Schools in flood-affected areas proactively respond and adapt teaching methods.

Schools have proactively overcome difficulties while also mobilizing various sources of support to ensure that students in flood-affected areas have sufficient textbooks, uniforms, notebooks, etc. Flexible teaching and learning arrangements have also been implemented to ensure the school year's timeframe is maintained.

Transformation

48 communes and wards, and 57 schools and centers under the Da Nang Department of Education and Training have issued urgent notices allowing students to take a day off on November 3rd to avoid flooding. According to the previous plan, on November 3rd, students in many schools in flood-affected areas were scheduled to resume classes after nearly a week of school closure.

In Le Thuy commune ( Quang Tri province), 23 schools were flooded. To ensure safety, more than 7,790 students in the area have temporarily stopped attending school. In recent days, schools have organized online classes to avoid disrupting students' learning.

Lien Thuy Primary School (Le Thuy commune) has two school branches in Quy Hau and Dong Thanh that were flooded. At the Dong Thanh branch, water flooded into the classrooms to a depth of nearly 30cm. To prevent damage to facilities and teaching equipment, teachers and staff, with the support of parents, moved equipment and teaching materials to higher ground to avoid getting wet and damaged.

Previously, the school informed parents about contingency plans for dealing with the heavy rain and flooding. For several days now, due to heavy rain, the school has announced that students will be given time off from school. “For more than a week, the school has been conducting online classes at two locations, with nearly 540 students. Currently, the water continues to rise, and many roads and residential areas are deeply flooded, so students are unable to come to school,” said Ms. Pham Thi Le Hang, the 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 the past 10 days. The students live in various locations, all within the flooded areas.

The school has two campuses with 18 classes. Currently, the water level at the junior high school campus is over 45cm, and at the other campus it's nearly 30cm. To ensure the safety of students and teachers, the school has had to suspend classes for 10 days. From November 3rd, the school switched to online learning. When students return to school, they will receive supplementary instruction to reinforce their knowledge.

Heavy rains lasting until the end of October and beginning of November caused severe flooding and damage to many schools in Ha Tinh province . Schools proactively implemented preventative measures to minimize damage to their facilities. On the evening of October 31st, water began to inundate My Due Secondary School (Cam Due district, Ha Tinh province).

By the morning of November 1st, when the Ke Go reservoir released floodwaters, the entire first floor was submerged to a depth of 50-60 cm, and the schoolyard was flooded to a depth of 1-1.5 meters. From the afternoon of October 30th, due to the complex weather conditions, the school proactively allowed 881 students from 22 classes to stay home. Even so, the consequences of the two previous storms had not yet been fully addressed, and now the school was struggling amidst the floodwaters.

"The power is still out, and the school is flooded, but we plan to start online classes as soon as the power is restored to keep up with the curriculum, especially to prepare for the midterm exams," a representative from the school's administration said.

At Ha Huy Tap High School (Cam Lac, Ha Tinh), floodwaters have remained surrounding the school for five days. Mr. Hoang Van Bau, the Vice Principal, shared: “The classrooms are flooded to a depth of 30 cm, but thanks to moving furniture to higher ground early on, the equipment wasn't damaged. However, the floor tiles and the first-floor hallway are peeling, and many trees are dying from waterlogging.”

To avoid disrupting the curriculum for over 1,400 students, the school flexibly implemented online teaching starting on the morning of November 3rd. “From Saturday, we instructed teachers to develop online plans for all subjects, except physical education and extracurricular activities. The school administration also directly participated in teaching. Each grade level has 2-3 teachers in charge. Students lacking equipment were given group lessons. This morning, only 33 students were absent due to a power outage,” Mr. Bau informed.

Teachers from Chu Van An Ethnic Boarding School (Tra Tap, Da Nang) are assisting residents in areas affected by landslides.

4. On-site response and recovery after floods

Prolonged heavy rains and flooding have caused serious landslides at the Tak Ngo branch of Ngoc Linh Ethnic Boarding Primary School (Tra Linh, Da Nang). Soil from above has cracked walls, caused the entire foundation at the back to collapse, while the front has been pushed down, resulting in the collapse of the road and fence. The schoolyard and classroom floors are cracked with many deep holes. To ensure safety, 34 students in grades 1-2 at the branch school will be transferred to the main school.

Principal Nguyen Tran Vy stated: “Initially, to accommodate the two classes transferred from the Tak Ngo school branch, we will have to use the assembly hall as classrooms. Students will have to travel 7-13km from their homes to the main school, so most parents wish for their children to stay at the boarding school until the end of the week. Accommodation for students also needs to be rearranged. First and second graders really need their parents; now that they are separated and moving to a boarding environment, teachers will have to pay even more attention to them.”

