Minister Nguyen Kim Son: Educating young people on ethics and lifestyle is an important matter.

On the morning of May 11, the Ministry of Education and Training and the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union held a national online conference to summarize 5 years of implementing Decision No. 1501/QD-TTg dated August 28, 2015 of the Prime Minister approving the project "Strengthening education on revolutionary ideals, ethics, and lifestyle for youth, adolescents, and children in the period 2015 - 2020".

Attending the conference were comrade Nguyen Kim Son - Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Education and Training. Bui Quang Huy - Standing Secretary of the Central Executive Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union.

At Nghe An bridge point, there were comrade Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; representatives of leaders of provincial departments, branches and sectors. Photo: Thanh Le

Positive change

The report at the conference showed that the workmoral education lifestylefor youth, children, students has received attention from ministries, branches, central mass organizations, Party committees, local authorities, families, schools and society.

Accordingly, propaganda activities on education of revolutionary ideals and lifestyle ethics are promoted; implementation forms are rich and vivid.

The innovation of content, programs, methods, and forms of education on revolutionary ideals and ethics and lifestyle for children, pupils, and students has been implemented at all levels and training levels in the education sector and in the activities of the Youth Union, creating remarkable results.

Delegates attending at Nghe An bridge point. Photo: Thanh Le

The awareness of young people and students about the nation's good traditional cultural values, sense of responsibility to family, study and training has changed a lot.

Emulation movements and activities of the Youth Union, Association and Pioneers organizations have been effective, attracting a large number of young people, students and pupils to participate. Training and capacity building for cadres, teachers and cadres working in the Youth Union, Association and Pioneers have been strengthened.

The coordination between schools, families and society in educating revolutionary ideals and lifestyle ethics for teenagers, students and pupils has achieved many positive results.

Delegates attending at Nghe An bridge point. Photo: Thanh Le

In their speeches at the conference, delegates expressed their opinions on related issues: rules of conduct in schools; education of revolutionary ethics and ideals for students of pedagogy; education of revolutionary ethics and lifestyles for young people on cyberspace...

Representatives of Nghe An Department of Education and Training spoke at the conference with the theme "Finding the red address". Photo: Thanh Le

Speaking at the conference, representativeNghe An Department of Education and TrainingAffirming that with many solutions to implement Decision 1501, the work of educating revolutionary ideals and lifestyle ethics for youth and children in the province has many positive changes.

Among them is the model “Finding the red address” which helps students, depending on their age, experience and explore relics right in their homeland. Thereby, equipping them with rich and vivid knowledge and understanding of events, characters, historical sites, spreading the noble cultural values ​​and revolutionary traditions of the nation to students.

In recognition of outstanding achievements in implementing Decision 1501, the Ministry of Education and Training awarded Certificates of Merit to 48 groups and 12 individuals. The Ministry of Education and Training proposed the Prime Minister to award a Certificate of Merit to the Nghe An Department of Education and Training for its outstanding achievements in implementing Decision 1501.

Innovation in perception and action

Speaking at the conference, the Minister of Education and Training acknowledged and highly appreciated the results of implementing Decision 1501.

Emphasizing that educating youth, teenagers and children about ideals, revolution, ethics and lifestyle is a long-term and important task. This is an important content in the orientation to improve the quality of training that the entire education sector is implementing.

Nghe An strengthens teaching ethics and lifestyle in schools through practical lessons. Illustration photo: My Ha

In the coming time, the Ministry of Education and Training recommends that ministries, branches, party committees, authorities and localities need to strengthen legal awareness education, considering legal awareness education and the spirit of law enforcement as the foundation for implementing other education.

According to comrade Nguyen Kim Son, educating youth and children about revolutionary ideals, ethics, and lifestyles aims to create young generations with strong will, aspirations, and responsibility for the nation and humanity.

The work of educating revolutionary ideals, ethics, and lifestyles for youth, teenagers, and children is the responsibility of all of us, not just the education sector, so it is necessary to strengthen cooperation between central and local agencies, ministries, and sectors to make this work better. Along with that, it is necessary to innovate the teaching and learning of political education subjects, etc.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee awarded the Certificate of Merit from the Ministry of Education and Training to Mr. Nguyen Trong Be - Head of the Political and Ideological Department of Nghe An Department of Education and Training. Photo: Thanh Le

Results of task groups and solutions according to Decision 1501/QD-TTg:

- 100% of cadres, union members and 80% of young people are propagandized and study resolutions of Party committees, policies and laws of the State.

- 99.6% of preschools, general education institutions, and continuing education institutions have issued codes of conduct for cultural conduct in schools; 87 universities and colleges have issued codes of conduct for cultural conduct in schools.

- Every year, all levels of the Youth Union maintain training courses for staff working in youth and children education. 100% of Youth Union officials and staff in charge of children at all levels receive annual training.

- In 2020, there were 20,405,542/23,489,568 cultural households, reaching 86.9%.

- As of 2020, the entire Union has introduced 1,136,756 outstanding union members to the Party.