Discussing solutions to innovate traffic safety education methods at primary level

Also attending were Mr. Thai Van Tai - Director of the Department of Primary Education, Ministry of Education and Training, representative of the National Traffic Safety Committee. Attending the workshop were representatives of leaders and teachers from many provinces and cities across the country.

The workshop is one of the contents to implement the "Coordination program to improve the capacity of managers, teachers and students on traffic safety education and propaganda" to meet the 2018 General Education Program.

Speaking at the workshop, Mr. Thai Van Tai - Director of the Department of Primary Education, Ministry of Education and Training emphasized: Education, raising awareness abouttraffic safetyCreating a foundation for traffic culture right from school is one of the key tasks to protect people from the unpredictable dangers of traffic accidents. For primary school students, good traffic safety education will be the foundation to reduce traffic accidents. Knowledge about safe traffic participation skills will become the beauty of "Traffic Culture" for everyone.

However, in recent times, the situation of traffic accidents involving students has become more complicated. Notably, the situation of middle school and high school students going to school by motorbike, electric motorbike without helmet, driving side by side, speeding, weaving, not obeying traffic lights, using phones while driving; students driving without a driver's license is quite common, increasing the risk of traffic accidents.

This reality requires the need to strengthen traffic safety education in schools, especially at the primary level. To make this work better, it is necessary to continue to strengthen the direction and coordination between relevant parties and to have more serious and drastic awareness at each level, each sector, locality, educational institution and each family.

At the workshop, delegates listened to representatives of the People's Police Academy report on the results of law enforcement to ensure traffic order and safety at 4 school areas in My Tho city, Tien Giang; and lessons learned during the implementation process.

The workshop also focused on discussing the following contents: Teaching traffic safety skills to primary school students, innovating traffic safety education methods, some measures to integrate traffic safety education in English subjects at primary schools...

The presentations raised the current situation as well as shared experiences and good teaching methods to make traffic safety education in schools more effective.

The opinions proposed and discussed at the workshop will be the basis for authorities to issue appropriate sanctions, have timely inspection and monitoring solutions, and prevent traffic accidents among students.

At the workshop, Nghe An Department of Education and Training presented a presentation on traffic safety education for primary school students in Nghe An.

Accordingly, Nghe An is currently integrating and integrating traffic safety education content according to topics and lessons into the teaching process of subjects and educational activities in the primary education program in accordance with the objectives, content and requirements of the lessons and knowledge of subjects/educational activities. The integration of traffic safety education content is carried out proactively, flexibly, gently, practically and effectively, in accordance with the practical conditions of the locality and educational institutions.

In addition, diversifying the forms of propaganda to implement traffic safety well, innovating teaching methods and forms. Thereby, both avoiding boredom for students when participating in learning, and creating an exciting and competitive atmosphere for them. The industry also does a good job of coordinating between schools, families and the community in traffic safety education for students.