100 students attend training course on swimming safety and child drowning prevention

Nearly 100 students from the North Central provinces attended the training course. Photo: Duc Anh

On June 26, in Vinh city, the General Department of Sports and Physical Training coordinated with the Department of Culture and Sports of Nghe An to organize a training course for grassroots instructors on the Safe Swimming Program and Child Drowning Prevention in 2022.

Attending the opening ceremony of the training course were Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong - Deputy Director of Nghe An Department of Culture and Sports; representatives of the General Department of Sports and Physical Training; lecturers of sports universities...

Speaking at the opening of the training course, Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong emphasized: The course is organized with the desire to build a core team of cadres and instructors for provinces, cities and sectors to implement the Safe Swimming Program, preventing drowning of children in localities; promote the benefits and effects of swimming practice, safety skills in the water environment, and at the same time mobilize the whole population to actively practice swimming to improve health, stature, physical strength, and prevent diseases for children and the community.

In addition, through the training course, the responsibility of all levels, families, schools and the whole society in developing the movement of teaching and learning swimming and the work of preventing and combating drowning will contribute to gradually reducing drowning accidents. This is also an opportunity for students to learn and share good experiences and good practices in the swimming training movement to achieve high efficiency.

Along with learning theory, students will directly practice first aid situations in drowning. Photo: Duc Anh

The class participants are teachers, coaches, officials in the sports industry, and instructors of swimming centers from the North Central provinces.

At the training class, nearly 100 students will be taught by lecturers from leading sports universities nationwide, sharing knowledge from basic to advanced, combining theory and practice on safe swimming and preventing child drowning.

The highlight is to provide students with additional pedagogical skills to teach swimming skills; instructions on first aid and emergency care for drowning people; direct and indirect drowning rescue skills; methods for organizing training courses; and additional advanced swimming techniques for children...

The training course is expected to take place over 5 days, from June 26 to 30./.