All the desks, chairs, school supplies, televisions, and other items furnished for the teachers' staff quarters were temporarily moved to the Kon Pin cultural center, about 3km from the school, for safekeeping.

For the past week, the Youth Union of teachers at Chu Van An Ethnic Boarding Primary School (Tra Tap, Da Nang) has been working with local forces to relocate families affected by landslides in the villages of Tak Po, Lang Luong, Lap Loa, etc., and receiving and distributing food and essential supplies at shelters for people whose houses have been destroyed by landslides.

The Da Nang Department of Education and Training is urgently compiling statistics on the textbook and notebook needs of students in schools affected by recent storms and floods to develop support plans. Schools in more favorable areas have proactively launched fundraising campaigns to donate uniforms, textbooks, and other items to students in flood-affected areas. Previously, universities sent volunteer students along with local teachers to clean up mud, wash classrooms, and collect garbage to prepare for students' return to school.

In Gia Lai, Mr. Ngo Quoc Hung, Principal of Phuoc Thang Secondary School (Tuy Phuoc Dong district), said that from October 29th, the school was forced to temporarily suspend classes and mobilized teachers to move desks, chairs, and teaching equipment to higher ground to prevent damage. By November 2nd, when the water receded, the school, in coordination with the Youth Union and the Border Guard force of Tuy Phuoc Dong commune, organized cleaning and disinfection of the flooded rooms and the entire school grounds. On the morning of November 3rd, all students returned to normal classes.

“Thanks to proactive measures in flood and storm prevention, the school's property was kept safe and suffered no damage. However, due to the school being flooded and students missing many days of school, they had to make up for lost time upon returning to catch up on the mid-term exams. The rushed learning schedule made things quite difficult for the students. In addition, some roads are still flooded, so parents have to pick up and drop off their children to ensure their safety,” Mr. Hung shared.

In Quang Ngai, prolonged heavy rain and flooding caused a landslide on the hillside next to Xop Primary and Secondary School, with soil and rocks cascading down to within meters of the classrooms. To ensure the safety of the students, the school was forced to suspend classes for all 386 students on October 30th. Mr. Tran Ngoc Manh, the principal of Xop Primary and Secondary School, said that out of the school's 21 classrooms, 8 have cracked walls and leaky roofs. Therefore, the school is always worried about the safety risks for the students whenever there is heavy rain or storms.

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

Flexible knowledge acquisition

To ensure the program continues, Phuoc Thang Secondary School (Tuy Phuoc Dong) has created a timetable with regular morning classes for all classes, and afternoon classes to make up for the four days of school closures due to flooding. Simultaneously, the school held an emergency meeting to develop a plan to respond to Typhoon No. 13, assigning personnel to be on duty, trimming trees, and moving school property to higher ground to protect assets.

“This week, the school is holding make-up classes in the afternoon to ensure the curriculum progresses on schedule. At the same time, we are continuing to monitor the weather situation and proactively preparing for the storm. If heavy rain continues and landslides threaten classrooms, we will suspend classes to ensure student safety,” Mr. Mạnh said.

Most schools in Tra Tan, Tra Tap, Tra Linh communes... (Da Nang City) announced that students would return to school from November 4th. However, Mr. Truong Cong Mot - Principal of Chu Van An Ethnic Boarding School said: “It is possible that students may not attend school fully in the first few days. 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, and Lap Loa villages, many households have been affected by landslides and have not yet settled down…”.

The school has planned make-up classes on Friday afternoons and Saturdays to ensure the school year schedule is completed on time. For students returning to school late, additional tutoring will be provided in the evenings to supplement their knowledge and meet the curriculum requirements. This is also the teaching and learning plan of Ngoc Linh Ethnic Boarding Primary School.

Mr. Nguyen Thanh Tu, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Tra Tan commune, said: "From November 4th, students in schools in the area returned to school after more than a week of school closure to ensure safety. Most students have enough textbooks and notebooks... because they didn't bring them home over the weekend, so they weren't affected."

The People's Committee of the commune requires schools to ensure environmental hygiene and food safety when organizing teaching, learning, and boarding for students. Schools should proactively develop plans for make-up classes, which can be held on weekends or in the afternoons, depending on the actual situation.

On November 3rd, Mr. Nguyen Hong Cuong, Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training of Ha Tinh province, along with a delegation, visited and encouraged teachers at schools severely affected by flooding. Mr. Cuong requested that schools continue to closely monitor weather developments and only allow students to stay home when there is a safety risk. After the water recedes, they must urgently clean, disinfect, and treat the environment to quickly resume teaching and learning. The highest priority is the safety of students while minimizing disruption to the curriculum.

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