New milestone for education in border areas

The policy of investing in building boarding schools in border communes is a major decision with profound political, social and humanistic significance, demonstrating the special concern of the Party and State for people in the border areas of the Fatherland, especially for teachers and students.

Students and people attend the groundbreaking ceremony at Hua Bum Inter-level Boarding School, Lai Chau province (Photo: Ministry of Education and Training )

Early completion of investment in 100 schools before the 2026-2027 school year

On July 18, 2025, the Politburo issued Conclusion No. 81-TB/TW on the policy of investing in building boarding schools in border communes. According to Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son, this is a major decision with profound political, social and humanistic significance, demonstrating the special attention of the Party and State for compatriots in the border areas of the Fatherland, especially for teachers and students.

The program to build 100 inter-level boarding schools in border communes (phase 1, 2025-2026) under the investment policy to complete the construction of 248 schools in border communes is a key and important task, concretizing the policy of the Politburo and the Government on developing education in disadvantaged areas, narrowing the regional gap, creating equality in access to education and contributing to strengthening social security, socio-economic development and maintaining national security and defense in border areas. The total investment cost for building 100 schools is nearly 20,000 billion VND, from the central budget.

The Prime Minister has approved the investment portfolio of 100 schools, arranged and allocated capital; localities have been very active in implementing the task to complete it before the opening of the 2026-2027 school year.

On the morning of November 9, the groundbreaking ceremony for 72 primary and secondary boarding schools in the border communes took place in 17 provinces and cities. Previously, 28 schools had been started and are currently under urgent construction.

The simultaneous groundbreaking ceremony of 72 projects, with the participation of leaders of the Government, ministries, branches and localities, demonstrates the spirit of close coordination and high determination of the entire political system in caring for students in border areas, fully preparing the conditions to soon complete the investment of 100 schools before the 2026-2027 school year.

High-class facilities to meet students' comprehensive development

The 100 inter-level boarding schools invested in construction are projects implemented in the first phase of a total of 248 schools in 248 border communes. This is a large-scale project, built synchronously and modernly, meeting the needs of studying, living, boarding and semi-boarding for students and public housing for teachers; providing a comprehensive educational and training environment.

Schools are invested in a large, synchronous, modern scale, meeting the needs of education, living, training of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, and aesthetics, with the goal of comprehensive development for learners; have a system of facilities that reach the highest level (level 2 according to current regulations, some criteria exceed level 2 such as space and area). Currently, many general schools across the country have not met these standards.

Along with investing in school construction, the Ministry of Education and Training is currently presiding over and coordinating with ministries and branches to develop many other synchronous policies, ensuring that schools become models, best and most fully meeting the needs of studying, training, living and comprehensive development of students in border communes.

Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony of 72 projects, from the Hua Bum Boarding School in Lai Chau province on November 9, Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son said that along with investing in school construction, the Ministry of Education and Training is currently presiding over and coordinating with ministries and branches to develop documents regulating policies for students and teachers; regulations on the operation of boarding schools; preferential policies, recruitment and use of teachers; career guidance policies, selection of local officials from students studying at boarding schools and many other synchronous policies, ensuring that the schools are models and great hopes of the Party, the State, localities and people in border communes.

“The policy of building inter-level boarding schools in the border communes in the mainland is to best and most fully meet the needs of studying, training, living and comprehensive development of students, with the expectation that they will become owners with enough capacity and qualities to make decisions in the cause of building, developing and protecting the Fatherland, directly in the border areas, their own homeland,” said Minister Nguyen Kim Son.

The Minister also said that the schools are invested to meet the learning and boarding and semi-boarding needs of high school students in the border communes, regardless of the subjects. All high school students in the border communes are entitled to boarding and semi-boarding policies.

With a spacious, synchronous, modern, sustainable and highly secure infrastructure system, the Ministry of Education and Training expects this to be a breakthrough, a fundamental and comprehensive change for education in border areas; affirming the special attention and care of the Party and State for areas with many difficulties, narrowing the regional gap, ensuring fairness in access to education in Vietnam.

The Minister emphasized that, with certain initial results, in order to continue completing the tasks and meeting the set goals and plans, the Ministry of Education and Training proposed that: Ministries and branches continue to actively coordinate with the Ministry of Education and Training in the implementation process; continue to arrange sufficient investment capital in 2026; localities focus on organizing and implementing construction to ensure safety and quality, complete on schedule and fully prepare conditions for teachers and facilities, and implement enrollment for operation and use immediately after investment is completed before the school year.

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