Nghe An Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy congratulates Vietnamese Teachers' Day

The delegation included comrade Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department; comrades of the Provincial Party Executive Committee: Nguyen Van De - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Pham Trong Hoang - Chief of the Provincial Party Committee Office and leaders of the Provincial Youth Union and Vinh City.

Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy and the delegation congratulated the leaders, officers and civil servants of the Department of Education and Training. Photo: Thanh Duy

In recent times, along with efforts to restore economic development after the Covid-19 pandemic, the province's cultural and social sectors have continued to be well-organized. Education and training is one of the bright spots in the province's cultural and social picture, making a very important contribution to the province's overall development results.

Accordingly, key education continues to maintain its top position (5th) nationwide in terms of national, regional, and international student achievements and competitions.

The quality of comprehensive education has been gradually improved, the results of the High School Graduation Exam for the 2021-2022 school year increased by 14 places compared to 2021, ranking 20th out of 63 provinces and cities, the number of excellent students who are children of ethnic minorities and mountainous areas has increased sharply, many classes in mountainous schools have 100% of students passing the university entrance exam with very high scores.

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy delivered a congratulatory speech and discussed some key issues for the entire industry in the coming time. Photo: Thanh Duy

The Education and Training sector is one of the sectors of the province that is very committed to work, very proactive in advising and providing quality and effective advice to the Party Committee and the government to issue decisions and solutions to improve the quality of education and training. Modern and advanced forms of learning and teaching, intellectual and skill playgrounds for students at all levels are organized more and more, attracting the attention of students and parents.

The work of streamlining and the quality of vocational training have many positive changes; the rate of workers with jobs after intermediate and college level training is over 90%. The work of information, communication, and handling of issues arising related to educational activities is very smooth and harmonious; complex and sensitive issues are all directed and satisfactorily handled by the sector, with consensus from the people.

Comrades in the Board of Directors of Nghe An Department of Education and Training. Photo: Thanh Duy

The achievements of the education sector are further demonstrated and affirmed by the Prime Minister, the Ministry of Education and Training, and the Provincial People's Committee awarding the Emulation Flag for outstanding achievements in the 2021-2022 school year.

On behalf of the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, and Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Nghe An province, Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy respectfully acknowledged, commended, and highly appreciated the efforts, attempts, and important contributions of the entire Education sector.

Provincial leaders joined the delegation to congratulate the Department of Education and Training. Photo: Thanh Duy

Emphasizing that the people of Nghe An, past and present, attach great importance to learning, academic achievements are the pride of each family, clan, and locality; at the same time, human resources are also one of the very important resources for the development of each locality and the country, therefore, Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy requested the entire education sector of the province to continue promoting the results achieved in the past time, implementing the 2022 - 2023 school year plan with quality, suitable to the practical conditions in each locality and region, associated with regular monitoring, grasping, and supervision to promptly correct arising issues, thereby completing this school year's program better than the 2021 - 2022 school year.

Delegation of the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, and Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Nghe An province presented flowers to congratulate the leaders of the Department of Education and Training. Photo: Thanh Duy

The sector also needs to continue to focus on life skills education, IT skills, foreign languages, and prepare Nghe An students to integrate well into the international community; at the same time, conduct preliminary and final reviews and evaluate the effectiveness of pilot school and class models in the province to promptly promote advantages and overcome limitations; especially with good models, not only should the sector replicate them, but it also needs to proactively advise the province to issue timely incentive policies.

The head of the Provincial Party Committee also noted that the sector should coordinate with localities to continue reviewing and planning the network of schools and classes to ensure reasonableness and efficiency, creating favorable conditions for teaching and learning to improve the quality of comprehensive education at all levels.

Prof. Dr. Thai Van Thanh - Director of Nghe An Department of Education and Training expressed his thanks for the attention of the Provincial Party Secretary and provincial leaders, and affirmed that the entire sector will continue to focus on fulfilling the assigned tasks. Photo: Thanh Duy

Along with that, attention should be paid to encouraging the material and spiritual life of the teaching staff, especially in remote, isolated and disadvantaged areas. In particular, the Provincial Party Secretary noted that the sector needs to pay attention to coordinating the recruitment of teachers into the payroll, especially promoting the supervisory role to ensure strictness, fairness, objectivity and transparency; and not allowing negativity to occur in recruitment.

Next, the Provincial Party Secretary and the delegation visited and congratulated the Provincial Association of Retired Teachers. After 15 years of establishment, the Association has increasingly affirmed its position, gathering the majority of retired teachers in the province into the Association with over 20,000 members, operating in 23 branches.

Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy and his delegation visited and congratulated the Provincial Association of Former Teachers on Vietnamese Teachers' Day. Photo: Thanh Duy

Promoting the position of "Teachers - Intellectuals - Elderly", the Association of Retired Teachers in the whole province has actively implemented 5 action programs, especially coordinating with the Department of Education and Training to effectively implement the 4-together program: Jointly evaluating the practice and quality of education; jointly discussing innovative solutions; jointly organizing a number of activities; jointly taking care of the lives of current and retired teachers; at the same time being a support for local Party committees and authorities, spreading bright examples, good and positive values ​​in society.

Delegation of the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, and Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Nghe An province presented flowers to congratulate the Provincial Association of Former Teachers. Photo: Thanh Duy

On behalf of the provincial leaders, Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy respectfully acknowledged and highly appreciated the contributions of the Association in the past time; at the same time, wished the upcoming 4th Congress of the Nghe An Retired Teachers Association and the 15th anniversary of the establishment of the Nghe An Retired Teachers Association great success.

In particular, the Provincial Party Secretary hopes that members of the Association of Former Teachers will continue to promote the noble qualities of Vietnamese teachers in daily life, continue to contribute their efforts, intelligence and experience to the cause of education and training through movements such as: Encouraging learning, encouraging talents, family learning... contributing to keeping the "flame" of the homeland's tradition of studiousness, so that this will always be a great endogenous strength contributing to the construction and development of the province.

Meritorious teacher Dau Van Dinh - Chairman of the Provincial Association of Former Teachers expressed his thanks for the attention of the Provincial Party Secretary and provincial leaders. Photo: Thanh Duy

The Provincial Party Secretary also suggested that the Provincial Association of Former Teachers strengthen close coordination with political, social, and even international organizations to have more resources, motivation, space, and partners for activities.