Flood-affected schools proactively respond and flexibly teach

Schools have proactively overcome difficulties and mobilized many sources of support so that students in flood-affected areas have enough textbooks, uniforms, notebooks, etc. Teaching and learning plans have also been flexibly implemented to ensure the school year schedule.

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48 communes, wards and 57 schools and centers under the Department of Education and Training of Da Nang have issued an urgent notice allowing students to stay home from school on November 3 to avoid floods. According to the previous plan, on November 3, students at many schools in areas affected by floods will resume teaching and learning after nearly a week off.

Le Thuy Commune ( Quang Tri ) has 23 flooded schools. To ensure safety, more than 7,790 local students are temporarily absent from school. In recent days, schools have organized online teaching to avoid interrupting students' learning.

Lien Thuy Primary School (Le Thuy Commune) has two campuses in Quy Hau and Dong Thanh that were flooded. Of which, Dong Thanh campus had water inundating the classrooms nearly 30cm deep. To avoid damage to facilities and teaching equipment, teachers and staff, with the support of parents, moved equipment and teaching materials to higher places to avoid getting wet and damaged.

Previously, the school informed parents of plans to cope with the flood. In recent days, due to heavy rain, the school has announced that students will be off school. “For more than a week now, the school has been organizing online classes at 2 schools, with nearly 540 students. Currently, the water continues to rise, many roads and residential areas are deeply flooded, so students cannot go to school,” informed Ms. Pham Thi Le Hang - Principal.

Mr. Hoang Van Quoc - Principal of Hai Tan Primary and Secondary School (Nam Hai Lang, Quang Tri) said that due to the complicated flood situation, all 486 students of the school have had to stay home from school for 10 days. The students live in many different locations, all in flooded areas.

The school has 2 campuses with 18 classes. Currently, the water level at the middle school is more than 45cm, the other is nearly 30cm. To ensure the safety of students and teachers, the school has had to let students stay home for 10 days. From November 3, the school switched to online teaching. When students return to school, they will be taught to enhance their knowledge.

Prolonged heavy rains in late October and early November caused many schools in Ha Tinh to be deeply flooded and caused serious damage. Schools have proactively implemented prevention plans to minimize damage to facilities. On the evening of October 31, water began to flood My Due Secondary School (Cam Due, Ha Tinh).

By the morning of November 1, when Ke Go Lake discharged floodwaters, the entire first floor was 50-60 cm deep, and the school yard was 1-1.5 m deep. Since the afternoon of October 30, due to the complicated weather, the school proactively allowed 881 students in 22 classes to stay home from school. However, the consequences of the two previous storms have not yet been overcome, and now the school is struggling with floodwaters.

“There is no electricity yet and the school is still flooded, but we plan to teach online as soon as the electricity is back in order to keep up with the program, especially to prepare for the midterm exams,” said a representative of the Board of Directors.

At Ha Huy Tap High School (Cam Lac, Ha Tinh), floodwaters have been surrounding for 5 days. Mr. Hoang Van Bau - Vice Principal shared: "The classrooms were flooded 30 cm, but thanks to moving the furniture to higher ground early, the equipment was not damaged. However, the tiles and the corridor floor on the first floor were peeling off, and many trees were waterlogged and died."

In order to not interrupt the program of more than 1,400 students, the school flexibly implemented online teaching from the morning of November 3. “Since Saturday, we have instructed teachers to develop online plans for all subjects, except physical education and extracurricular activities. The school board also directly participates in teaching. Each grade has 2-3 teachers in charge. For students lacking equipment, they are taught together. This morning, only 33 students were absent due to power outages,” Mr. Bau informed.

Teachers of Chu Van An Ethnic Boarding School (Tra Tap, Da Nang) support people in landslide areas.

4 on-site response and recovery after floods

Prolonged rain and floods caused serious landslides at Tak Ngo school, Ngoc Linh Primary Boarding School (Tra Linh, Da Nang). Soil pushed down from above, cracking the walls and causing the entire foundation behind to collapse, while the front was pushed down, causing the road and fence to collapse. The school yard and classroom floors were cracked with many deep holes. To ensure safety, 34 students in grades 1-2 at the school will transfer to study at the main school.

Mr. Nguyen Tran Vy - Principal said: "In the short term, to have enough classrooms for 2 classes transferred from Tak Ngo school, we will have to use the auditorium as classrooms. Students will have to travel 7-13km from home to the main school, so most parents want their children to stay at the boarding school until the weekend. Accommodation for students must also be rearranged. Students in grades 1-2 really need their parents, now that they are separated and moving to a boarding environment, teachers must take care of and pay more attention to them."

All desks, chairs, school supplies, televisions, and equipment for the teachers' housing... were temporarily moved to the Kon Pin cultural area, about 3km from the school, for preservation.

