It is necessary to strengthen the monitoring of revenue and expenditure at the beginning of the school year in schools.

On the afternoon of September 25, the Provincial People's Committee held a meeting of the Science, Education, Culture and Society Bloc to evaluate the implementation of the Bloc's targets and tasks for the period 2016 - 2020, and discuss the tasks for the period 2021 - 2025. Comrade Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired the meeting. Also attending were representatives of the sectors in the Science, Education, Culture and Society Bloc, leaders of districts, cities and towns in the province.

Delegates attending the briefing conference. Photo: Thanh Nga

Poverty rate in 2020 reduced to 3%

According to the assessment of the Bloc, in the period of 2016 - 2020, the Education & Training sector has implemented many solutions to innovate management work and improve the quality of education. Proactively and actively preparing conditions for staff and facilities to implement the 2018 general education program and textbooks in the 2020 - 2021 school year. The work of building schools meeting national standards reached 73.34%, exceeding the target of the Resolution of the 18th Provincial Party Congress. Up to now, 362 separate schools have been reduced, and 26 small-scale schools have been merged.

In recent times, the education sector has achieved many achievements, in which key education has achieved important milestones. In the photo: Awarding students with high achievements in the 2019-2020 school year. Photo courtesy of Thanh Duy

In recent times, the Province has also synchronously deployed solutions,rapid and sustainable poverty reduction policy. Focus priority resources on poor districts and especially disadvantaged poor communes.

Comrade Thai Van Thanh - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Director of the Department of Education and Training spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Nga

Thanks to that, the poverty rate of the whole province decreased from 12.10% in 2016 to 3% in 2020, achieving the target of the Congress Resolution. The health system developed equally in both public and non-public sectors. The public health system has 67 medical examination and treatment facilities. The non-public health system developed rapidly. By 2020, 92.5% of communes achievedNational Health Criteria; 34.9 hospital beds/10,000 people; 9.8 doctors/10,000 people, exceeding the congress target; 90% of communes have doctors working.

Comrade Doan Hong Vu - Director of the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Nga

However, up to now, the quality of comprehensive education in some places and the quality of medical examination and treatment in some places are still low. Managementprivate medical practice, health insurance management is still inadequate; health hygiene management still has many limitations and weaknesses. The number of unemployed workers is still high, or those with jobs are unstable and unsustainable. The average urban unemployment rate during the period is estimated at 2.85% (the planned target is 2.5%). The poverty rate of the province is still higher than the national average.

Need a strategy of action

In the coming time, it is necessary to rearrange the healthcare network in accordance with the industry planning. In the photo: Hospital room according to the 5S model. Photo courtesy of Thanh Cuong

At the conference, delegates in the Science, Education and Social Affairs sector said that it is necessary to promote the implementation of the standard ratio of teachers in class according to regulations, especially at the primary level; there should be more sanctions on disease prevention and food safety in localities; strengthen surveys, analysis, and forecasts of labor resources and have policies and mechanisms to solve employment well, develop the domestic labor market, and laborers working abroad under contracts; review and rearrange the health network in accordance with the sector's planning, ensuring gradual modernization and synchronization from the province to the grassroots level; Create a healthy cultural environment and organically connect families, communities and society.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Bui Dinh Long concluded at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Nga

Concluding the meeting, comrade Bui Dinh Long affirmed: the achievements of the Science, Education, Culture and Social Affairs sector in the past time are worth noting in the context of general difficulties. To achieve the results according to the plan, in the coming time, the sectors in the Bloc need to develop action strategies according to each sector, on that basis, develop implementation plans, and evaluate each part of the work to have a completion time frame.

The Education sector needs to direct and supervise theincome and expenses at the beginning of the school yearin educational institutions in the area; do a good job of teaching and learning according to the new textbook program; focus on a friendly and positive educational environment in schools.

Keep up the good workCovid-19 prevention, need to raise vigilance, because the epidemic situation is still complicated in the world.

The health sector also needs to properly manage the operations of private medical and pharmaceutical establishments, ensuring that all people enjoy the best health care services.

The Department of Culture and Sports needs to promote the value of relics and strengthen the restoration of relics in the province; the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs needs to review near-poor households to have a plan to support and help effectively and practically.