Education Trade Union accompanies facilities and workers in difficulty

Attending and directing the conference were comrades: Thai Van Thanh - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Director of the Department of Education and Training; Nguyen Chi Cong - Vice Chairman of the Provincial Labor Federation. Photo: My Ha

Last school year, despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, union members in the entire industry still completed their assigned tasks, making an important contribution to helping Nghe An education continue to maintain its leading position nationwide in excellent students; the quality of comprehensive education has been gradually improved with many students achieving high prizes in national, international and regional excellent student competitions.

This is also a school year with many innovations in leadership and management, with more and more activities suitable to reality such as organizing dialogues, building models, focusing on grassroots care activities, paying attention to each union member and worker. In particular, the Education sector union has many effective ways to care for and support union members and workers, focusing on cases of serious illness, difficulties, workers affected by epidemics, natural disasters and teachers and workers in non-public units.

Conference to review the activities of the Education Trade Union in the 2021-2022 school year. Photo: My Ha.

During the school year, many meaningful and practical movement programs to improve professional activities and support education in difficult areas were also implemented.

Notable programs include "Rooms help rooms - Schools help schools - Departments help departments"; the program "1 million initiatives, efforts, overcoming difficulties, creativity, determination to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic"; supporting nearly 20 billion VND for the program "Waves and computers for children"; taking care of Tet and organizing "Tet reunion - Spring peace" for teachers and workers; joining hands to support the construction of the project "Bridge of love - Going to school with children" with an amount of 2.7 billion VND and starting to build 03 bridges in Lien Dinh village (Con Cuong), On village (Tan Ky) and Phun Na village (Que Phong) to help people take care of their lives and students feel secure going to school...

At the summary conference, in addition to the achieved results, the delegates also shared their experiences in taking care of the lives of teachers and workers; at the same time, they analyzed in depth the shortcomings and difficulties in the process of implementing trade union activities at the grassroots level, promoting the role of trade union organizations in non-public schools.

Opinions also suggested promoting the initiative and creativity of trade unions, seriously implementing the issue of "Collective Labor Agreement", trade unions need to advise the Board of Directors to make decisions that are close to reality; there needs to be a connection between grassroots trade unions - industry trade unions - provincial trade unions in organizing activities...

Director of the Department of Education and Training Thai Van Thanh speaks at the conference. Photo: My Ha

Speaking at the conference, Director of the Department of Education and Training Thai Van Thanh acknowledged that, despite many difficulties in the past school year due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the education sector always had the support of theThe Provincial Federation of Labor and the Education sector's trade union have provided timely encouragement, along with the efforts, dedication and devotion of the teaching staff to ensure the progress and quality of teaching and learning to overcome the pandemic.

Preparing for the new school year, the head of the Nghe An Education sector said that the Trade Union needs to continue to launch emulation movements and campaigns to successfully achieve the goals, targets and tasks of the unit. Mobilize teachers and workers to compete to promote innovative initiatives in management and teaching, effectively implement the 2018 General Education Program, new textbooks for 10th graders. Promote digital transformation in the Education sector, apply information technology in teaching and management; effectively implement grassroots democracy regulations; promote the development of union members, and establish grassroots unions.

Comrade Nguyen Chi Cong presented the flag of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor to a strong grassroots trade union with an excellent emulation movement. Photo: My Ha

The Director of the Nghe An Department of Education and Training also noted that this school year Nghe An will pilot many new mountainous education models, especially at Ky Son and Que Phong Boarding Ethnic High Schools. This is a particularly difficult area, a border area, so the trade union should pay more attention, encourage teachers and workers to compete in production and teaching in difficult areas.

The industry union needs to coordinate with localities in the province according to the model "Each ward helps one school" so that schools have the motivation to strive in teaching and learning.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial Labor Federation Nguyen Chi Cong commended outstanding individuals. Photo: My Ha

On this occasion, 9 individuals received Commemorative Medals."For the cause of building trade union organizations", 1 collective received the Emulation Flag of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, 1 individual received the Creative Labor Certificate of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, 1 collective and 12 individuals9 collectives and 41 individuals received Certificates of Merit from the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, Nghe An Provincial Labor Federation.