The Youth Union of Chu Van An Primary Boarding School for Ethnic Minorities (Tra Tap, Da Nang) has been working with local forces all week to evacuate families affected by landslides in Tak Po, Lang Luong, Lap Loa villages..., and to receive and support food and necessities at gathering points for people taking shelter due to landslides...

The Department of Education and Training of Da Nang is urgently collecting statistics on the needs of textbooks, notebooks, etc. of students in schools affected by storms and floods in recent days to come up with support plans. Schools in favorable areas have proactively launched a movement to collect and support uniforms, textbooks, etc. to send to students in flooded areas. Previously, universities sent volunteer students and local teachers to clean mud, wash classrooms, collect trash, etc. to welcome students back to school.

In Gia Lai, Mr. Ngo Quoc Hung - Principal of Phuoc Thang Secondary School (Tuy Phuoc Dong) said that from October 29, the school was forced to temporarily suspend classes for students, and mobilize teachers to arrange tables and chairs, and move teaching equipment to higher places to avoid damage. On November 2, when the water receded, the school coordinated with the Youth Union and the Border Guard of Tuy Phuoc Dong commune to clean and disinfect flooded rooms and the entire school campus. On the morning of November 3, all students returned to school as usual.

“Thanks to proactive measures to prevent and control storms and floods, the school’s assets were kept safe and there was no damage. However, due to the school being flooded, students missed many days of school, so when they returned to school, they had to make up for the missed mid-term exams. The tight schedule made it quite difficult for the students. In addition, some roads were still flooded, so parents had to pick up and drop off their children to ensure safety,” Mr. Hung shared.

In Quang Ngai, prolonged heavy rains and floods caused the hill next to Xop Commune Primary and Secondary School to collapse, with rocks and soil flowing down to just a few meters from the classrooms. To ensure the safety of students, on October 30, the school was forced to temporarily suspend all 386 students. Mr. Tran Ngoc Manh - Principal of Xop Commune Primary and Secondary School said that out of the school's 21 classrooms, 8 had cracked walls and leaking roofs. Therefore, every time there is a storm, the school is always worried about the risk of insecurity for students.

During the heavy rains, teachers had to work together to soak up the water and clean up to ensure teaching. However, the water leakage damaged two televisions used for teaching. The school reported the landslide and damaged equipment to the local authorities to find a solution to ensure the safety of teachers and students.

Flexible knowledge compensation

To ensure the program, Phuoc Thang Secondary School (Tuy Phuoc Dong) built a regular morning schedule for classes, and organized make-up classes in the afternoon for the 4 days off due to flooding. At the same time, the school held an emergency meeting to develop a response plan for storm No. 13, assigning people to be on duty during the storm, trimming trees and placing objects on high ground to protect school property.

“This week, the school will organize make-up classes in the afternoon to ensure the progress of the program. At the same time, we will continue to monitor the weather and proactively prepare storm response plans. If heavy rain continues and landslides continue to threaten classrooms, we will let students stay home to ensure safety,” said Mr. Manh.

Most schools in Tra Tan, Tra Tap, Tra Linh communes... (Da Nang City) announced that students will return to school from November 4. However, Mr. Truong Cong Mot - Principal of Chu Van An Boarding School for Ethnic Minorities said: "Maybe in the first few days, students will not go to school fully. For example, students in Tak Roi village have to cross the river but the river water is rising and flowing rapidly. In Tak Po, Lang Luong, Lap Loa villages, many households have suffered landslides and have not yet settled down....".

The school has planned to make up for the lessons on Friday afternoons and Saturdays to complete the school year schedule. In case of returning to school late, extra tutoring will be provided in the evening to supplement knowledge and meet the program requirements. This is also the teaching and learning organization plan of Ngoc Linh Primary Boarding School.

Mr. Nguyen Thanh Tu - Vice Chairman of Tra Tan Commune People's Committee said: "From November 4, students from schools in the area returned to school after more than a week off to ensure safety. Most students have enough textbooks, notebooks... because they did not bring them home on the weekend so they were not affected.

The Commune People's Committee requires schools to ensure environmental hygiene as well as food safety when organizing teaching and learning, and boarding for students. Schools should proactively develop plans to make up for lost time, which can be on weekends or in the afternoon, depending on the actual situation.

On November 3, Mr. Nguyen Hong Cuong - Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training of Ha Tinh province and his delegation visited and encouraged teachers at schools that were deeply flooded. Mr. Cuong requested that units continue to closely monitor weather developments and only allow students to stay home when there is a risk of unsafety. After the water recedes, it is necessary to urgently clean, disinfect, and treat the environment to quickly stabilize teaching and learning. The highest goal is student safety while minimizing program disruptions.

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