How to engage in lifelong learning

Right from the beginning of the Soviet Union's establishment, Lenin put forward the slogan 'Learn, learn more, learn forever'.

Immediately after the success of the August Revolution, President Ho Chi Minh launched a nationwide movement to eradicate illiteracy, instructing the entire population and army: "...To know, one must compete in learning. Learning never ends. Learn continuously to progress continuously. The more progress one makes, the more one realizes the need to learn even more."

From then on, the story of "lifelong learning" became the story of each individual, of the community, and of the entire nation. General Secretary To Lam clearly outlined:

"Building a learning society and promoting lifelong learning will only succeed when every citizen is aware of their responsibility to lifelong learning; and every cadre and Party member is always clearly aware that lifelong learning is a revolutionary task, approached with seriousness and a high degree of self-awareness."

So, how can we achieve lifelong learning? First and foremost, we must learn independently. To cultivate a constant awareness of self-learning, we must read books.

If we want to read books, we need to build bookshelves, from family bookshelves to bookshelves in schools, offices, and villages.

For a long time, many well-off people have focused on building big, luxurious houses without having bookshelves inside. Now, things have to change. How can lifelong learning yield concrete results without reading books?

We need to encourage students to enjoy reading, appreciate the knowledge gained from books, and spread this love of reading to their classmates, family, and parents.

Once the awareness of lifelong learning has emerged, and the process of building libraries has begun, the focus shifts to reading books.

Regarding reading, we should learn from Westerners. They read wherever they can. When traveling on public transport, they always have a book in their bag, and they take advantage of the opportunity to read, not wasting any time.

When all Vietnamese people are conscious of and make an effort to read books, we will have a reading society, a learning society.

Recognizing the importance of books and reading, a group of us brothers established the Dang Thuy Tram Book Shelf, providing books to students in remote areas and on islands isolated from the mainland, giving them access to good, quality books to read.

Nowadays, schools all have libraries, but to have good books that students enjoy reading and develop a reading habit, it requires the attention and contribution of the whole society.

The Dang Thuy Tram Bookcase was created with that purpose in mind: to encourage students to enjoy reading, appreciate the knowledge gained from books, and spread the spirit of reading to their classmates, family, and parents.

When a society has established and implemented the principle of "lifelong learning," that society is civilized, and its people know how to work and study to continuously progress, accumulating the newest and most useful knowledge. They will also know how to live "for the benefit of all" with the highest sense of responsibility.

Therefore, General Secretary To Lam once again emphasized the process of lifelong learning: “Continue to improve the education system in an open, flexible, and interconnected direction, creating opportunities for lifelong learning for all citizens and implementing training according to the needs of the labor market. Develop specific solutions to raise social awareness of the role and significance of lifelong learning and its contribution to improving the quality and competitiveness of the national workforce.”

Now that we understand the urgency and long-term importance of lifelong learning, the measures for creating a learning society have become quite comprehensive. The challenge now is to implement them effectively.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/lam-sao-de-hoc-tap-suot-doi-185250303155640745.htm