The Ministry of Education and Training will pilot a model of building boarding schools in the mountainous region of Nghe An.

On the morning of October 3, in Vinh City, Comrade Phung Xuan Nha - Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Education and Training (MOET) and his delegation worked with leaders of Nghe An province and Vinh University.

Working with the Minister and the delegation on the side of Nghe An province were comrades: Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; leaders of departments and branches; leaders of Vinh University, Vinh University of Medicine, Nghe An University of Economics... Photo: Thanh Duy

SCHOOL AND CLASS NETWORK IS STILL DIFFICULT

In his welcoming speech to the Minister and the working delegation, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung affirmed: Regarding the field of education and training, the Party Committee and authorities at all levels in Nghe An always consider it a priority and pay attention to appropriate investment.

In particular, the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council and People's Committee have issued many directive and management documents, thanks to which the province's education and training sector has achieved many results in recent times.

Key education continues to affirm its leading position in the country. Universal, comprehensive education and education in ethnic and mountainous areas have seen extremely positive changes. Vocational education and university education have developed well.

Nghe An also focuses on building new models in education and training, aiming to build a learning society; recently, Vinh City was recognized by UNESCO as a "global learning city".

Comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Nghe An province spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

However, Nghe An Education sector still has difficulties that need to be overcome to achieve comprehensive development, especially difficulties in facilities, especially in mountainous areas; lack of preschool and primary school teachers; and the problem of training high-quality human resources to meet the development requirements of the province in the coming period.

Besides, in the new development conditions of integration and the impact of the 4.0 industrial revolution, the requirements for education and training development need to change to approach the new spirit.

Emphasizing that these are issues that the province is very concerned about, the Chairman of the People's Committee of Nghe An province expressed his hope that the Minister and the comrades in the working delegation will have orientations, measures, solutions and plans to help the province develop the education and training sector better in the coming time.

At the meeting, the Ministry of Education and Training delegation and leaders of Nghe An province discussed solutions for reviewing and building a network of school facilities and equipment, especially for the western region of Nghe An, including 5 mountainous districts.

Currently, the whole province still has 1,255 temporary and borrowed classrooms; from now until 2025, the need to invest in solidifying classrooms is about 1,000 classrooms per year.

Comrade Nguyen Huy Bang - Principal of Vinh University proposed some contents for the school's development at the working session. Photo: Thanh Duy

Besides, there is the issue of developing a sufficient number of teachers and educational managers. If in 2020, Nghe An was supplemented with 7,843 positions for the Education and Training sector, then from 2021 - 2025 it will need to supplement 3,500 teachers (1,000 preschool teachers, 2,000 secondary school teachers, 500 high school teachers).

The two sides also discussed solutions to develop the province's human resources; coordination in leadership and direction to develop Vinh University to become a driving force for development in Nghe An in particular and the North Central region in general, while creating a spillover effect for the development of universities and colleges in the area.

OVERCOMING 3 DIFFICULTIES OF NGHE AN EDUCATION SECTOR

Concluding the meeting, Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha highly appreciated the leadership and direction of Nghe An province's leaders towards the education sector, in the context of the province's large population and the difficult situation in the Western region.

"The educational results of you comrades are an effort," said the Minister, while evaluating the results of educational access, universal education, and conditions to ensure educational quality in Nghe An as having improved over time.

Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha delivered a concluding speech at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

However, according to the Minister of Nghe An, there are three major difficulties: the team of teachers and lecturers from kindergarten to university level; school and classroom facilities to ensure quality; and human resources.

To solve the difficulties, the head of the Ministry of Education and Training requested Nghe An province to review the directive documents of the Party Committee and the government on education and training, continue to review and continue to effectively implement Resolution No. 29-NQ/TW on fundamental and comprehensive innovation in education and training; in which, it is necessary to make breakthroughs in building the team of teachers, schools, equipment and human resources.

The Minister also proposed that the province assign Vinh University to be the focal point to coordinate with universities to develop a research project, consult and organize training to develop the province's teaching staff for the period 2021 - 2025; a project to implement a number of activities to support teaching the 2018 general education program, foster integration skills for high school students using an online model and a project to develop human resources for Nghe An province.

Through the above 3 projects, we will research and propose practical and feasible implementation solutions in the province's conditions, suitable to the general context, contributing to solving the bottleneck problems facing the provincial education sector.

Comrade Phung Xuan Nha also requested the provincial leaders to coordinate with the Ministry to direct Vinh University to develop a project to become Vinh University by 2030, with a vision to 2045, in accordance with the Ministry's strategy, in which it is necessary to specify the implementation roadmap for the period 2021 - 2025.

On the other hand, the head of the Ministry of Education and Training suggested that the province exploit and make good use of human resources, as the locality has nearly 500 PhDs and more than 1,000 masters.

In his reply, comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee thanked the Minister and the Ministry of Education and Training for always paying attention to Nghe An province in the process of performing common tasks, especially education work in the area, and believed that the relationship between the province and the Ministry will become increasingly close and closer.

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Through the meeting, along with the assessment and review of the implementation results, the Minister and the working delegation suggested strategic, long-term, and very specific directions and approaches for three major contents: staff, facilities, and human resource preparation for development not only for Nghe An, but also for the entire North Central region.

These are important contents that will be included in the Action Program to implement the Resolution of the 19th Provincial Party Congress, term 2020 - 2025.

Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha has agreed to implement the Ministry's pilot model of building boarding schools in the mountainous areas of Nghe An. On the province's side, Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy affirmed that Nghe An will take drastic measures to coordinate with the Ministry of Education and Training to successfully implement this pilot model, such as: putting into public investment in the period of 2021 - 2025, at the same time focusing on calling for socialization, building a project to submit to the Ministry...; thereby creating better teaching and learning conditions for teachers and students in mountainous and border districts.

Also at the working session, Minister Phung Xuan Nha specifically responded to the recommendations and proposals of Nghe An province and Vinh University.