Training high-quality human resources for ethnic minority areas in Nghe An province

During the program of attending the Workshop "Sharing experiences on ethnic work, organizing people-to-people exchanges between ethnic minority representatives and prestigious people living along the Vietnam - Laos border" held in Nghe An, on the afternoon of December 6, Party Central Committee members: Do Van Chien - Minister, Chairman of the Government's Ethnic Committee; Hau A Lenh - Vice Chairman, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front visited and presented gifts to teachers and students of Nghe An Province's Ethnic Boarding High School.

Also attending from Nghe An province were members of the Provincial Party Standing Committee: Le Hong Vinh - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Vo Thi Minh Sinh - Chairman of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee. Photo: Thanh Le

Talking intimately with the staff, teachers and students of the Ethnic Minority High School, the Minister and Chairman of the Ethnic Minority Committee highly appreciated the results of the school in recent years - a place to train ethnic minority children, train human resources to help ethnic minority areas of the province.

Minister Do Van Chien informed that the National Assembly recently approved the Master Plan for Socio-Economic Development of Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Areas for the 2021-2030 period. This is the first time the National Assembly has issued a specialized Resolution on ethnic minorities, including ethnic affairs in ethnic minority areas. Accordingly, the Government will issue new, more fundamental and fundamental policies to promote the cause of education in ethnic minority areas.

Minister and Chairman of the Government's Committee for Ethnic Minorities Do Van Chien talks with teachers and students of Nghe An Ethnic Minority Boarding High School. Photo: Thanh Le

According to Minister and Chairman of the Government's Ethnic Committee Do Van Chien, developing education is the shortest way to eliminate hunger, reduce poverty, and reduce the gap in the general level of the country. Teachers working at ethnic boarding schools have the special duty of being both teachers and parents, contributing to the cause of education and ethnic work. Therefore, it requires cadres and teachers to be both professionally competent and knowledgeable about the customs and practices of ethnic minorities.

The Minister also reminded students that studying and training at school is a blessing and a happiness, because according to statistics, only 8% of students from ethnic minority areas study at ethnic boarding schools.

Awarding Certificate of Merit from the Minister, Chairman of the Ethnic Committee to the collective of Nghe An Ethnic Boarding High School for outstanding achievements in training and educating ethnic minority students in mountainous areas. Photo: Thanh Le

Awarding commemorative medals to teachers for the cause of developing ethnic minority education in mountainous areas. Photo: Thanh Le

“That is the great concern of the Party and the State. You are studying in a good educational environment, so you need to study well, practice well, you should use your time usefully to learn culture, foreign languages, information technology, life skills... to have enough provisions to enter life, have a job, have a position in society to help your family and hometown, and preserve the essence of the ethnic minority people."

Comrade Hau A Lenh presented money to support poor students to overcome difficulties at Nghe An Ethnic Boarding High School. Photo: Thanh Le

Minister Do Van Chien suggested that the school should establish ethnic language clubs, prioritize recruiting ethnic minority teachers; make efforts to build the school into a key school of the province, and train high-quality human resources for ethnic minority areas in Nghe An province.

Minister Do Van Chien and comrade Hau A Lenh give gifts to students in difficult circumstances. Photo: Thanh Le

Nghe An Ethnic Boarding High School was established in 1984. Over the past 35 years, nearly 5,000 students of the school have graduated, 2,073 students have passed the entrance exams to universities and colleges; 1,157 students have passed the university preparatory exam, 398 students have been recruited and nearly 1,500 students have gone to work, many of them have grown up and held important positions in agencies and units.

In the 2017-2018 school year, the Provincial Boarding School for Ethnic Minorities was one of four high schools in Nghe An province with 100% of students passing the National High School Graduation Exam, the rate of students passing the university and college entrance exams was 88%; 9 students with high scores were honored and rewarded by the Provincial People's Committee and the Provincial Ethnic Minorities Committee.

With important achievements, the school has also been awarded many noble titles such as the First, Second and Third Class Labor Medals by the President; Certificates of Merit by the Prime Minister; many Certificates of Merit and Certificates of Merit by the Minister of Education and Training, Provincial People's Committee, Department of Education and Training...