"Bright spot" in eliminating illiteracy and universalizing education

During his lifetime, President Ho Chi Minh once said: "An ignorant nation is a weak nation"; He considered illiteracy a national disaster and "ignorance" a dangerous enemy that must be destroyed.

Implementing his teachings, over the years, eliminating illiteracy and universalizing education have always been major policies of the Party and State to improve people's knowledge, train human resources, and foster talents; contributing to the successful implementation of the country's industrialization and modernization.

In Ca Mau , the work of XMC received close direction from leaders at all levels and active support from organizations, unions and society.

In recent times, the province has stepped up propaganda to all classes of people, especially in areas with many illiterate people, about the importance of literacy for personal, family and community development.

Propaganda work is carried out in a variety of ways through mass media, oral propaganda, slogans, billboards, posters, emulation campaigns... at the same time, documents are compiled and published to serve the XMC work.

The province continues to innovate management and organize XMC classes suitable for each group of subjects and each locality; strengthen the Steering Committee for universal education at all levels and enhance coordination between the education sector and related organizations.

At the same time, conduct investigations and surveys on the current situation of illiterate and re-illiterate people aged 15-60; on that basis, develop specific illiteracy plans for each locality and assign staff to mobilize people to attend classes.

Promote the role of hamlet and quarter chiefs and prestigious people among ethnic minorities in mobilizing illiterate people to attend classes; create conditions to support costs to encourage people in ethnic minority areas to participate in XMC classes...

Ca Mau province has many literacy classes organized to suit each target group.

With the above solutions, up to now, 100 communes and wards in Ca Mau have achieved and continue to maintain the standards of universal preschool education for 5-year-old children; universal primary education level 3; universal secondary education level 2; illiteracy eradication level 2 according to regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training; the rate of mobilizing 6-year-old children to enter grade 1 has reached nearly 100%.

According to survey data at the end of 2023, the literacy rate of people aged 15-60 in the province reached 98.3%.

Efforts to maintain results

Based on the achieved results, in the coming time, Ca Mau province will continue to consolidate and improve the quality of universal education and illiteracy eradication in a sustainable direction; eliminate illiteracy according to the National Target Program for New Rural Areas; prepare conditions for universal education for 3 and 4 year old children.

According to the leader of the Department of Education and Training of Ca Mau, the work of PCGD, XMC and building a learning society is not simply a management task or reporting data, but a deeply humane journey, carrying within it the mission of narrowing the knowledge gap, creating equal learning opportunities for everyone, leaving no one behind.

Each Community Learning Center is not only a place to open classes, but also a beacon of knowledge, illuminating villages, hamlets, and neighborhoods, arousing people's aspirations to rise up and change their lives.

Literacy class for the elderly in Ca Mau.

The Department of Education and Training of Ca Mau province promotes the illiteracy eradication program, consolidates and maintains the results of universal education, strives to achieve higher standards, improves quality and completes compulsory education.

At the same time, prioritize investment resources in facilities and teaching equipment for schools in disadvantaged areas, ethnic minority areas, remote areas, coastal areas.

Develop inclusive, specialized and semi-specialized educational methods to meet the right to education of learners who are children in special circumstances and people with disabilities.

Effectively implement Vietnamese language teaching for children of ethnic minorities before entering grade 1; improve the quality of teaching ethnic minority languages in the general education program.

"Ensuring fairness in access to quality education for learners, contributing to maintaining the achievements of universalization, eliminating illiteracy and improving the operational efficiency of community learning centers in the new period," said Mr. Ta Thanh Vu, Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training of Ca Mau province.

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