Promoting emulation to encourage learning and talent, building a learning society

Looking back at the achievements and setting out tasks for the next term, Nghe An Newspaper interviewed Dr. Tran Xuan Bi - Chairman of the Provincial Association for Promotion of Education.

PV:Sir, the 2016 - 2021 term is a special term with many difficulties and challenges due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. However, with responsibility and dedication, the Nghe An Association for Promoting Education has had a successful term with many outstanding results. Could you highlight the results we have achieved?

Dr. Tran Xuan Bi:As we know, 2021 is the 23rd year that the Nghe An Provincial Association for the Promotion of Education was established. Although the Association's time of operation is not long, up to now, the Association has had an organizational system from the province to districts, cities, towns; communes, wards, towns and bases: blocks, hamlets, villages, hamlets; clans, schools, enterprises, hometown associations... with 682,000 members; the ratio of members/population/total province is above: 20.78%, 460/460 communes, wards and towns have had an association for the promotion of education.

This also shows that, in recent years, the work of promoting learning and talent has received great attention from the province, departments, branches and local authorities. In particular, Nghe An is one of the leading provinces in the work of promoting learning in the country, receiving many certificates of merit and most recently, the Nghe An Provincial Association for Promoting Learning is one of 24 units nationwide to be awarded the Emulation Flag by the Central Vietnam Association for Promoting Learning for outstanding units in the emulation movement to promote learning and talent, building a learning society in the period 2016 - 2021.

Dr. Tran Xuan Bi and the Provincial Association for Promotion of Education presented gifts to students on the occasion of the launching ceremony of the 2021 Promotion of Education Festival. Photo: MH

To achieve this result, in recent years, Nghe An has implemented well emulation movements.encourage learning, encourage talents, build a learning society with many forms and rich content, aiming to effectively implement the set targets and tasks.

Notably, the emulation movement "Nghe An Study Encouragement Festival" has been continuously organized to promote study and talent encouragement activities, especially the mobilization and development of various types of Study Encouragement Funds of Association organizations; awarding scholarships and study encouragement awards to excellent students at all levels; students with difficult circumstances. The emulation movement "Nghe An Study Encouragement Month" has been organized and implemented for 19 periods to date, with the meaning of supporting and encouraging students to enter the new school year.

In addition, the Association at all levels has also built and strongly developed learning models: Learning Family, Learning Clan, Learning Community, Learning Unit. The results of building and developing learning models in 05 years of mass implementation of Decision 281/2014/TTg compared to the targets approved by the Provincial People's Committee in Decision 1360/2015/QD.UBND.VX have basically achieved the set goals; in particular, the number of clans, communities, and units achieving the titles of Learning Family, Learning Clan, Learning Community, and Learning Unit exceeded the targets approved by the Provincial People's Committee.

Models of families, clans, communities, and learning units have been built and developed extensively in the province, having an impact on deepening the awareness and actions of people and officials on the socialization of learning and talent promotion, building a learning society; making practical contributions to maintaining stable schools, building national standard schools; and improving the quality of teaching and learning in the province's education and training.

Extracurricular class of students at Dooc May Primary Ethnic Minority Boarding School (Ky Son). Photo: MH

Through the summary of the facilities, it is clear that where students are well managed, study and disciplined, there they are successful, less prone to social evils, village security and the area are more peaceful; where adults are able to participate in learning, absorbing, transferring science, technology, and timely policies of the Party and State, there production is better developed, people's lives are improved, villages are more peaceful...

During the past term, the Association for Promotion of Education at all levels has coordinated with the Education and Training sector to maintain activities at Community Learning Centers; over 80% of the Community Learning Centers have operated effectively, achieving a good grade or higher. This is a facility serving the lifelong learning of adults in the community.

In addition, the work of building, consolidating and developing the Association and its members is regularly given attention. The Association for the Promotion of Education at all levels always innovates and creates methods of operation suitable to the practical situation of life and the type of Association in each locality.

The study promotion work has contributed to improving the quality of education and training throughout the province. Photo: Duc Anh

Thanks to the efforts of the Association at all levels, it has contributed to building, developing and effectively using various types of Scholarship Funds. If in 2016, the whole province mobilized over 46 billion VND, this figure was over 69 billion VND in 2020; in the first 6 months of 2021, the whole province mobilized 54 billion VND. The total Scholarship Fund mobilized by the Association at all levels for the period 2016 - 2021 is over 369.8 billion VND; the number of scholarships awarded for the whole period is over 200 billion VND; the total number of students receiving scholarships is over 1,072,000; the average fund mobilized VND/person/year is 22,500 VND, exceeding the target set by the 4th Congress (20,000 VND).

