Minister Nguyen Kim Son works with Lai Chau province

GD&TĐ - On the afternoon of November 9, during a working session with Lai Chau province, Minister Nguyen Kim Son proposed prioritizing the arrangement of enough teachers for schools in border areas.

On the afternoon of November 9, Minister Nguyen Kim Son and the working delegation visited and worked with Lai Chau province.

At the working session, Mr. Le Van Luong, Chairman of Lai Chau Provincial People's Committee, reported on some general features of the socio -economic development situation; disbursement of public investment capital; implementation of the arrangement of administrative units and two-level local government; and the education and training situation in the province.

Working scene.

Accordingly, the Education and Training sector of Lai Chau province has made progress and recorded many positive results. The work of mobilizing students to go to class has achieved high results: 99.8% of 3-5 year old children; 99.9% of 5 year old children and students entering grade 1; 65.07% of junior high school graduates entering grade 10. The province has met the standards for universal preschool education for 5 year olds, primary school level 3, junior high school level 1; the rate of schools meeting national standards is 69.7%. 100% of preschool children who are ethnic minorities are taught Vietnamese, studying 2 sessions/day...

Mr. Le Van Luong, Chairman of Lai Chau Provincial People's Committee reported at the meeting.

Lai Chau province has 11 border communes where the construction of inter-level boarding schools is underway. Of these, 5 schools (Phong Tho, Pa Tan, Bum Nua, Hua Bum, Dao San) have started construction, the remaining 6 schools are expected to start construction in 2026. Planning and site clearance work has been accelerated to ensure progress.

Besides the achieved results, Lai Chau still faces many difficulties. There are still many semi-permanent and temporary classrooms, teaching equipment is lacking, especially in the IT, Foreign Language, Music, and Fine Arts departments; there is a shortage of teachers for these subjects...

Mr. Tran Manh Hung, Deputy Director of the Department of National Defense, Security and Special Affairs - Ministry of Finance spoke at the meeting.

Accordingly, Lai Chau province proposed the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Education and Training to allocate additional funding for 11 inter-level boarding schools in border communes. Consider supplementing the teacher staff, budget for investment in facilities and teaching equipment. At the same time, promptly issue instructions for implementing Decision 2371/QD-TTg on making English the second language in schools...

Speaking at the meeting, Minister Nguyen Kim Son highly appreciated the efforts and achievements of Lai Chau province in recent times. At the same time, he suggested that Lai Chau province should pay more attention to key education, maintain and improve the high school graduation rate. The Minister suggested that Lai Chau continue to effectively implement educational projects, especially inter-level boarding schools in border communes; arrange a scientific and practical educational system. In addition, strengthen the vocational education system to meet labor training requirements.

Minister Nguyen Kim Son spoke at the meeting.

The Ministry of Education and Training will coordinate with relevant units to allocate funds, provide guidance on the operation of the general school system, and at the same time study the restructuring of the border school network in accordance with reality after the completion of inter-level schools.

Minister Nguyen Kim Son suggested paying attention to arranging enough teachers, giving priority to schools in border areas with English, Chinese, and ethnic minority languages. For Music, Fine Arts, and Information Technology, it is necessary to mobilize local human resources, promote artisans and experienced people in the community to participate in teaching, contributing to both preserving the national cultural identity and developing comprehensive capacity for students. The Minister also suggested that Lai Chau needs to continue to strongly transform the digital field in the field of teaching to reduce the pressure on the shortage of teachers with the ultimate goal of improving the people's knowledge...

Mr. Le Minh Ngan, Secretary of Lai Chau Provincial Party Committee, spoke at the meeting.

At the meeting, Mr. Le Minh Ngan, Secretary of Lai Chau Provincial Party Committee, sincerely thanked the attention and direction of the Party, Government and Ministry of Education and Training for Lai Chau province. Education is a field of profound humanistic significance, so improving the quality of education is one of the important resolutions of Lai Chau province in the coming term.

Mr. Le Minh Ngan assigned the People's Committee of Lai Chau province and relevant agencies and sectors to turn the direction of Minister Nguyen Kim Son into specific work content, with clear people, clear work, and clear time for implementation. At the same time, he hopes to continue to receive attention and support in education and training work in the coming time.

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