The National Assembly's Committee on Culture and Education's supervisory delegation worked with the People's Committee of Nghe An province.

Overview of the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

PROPOSAL OF MANY ISSUES RESULTING FROM PRACTICAL REQUIREMENTS

At the meeting, on the basis of implementing policies and laws in the field of supervision, Nghe An province had a number of recommendations and proposals to the working delegation on areas related to contents such as the number of positions and jobs for preschools; paying attention to policies to ensure the quantity and quality of the teaching staff; investing in facilities and teaching equipment according to new standards.

Comrade Bui Dinh Long - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee presented a report on the implementation of policies and laws in the fields of: Education and Training, culture, sports, tourism, information - communication, beliefs - religions, youth and children in Nghe An. Photo: Thanh Duy

In particular, at the meeting, the province proposed that the Supervisory Delegation give opinions to the Ministry of Home Affairs to advise the Government on effective and timely solutions to overcome the current shortage of teachers to meet the requirements of implementing the 2018 general education program innovation.

The province also proposed a number of contents related to the fields of culture, sports and tourism, especially requesting the Government to have a policy to support the construction of swimming pools to serve swimming lessons for teenagers and children in schools and in the community to implement the program of preventing and combating drowning;...

Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly's Committee on Culture and Education Nguyen Thi Mai Hoa speaks at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Along with that, a number of issues raised in the fields of information, communication; care and protection of children and youth were also proposed by the province to the monitoring delegation; especially the proposal to supplement the definition and include in legal documents the regulations on the act of "buying and selling fetuses" to suit the practical situation;...

Based on direct supervision at the grassroots level in Nghe An in the past time and the reports and recommendations of the Provincial People's Committee, members of the Supervisory Delegation of the National Assembly's Committee on Culture and Education and a number of departments and branches of Nghe An discussed and clarified a number of related contents.

Prof. Dr. Thai Van Thanh - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Director of the Department of Education and Training of Nghe An province answered and clarified some issues related to the education sector with the Supervisory Delegation. Photo: Thanh Duy

Speaking at the meeting, Vice Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Council Nguyen Nhu Khoi said that the issues that the Supervisory Delegation of the Committee for Culture and Education supervised this time included many issues that the Provincial People's Council is focusing on supervising such as: vocational training, culture, and education policies.

The Vice Chairman of the People's Council of Nghe An province also said: Although there are still difficulties, in investment and development, the province focuses a lot of policies on the cultural and educational sectors; at the same time, he also raised a number of recommendations to the delegation to remove difficulties arising from reality such as: the vocational training system is being spread out, leading to a large number of trained people, but the basic quality is having problems.

Along with that, he proposed that the National Assembly further improve policies for education in ethnic minority and mountainous areas; especially the need to maintain the boarding school system to create conditions for students in mountainous areas to study. On the other hand, the reorganization of the national press system must be implemented more strongly; at the same time, monitoring the rules and use of social networks by journalists.

Vice Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Council Nguyen Nhu Khoi spoke at the meeting, proposing that the National Assembly further improve policies for education in ethnic minority and mountainous areas. Photo: Thanh Duy

From the perspective of Nghe An as one of the localities selected by the delegation for supervision, Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung emphasized: Organizing a supervision delegation of the National Assembly's Committee for Culture and Education on the above fields is extremely necessary; thereby not only recording the results of the province in implementing policies and laws, but more importantly, through supervision, the delegation pointed out the shortcomings and limitations that need to be overcome; at the same time, with supervision experience in many other provinces and cities, it suggests to the province issues that need attention to more effectively implement related contents.

The head of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee also said that through the working sessions of the Supervisory Delegation with localities, departments, branches and the Provincial People's Committee, Nghe An also has more conditions to reflect back on practical local issues that are part of the overall general issues of the whole country; or issues specific to Nghe An that need attention and resolution.

Basically agreeing with the content in the draft report on the monitoring results of the delegation, the Chairman of the People's Committee of Nghe An province affirmed: Through the monitoring, the achieved results; existing problems and limitations were highlighted; especially the recommendations of the delegation helped the province continue to carry out the work related to the monitored fields better and better.

Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung speaks at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Emphasizing that the cultural and social fields are extremely important and sensitive, affecting the development center which is the people, Chairman Nguyen Duc Trung said: Nghe An always focuses a lot of resources on these fields. In particular, every year in the province's budget expenditure structure, spending on education alone accounts for about 45% (about 9,500 billion VND in 2022) and spending on health care accounts for about 10% (about 2,000 billion VND in 2022).

However, in the context of being the largest locality in the country, the 4th most populous and the whole Western region still facing many difficulties, the Chairman of the People's Committee of Nghe An province expressed his concerns when the resource conditions still could not meet the needs of these areas. In that context, the province has made efforts to issue policies related to resources such as issuing policies to pay salaries to more than 1,700 preschool teachers who have signed labor contracts according to Decree No. 06 of the Government and Joint Circular No. 09 of the Ministry of Education and Training - Ministry of Finance - Ministry of Home Affairs;...

Members of the Supervisory Delegation of the National Assembly's Committee on Culture and Education at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Along with that, the head of the Provincial People's Committee also raised concerns related to improving the quality of comprehensive education when the province is at the national average level; the problem of local teacher shortage, especially preschool and primary school teachers or training stream work, vocational training quality. From identifying the above core issues, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee said that Nghe An is focusing on solving them.

In the cultural field, comrade Nguyen Duc Trung also clearly stated his view that he will continue to pay more attention to continue affirming the role and position, promoting culture to contribute to the common development.

SPECIFIC STRATEGIES AND PROGRAMS ON CULTURE AND EDUCATION

Concluding the meeting, on behalf of the Supervisory Delegation, Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee on Culture and Education Nguyen Dac Vinh suggested that in the process of summarizing 10 years of implementing Resolution No. 26 of the Politburo on the direction and tasks for the development of Nghe An province, the province should pay attention to evaluating the results, as well as advising on mechanisms and orientations in the fields of culture and education to contribute to the general report submitted to the Politburo in 2023; at the same time, pay attention to implementing strategies and programs to concretize the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress on the fields of culture and education.

Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee on Culture and Education Nguyen Dac Vinh concluded the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

The Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee on Culture and Education also discussed and suggested a solution to improve the quality of mass education such as: reviewing the training process to improve the input quality of high school students; at the same time, improving the quality of the teaching staff through solutions such as spreading the leading role of good teachers. Along with that, the province also needs to pay attention to effectively implementing the 2018 general education program.

Comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh also suggested that the province, while solving economic problems, should also pay attention to social problems, especially finding solutions to effectively use workers returning from working abroad. On the other hand, vocational education should focus on regular, continuous training and certification, rather than focusing on degrees; and design flexible training programs according to practical needs.

Provincial leaders at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

The Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee on Culture and Education also suggested that the province continue to pay attention to preserving and promoting the cultural and historical identity of the land and people of Nghe An through action thinking, assessing the final impact to have an appropriate approach with the participation of the entire political system and the entire population. Regarding tourism, he said that this is also the time for Nghe An to focus on improving the quality of tourism products and services to attract tourists in many different segments./.