During the past term, the Association has also done a good job of information and communication work and coordinated and linked with sectors, socio-political organizations, social organizations, businesses - philanthropists and all classes of people to join hands in promoting learning, promoting talents, and building a learning society.

Through the activities of promoting learning and talent of agencies, departments, branches, unions, social organizations, enterprises..., many facilities, student dormitories, school facilities, scholarships... have been invested, built and awarded to students in the province. This is a huge social resource, worth billions of VND, practically encouraging and motivating the teaching and learning of teachers and students in the province, especially for students in remote, border and coastal areas with difficult socio-economic lives.

PV:Compared to many other localities, Nghe An is a province that still faces many difficulties. However, the results achieved in the work of promoting education are very valuable. So, how do we achieve these achievements?

Dr. Tran Xuan Bi:As we know, Nghe An is a province withtradition of learningTherefore, for many years now, learning has always been supported by the majority of people, who actively participate in learning and create all favorable conditions for their children to go to school, study, cultivate and practice well.

Over the past years, the work of promoting learning, talent promotion, and building a learning society has always been of interest to the Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial People's Committee, and local Party committees and authorities; departments, branches, socio-political organizations, social organizations, enterprises, and philanthropists have actively participated and joined hands to promote learning, talent promotion, and build a learning society. The Association for Promoting Learning has also regularly sought the attention, leadership, and direction of the Central Vietnam Association for Promoting Learning; of Party committees and authorities at all levels; the support and coordination of the Vietnam Fatherland Front at all levels; departments, unions, social organizations, enterprises - philanthropists... in organizing and implementing learning promotion activities. This is also an important condition, of decisive significance for all successes of the work of promoting learning, talent promotion, and building a learning society.

Awarding the Scholarship Fund to poor students overcoming difficulties in Thanh Chuong district. Photo: MH

We have also regularly promoted emulation movements to encourage learning and talent, and build a learning society, such as: Building and developing Learning Families, Learning Clans, Learning Communities, and Learning Units;Tet Promotion of Learning, Learning Promotion Month. At the same time, always attach importance to the work of summarizing and concluding these movements, promptly rewarding, encouraging, and replicating advanced models to make learning promotion activities develop steadily and create motivation for learning promotion activities to be widely developed from the province to the grassroots.

PV:The work of promoting learning and talent has made an important contribution to the cause of educational development and improving the intellectual level of the people in the area. So, in the coming term, what solutions will the Nghe An Association for Promoting Learning have to improve its effectiveness and operations?

Dr. Tran Xuan Bi:In the 2021 - 2026 term, the major challenges for the existence and development of the Association for Promotion of Education at all levels are: The management, organization and operation mechanisms of the Association for Promotion of Education organizations are being researched and revised towards innovation and unification throughout the country; The cause of comprehensive innovation of Education and Training activities is taking place fiercely every day. The activities of building a learning society in our country have entered a new stage with higher and more diverse requirements. All of the above major events, both opportunities and challenges, require the Association's activities to quickly adapt and innovate to have a solid development and make practical contributions to the cause of cultivating people in the province and the country.

Reading time for students of Nghia Dong Primary School - Tan Ky. Photo: Duc Anh

From the above reality, entering the new term, Nghe An Association for Promotion of Education continues to thoroughly grasp and perform well the core role, linking to advise and organize the implementation of the Party and State's policies and guidelines on the work of promoting education, talent, and building a learning society. In addition, it is necessary to continue to arouse and promote the tradition of studiousness, respect for teachers of our people and the achievements of the movement to promote education, talent, and build a learning society to bring the activities of promoting education into depth, strongly develop emulation movements to build and develop learning families, learning clans, learning communities, learning units, and learning citizens.

To do this task well, we have also proposed tasks and solutions that need to be implemented, which are to continue to do a good job of consulting and advising, especially advising the province to issue a number of mechanisms and policies to facilitate the activities of learning promotion associations at all levels, especially the activities of the Association at the grassroots level. At the same time, continue to promote communication work, mobilize society to work together to promote learning, encourage talents, and build a learning society; develop Association organizations and members, develop and effectively use all types of Learning Promotion Funds; promote emulation movements to promote learning, encourage talents, and build a learning society.

PV: Thank you, Doctor!