Nurturing love of national culture

Son La has 609 kindergartens, general schools, and continuing education centers, with nearly 380,000 students, of which more than 70% are ethnic minority children. In recent years, schools have focused on integrating traditional cultural education into teaching and extracurricular activities, contributing to nurturing love, pride, and awareness of preserving culture in the young generation, creating a unique feature for Son La education.

Students of the Provincial Boarding School for Ethnic Minorities perform xoe dance.

Every Monday morning, students of the Provincial Boarding School for Ethnic Minorities dress up in traditional costumes to attend the flag-raising ceremony and weekly activities. In addition to regular classes, the school also organizes classes in Xoe dance and "Solidarity Dance", typical dances of the Thai people, for students. Up to now, 100% of the students in the school have mastered the traditional dances of the ethnic groups. Notably, in the recent event celebrating the 130th anniversary of the founding of Son La province, more than 100 students of the school were honored to participate in art performances, contributing to honoring the cultural beauty of Son La ethnic groups on the province's big stage.

Many schools launch a movement to wear national costumes on Mondays.

Teacher Luong Thi Bich Hien, Vice Principal of the Provincial Boarding School for Ethnic Minorities, shared: This school year, the school has nearly 800 students who are children of the Thai, Mong, Xinh Mun, Kho Mu, Khang, La Ha, Dao ethnic groups... Along with improving the quality of teaching and learning, the school focuses on traditional cultural education , through activities, integrated into the subjects of literature, history, local education, introducing traditional festivals, customs, folk games, folk songs, and unique folk dances of ethnic groups. At the same time, on holidays and New Year, the school also organizes competitions in traditional sports, such as crossbow shooting, stick pushing, stilt walking..., performing arts, and costume shows, both preserving ethnic culture and building a friendly and united educational environment.

Mong Flute Club Activities of Provincial Boarding School for Ethnic Minorities.

In addition, the Provincial Boarding School for Ethnic Minorities also effectively maintains the Mong flute and brocade embroidery clubs, attracting a large number of students to participate. Thao Thi Hoa, a 10A student, shared: Joining the Mong flute club, I learned and mastered the songs Spring in the Mong village, Love song of the Northwest... and performed in many cultural and artistic programs of the school. Cultural clubs have become a "playground" for students to practice their skills, love their homeland more, and understand more deeply about traditions.

Students of the Provincial Boarding School for Ethnic Minorities play the Mong flute.

As a locality rich in cultural identity with 6 ethnic groups living together, in recent times, schools in Chieng La commune have always focused on educating students about traditional culture in many rich and creative forms. At Tong Co Primary School, each classroom has a "Local Corner", decorated by teachers and students with familiar objects associated with the lives of the Thai ethnic group, such as Pieu scarves, bamboo baskets, brocade looms, stilt house models... to help students feel closer, proud and understand more about their ethnic culture. Teacher Nguyen Thi Chin, Principal of the school, shared: With more than 80% of the school's students being ethnic minorities. In addition to building cultural spaces in classrooms, the school also organizes extracurricular activities, inviting folk artists, people knowledgeable about ethnic culture to perform, tell stories, teach students to sing Thai songs, dance xoè... to help students understand and love their ethnic group more.

Ngoc Linh Kindergarten, To Hieu ward organizes for children to experience ethnic culture.

In order to carry out the tasks of the school year, the Department of Education and Training has directed schools to promote the movement "Friendly school - active students", maintain the teaching of local education subjects, with appropriate content; each semester organizes 2-3 extracurricular topics related to national culture. The education sector also encourages schools to establish and maintain cultural and sports clubs, creating an environment for students to exchange, practice life skills, develop comprehensively in intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, ethics and lifestyle, contributing to the prevention of social evils.

Bringing ethnic cultural education into schools through many practical and diverse activities has become a beautiful feature in Son La's educational activities. Not only helping students understand and be proud of their origins, these activities also contribute to shaping their personalities and sense of responsibility towards their homeland and country, arousing the spiritual strength and cultural values ​​of Son La's ethnic groups in the integration period.

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