(Baonghean.vn) - For children in the lowlands, each day going to school is a happy day, but for students in the highlands, they bring with them the hardships of their fathers and mothers. The image of rickety lunch boxes following children to school is very familiar in the Western region of Nghe An.
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| Every day, Ms. Lau Y Ka in Pha Lom village, Tam Hop commune (Tuong Duong) has to wake up early to prepare lunch for her daughter to take to school before going to the fields. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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| Due to the difficult economic conditions of people in mountainous areas, especially in border areas, paying for food for children and lunch is impossible. To ensure the number of students and class time, in recent years, the education sector of some mountainous districts has applied the boarding school model. Following this model, the number of students attending class is always full and on time, and the children do not miss meals. Photo: Dinh Tuan. |
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| The image of children going to school with lunch boxes on their sides has become familiar for many years in mountainous villages. Photo: Dinh Tuan. |
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| Lunch boxes are neatly placed on separate shelves in the classroom at Tam Hop Kindergarten - Pha Lom block. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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| Besides rice, the only side dishes are salted dried fish or fried eggs. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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To provide the children with more nutrients, the teachers have grown more green vegetables to supplement their daily lunch. Ms. Vu Y Ly - teacher at Tam Hop Kindergarten - Pha Lom village said: "Parents only bring rice and salty food, out of pity for the students, the teachers spend part of their salary to buy a big pot, buy spices, cooking oil to cook vegetable soup so that the children can eat more deliciously. In the photo: The vegetable garden planted by teachers at Mai Son Kindergarten to serve the children. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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| Lunch brought from home by students of Mai Son Kindergarten (Tuong Duong). Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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