Educational breakthrough in the mountainous region of Que Phong

(Baonghean) - With the characteristics of a remote border district, Que Phong determined that investment in education not only provides high-quality human resources to serve socio-economic development, but also contributes to political stability, national defense and security.

Leaders of Que Phong province and district presented gifts to students of Tri Le 2 Primary School at the beginning of the new school year. Photo: Tran Hai

In recent years, Que Phong district has received attention from the Central and the province, investing in infrastructure construction, socio-economic development, creating a new face for the highland region. However, for the district to develop sustainably in terms of economy, investment in basic construction... is still not enough, the equally important goal that Que Phong always focuses on is investment in education, there needs to be a fundamental and comprehensive change in education and training in a substantial way.

Recognizing this importance, in recent years, under the attention, leadership and direction of the district Party Committee, People's Committee, Party committees at all levels, authorities; the attention of departments, branches, organizations and the whole society, the education and training career of Que Phong district has had many changes. Currently, the whole district has 63 educational institutions, including 14 kindergartens, 18 primary schools, 10 secondary schools, 4 junior high schools, 1 high school, 1 continuing education center, 1 ethnic minority secondary school and 14 community learning centers. The school system in the district basically meets the needs of education and training; mobilizes school-age children to go to school; reduces the rate of dropouts and students sitting in the wrong class...

Students of Huoi Moi 1 village, Tri Le commune, Que Phong happily go to school. Photo: Thanh Cuong

In particular, in recent years, the teaching and learning emulation movements have been promoted by the district's Education sector in conjunction with improving the quality of education; solutions for teaching Vietnamese to ethnic minority students and arranging teaching in combined classes at special schools have been enhanced; extracurricular activities, encouraging learning, encouraging talents, and socializing education have been well organized...

Thanks to that, the rate of good teachers and good students at all levels; the rate of students passing the secondary and high school graduation exams is increasing; the rate of national standard schools is quite good (24 schools, reaching 50%)... Especially, in the 2015 - 2016 school year, with the efforts and striving to excellently complete the assigned tasks, many collectives and individuals of the Education sector of Que Phong district have achieved remarkable achievements. Among them, 1 collective and 2 individuals were proposed to be awarded a Certificate of Merit by the Ministry of Education and Training; 1 collective was proposed to be awarded the Emulation Flag of the Provincial People's Committee; 822 individuals achieved the title of Advanced Laborer; 115 individuals achieved the title of Emulation Fighter at the grassroots level...

Teachers of Tien Phong Secondary School arrange functional rooms before the new school year. Photo: Tran Hai

From the achievements, implementing the Resolution of the 21st Que Phong District Party Congress for the 2015 - 2020 term, the People's Committee of Que Phong District has developed a Project: "Improving the quality of comprehensive education in Que Phong District for the period 2015 - 2020". Accordingly, the district aims to create a fundamental and comprehensive change in the quality and effectiveness of education, increasingly better meeting the socio-economic development of the district and the increasing learning needs of the people.

Along with that, the district strives to build the Education and Training sector corresponding to the general educational development of the province. Focus on improving the quality of comprehensive and key education. Ensure social equity in education. Ensure conditions for improving quality, standardizing, modernizing, and socializing the education system, striving by 2020, Que Phong will rise to rank 16-17 in the province's education.

A kindergarten class at Nam Nhoong Kindergarten, Que Phong district

To implement the project, Que Phong district has developed roadmaps and assigned tasks to relevant units to implement. In particular, focusing on the following tasks: Improving the quality of teachers and educational management staff to meet the requirements of fundamental and comprehensive educational innovation; consolidating and improving the quality of universal preschool education for 5-year-old children, striving to achieve universal primary education level 3 and universal secondary education level 2 by 2020.

Particularly for preschool children, it is necessary to focus on physical development, preparing them well for entering grade 1. 100% of communes and towns must complete universal preschool education for 5-year-old children by 2017. Increase the rate of mobilizing preschool-age children to go to school to 18% by 2020; the number of 3-5 year-old children going to kindergarten will reach 90% by 2020, of which 99.5% of 5-year-old children will be mobilized to go to school. Reduce the rate of malnourished children in preschools in the form of underweight and stunted children to below 8% by 2020.

Panorama of the opening ceremony of the new school year at Kim Son Secondary School - Que Phong.

Strive to have the literacy rate of people aged 15 and over reach 98.0% by 2020, of which the literacy rate of people aged 15 to 35 is 99.0%. 50% of community learning centers are classified as A, 20% of communes, wards, towns and agencies and enterprises are recognized as learning units; Repair and upgrade ethnic boarding schools; complete the construction of Que Phong Ethnic Boarding Secondary School; focus on investing in building schools and classrooms, strive to solidify all classrooms by 2020, invest in building boarding houses for people; consolidate and develop community learning centers and learning promotion associations; develop support policies so that Mong and Kho Mu children have the best learning conditions; strive to have the rate of students participating in high school reach 70%. Strengthening the work of improving students' learning quality, increasing the rate of excellent students at all levels, especially excellent students at the provincial level, students with high university entrance exam scores...

The way to school of students in Tri Le commune. Photo: Tran Hai

Comrade Le Xuan Giap - Deputy Secretary of the District Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Que Phong district said: Although the locality still faces many difficulties, the Party Committee and people of all ethnic groups in Que Phong district have determined: Investing in education is investing in the future and the entire education sector must strive to compete to implement Uncle Ho's wishes in the letter he sent to the ethnic groups in Que Phong district on April 12, 1966. Therefore, despite many difficulties, the mountainous district of Que Phong always cares and focuses on the goal of quality education and training "teaching people" and "teaching letters".

Thu Huong