees. The total estimated damage in 5 provinces was more than 97.5 billion VND (specifically, Dak Lak suffered more than 28.9 billion VND; Gia Lai more than 22.6 billion VND; Khanh Hoa more than 32.4 billion VND; Lam Dong more than 9.3 billion VND and Quang Ngai 4.2 billion VND). Due to the fragmented terrain and the water not yet fully receded, localities are still continuing to count the damage.

The damage to textbooks and learning materials was also very large, including: Quang Ngai had more than 38,810 sets; Dak Lak had 6,340 sets; Gia Lai had 448,202 textbooks and 6,425 sets of learning materials damaged; Lam Dong had 334 sets of textbooks, 405 sets of learning materials and 550 notebooks damaged; Khanh Hoa is continuing to review.

The campus of Ha Huy Tap High School (West Nha Trang ward, Khanh Hoa) was flooded with mud after the historic flood.

Regarding teaching activities, 1,942 schools/school locations had to let students stay home due to the impact of floods. As of noon on November 24, 360 schools were still unable to resume operations, including 290 schools in Dak Lak and 70 schools in Khanh Hoa; while in Gia Lai, Lam Dong and Quang Ngai, teaching and learning activities were held as usual.

Prepare 10 million textbooks to provide to students in flood-affected areas

In the face of the above situation, the Ministry of Education and Training has directed the Departments of Education and Training to urgently review the damage to facilities and teaching equipment, and propose to the Provincial People's Committee to allocate funds for repairs. In particular, priority is given to using central support to repair school buildings and purchase equipment, helping students return to school soon.

The Ministry also proposed mobilizing police, military, militia, organizations and people to participate in cleaning up schools as soon as the water recedes.

To ensure that students have enough textbooks, based on the needs reported by provinces and cities, the Ministry of Education and Training will organize the free distribution of all textbooks to students in flood-affected areas. The Ministry of Education and Training has also directed the Vietnam Education Publishing House and school equipment companies to coordinate with localities to count the number of damaged textbooks for timely support.

Currently, the Vietnam Education Publishing House has prepared 10 million textbooks to provide to students in flood-affected areas; has basically completed support for Dak Lak province and is continuing to deploy in Gia Lai, Khanh Hoa, Quang Ngai and Lam Dong.

Along with that, the Ministry of Education and Training also launched a fundraising campaign among all civil servants, public employees, and workers at the Ministry's agencies and affiliated public service units, supporting each damaged province with 300 million VND, the total support amount for the 5 provinces is 1.5 billion VND; supporting families with deceased students with 5 million VND/family, total 20 million VND.

During and after the storm, the Ministry of Education and Training maintained regular contact with the Departments of Education and Training through Zalo groups to update the situation and make timely recommendations to international organizations, especially UNICEF Vietnam.

According to Vietnamnet.vn

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