National primary school traffic skills exchange

Attending the program were Deputy Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Thi Kim Chi; representatives of the National Traffic Safety Committee; leaders of the Department of Education and Training of Nghe An and many provinces and cities across the country.

The 2023-2024 primary school traffic safety skills exchange program has the participation of students and teachers from 9 provinces and cities: Lao Cai, Bac Giang, Hung Yen, Ninh Binh, Da Nang, Dong Thap, Kien Giang and Dak Lak.

Speaking at the program, Deputy Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Thi Kim Chi said: In recent years, the Ministry of Education and Training has resolutely directed and implemented traffic safety education to all levels of education and schools nationwide, especially the inclusion of traffic safety education content into the official curriculum in an integrated form from preschool to high school.

Along with improving the quality of teaching and learning about traffic safety, schools have also organized many activities to propagate, raise students' understanding, awareness and responsibility about traffic safety and drastically implement fundamental solutions to prevent and reduce traffic accidents related to school age; build a culture of voluntary compliance with traffic laws among school age students - the future generation of the country.

With primary education - the first level of general education, laying the foundation for children's physical, intellectual, emotional and aesthetic development has a great influence on the formation of habits, standard behavior and human personality.

Therefore, educating about life skills to equip children with the necessary provisions to enter life is one of the issues that need to be implemented thoroughly and effectively. In particular, knowledge about traffic safety and skills to participate in traffic safety are very important.

At the program, the Deputy Minister of Education and Training alsoappreciate the coordination of the National Traffic Safety Committee and the support of Toyota Vietnam Automobile Company for traffic safety education for primary school students.

The program "Toyota and I learn traffic safety" is organized with 2 main activities: Provincial exchange activities and national exchange activities. Over the past 19 years, the program has been effectively implemented with many rich, lively and attractive contents, always receiving enthusiastic response and participation from teachers, parents and students.

The program has contributed to thoroughly understanding the role and importance of education, propaganda, and dissemination of traffic laws, especially the Road Traffic Law; contributed to innovating teaching methods, testing and evaluating traffic safety education content, aiming to improve the quality of legal education; and building friendly schools and active students.

Within the framework of the program, students from 9 provinces and cities participated in the following games: talent exchange, performance of folk songs, singing, poetry, drama... on the topic of traffic safety; knowledge game through relay race to answer 20 theoretical questions and solve secret crossword puzzles on the topic of traffic safety with People's Artist Xuan Bac.

The test content focuses on traffic situations that students often encounter in daily life, equipping them with specialized knowledge and skills to participate in traffic safely.

Closing the Traffic Safety Skills Exchange Program for primary schools in the 2023-2024 school year, Toyota Vietnam awarded a traffic safety education model to the 3 best teams: Hung Yen, Nghe An and Ninh Binh... to support traffic safety teaching in schools.