What is the Minister of Education and Training's opinion on the "hot" issue of school violence at the mock "Children's National Assembly" session?

On the morning of September 29, at Dien Hong Hall, the National Assembly building held the second mock session of the "Children's National Assembly" in 2024 with the participation of 306 child delegates who are outstanding team members and teenagers across the country.

Attending the mock session were National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man; former National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan; former Vice President Truong My Hoa; former Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan - President of the Vietnam Association for Promoting Education ; Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long; Vice President of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Thanh; Chairmen of the National Assembly's Committees and Boards.

Also attending were Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son; Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan; First Secretary of the Central Youth Union Bui Quang Huy; representatives of the Party Central Committee, the National Assembly Committee, ministries, branches, central unions and international organizations.

Children explain the causes and propose solutions to prevent school violence.

The 2nd mock "Children's National Assembly" session in 2024 was chaired by the Central Youth Union, the Central Council of Young Pioneers, in coordination with the National Assembly's Committee on Culture and Education and relevant agencies.

On the morning of September 29, the "Child National Assembly Delegates" participated in a question-and-answer session on two topics: "Preventing and combating school violence" and "Preventing and combating the harmful effects of tobacco and stimulants, especially in the school environment".

At the "questioning session of the National Assembly children's representatives for the Minister of Education and Training for children", the children's concerns were about the increasing trend of school violence, the causes and solutions to this problem.

Nạn bạo lực học đường — "Children's National Assembly Delegate" questioned "Minister of Education and Training for Children" about the issue of school violence. Photo: MOET

The causes of school violence that students raised and explained were that the role of schools in some places has not paid enough attention and responsibility for preventing and combating school violence; the attention of families is not at the right level; the development of the environment brings benefits but also many negative aspects that students do not have enough knowledge to prevent...

Among the solutions to prevent and repel school violence, students mentioned continuing to effectively implement the Party's guidelines, policies and laws of the State on child protection and care; promoting the implementation of the National Action Program for Children for the period 2021-2023; the Prime Minister's directive on strengthening coordination between schools, families and society in preventing and combating school violence, preventing crimes and social evils among students; focusing on building school culture; effectively implementing the "Happy School" model and the movement "Vietnamese children compete to follow Uncle Ho's 5 teachings"; promoting the responsibility of setting an example for teachers; arranging psychological consultants for students; improving the effectiveness of support models for children who are victims of violent acts...

“To eliminate school violence, the ones who have to do the most work are the students.”

Sharing his feelings about the expressions of the children delegates at the question-and-answer session with the Minister of Education and Training in the "Children's National Assembly" mock session, Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son also shared his feelings about the children's confidence, which is a good thing for education, and sent his thanks to the children.

According to the Minister, the education sector is innovating strongly, comprehensively and deeply; innovating towards comprehensive development of learners, so that learners not only have the necessary knowledge but also have the capacity and skills to become a good citizen, a happy person who knows how to share.

“The innovation journey has gone a long way and is about to end a cycle. During the innovation process, the education sector has always received special attention from the Party, the State, the Government and the whole society. In particular, the Central Youth Union and the Central Council of Young Pioneers organizing the mock session of the “Children’s National Assembly” since last year is one of the manifestations of that attention,” said the Minister.

Affirming that the issues questioned in the Mock Session were not hypothetical but real opinions and real issues, the Minister highly appreciated the students' expressions of attitudes and understanding from the perspective of those involved and those interested in information about the issue of school violence. In particular, he unanimously affirmed that a happy school has no place for school violence, no place for social evils and risks to students.

Although the questions and answers of the children's delegates during the question and answer session touched on core issues, according to Minister Nguyen Kim Son, the reality is very diverse, there are many causes leading to school violence and need to be fully updated with information.

The Minister emphasized that the general atmosphere of schools across the country is changing, and a fresh and good atmosphere is still happening every day in our country. In order to have a healthy school environment, protect and develop people, it is necessary to resolutely eliminate violence from schools.

Referring to some causes of school violence such as the psychology of students, the implementation of school regulations not being really serious in some places, the responsibility of adults including school leaders, homeroom teachers in some places have not fulfilled their responsibilities, the role of the family - "if there is no domestic violence in the family, it will contribute to limiting school violence", the impact of social networks, movies..., the Minister especially emphasized the role of the students themselves.

Responding to Minister Nguyen Kim Son's question: "Who is the most important person in preventing school violence?", a student replied: "The most important is the student." Agreeing with this answer, the Minister shared: "To eliminate school violence, the person who has to do the most work is the student. If they study well, live with ambition, have ideals, know how to love, care, and share, such people will certainly not practice violence against others. If they have enough skills to be able to solve their own problems, help their friends solve their problems, then violence has no place in schools. If they have the skills to select information, know how to use social networks, express their opinions, then there is no place for the negative influence of social networks... Self-cultivation, love, skills, and attitudes are very important things that students need to do to repel school violence."

The Minister also conveyed that after today's hypothetical "Children's Parliament" session, returning to the role of implementers, the children will do more than implement in reality, what they need to do to contribute to solving their own story, the story of school violence.

“If everyone does their job well, from principals, homeroom teachers, and psychological counselors, they will fulfill their responsibilities; if school culture is done well; if laws are enforced... we will gradually, step by step push back school violence and build a happy environment - which is the actual environment we have,” the Minister emphasized.

Source: https://danviet.vn/nan-bao-luc-hoc-duong-nong-bong-tai-phien-hop-gia-dinh-quoc-hoi-tre-em-bo-truong-gddt-co-y-kien-the-nao-20240929174109208.htm