Students need to be assured of security and safety at school.

On the morning of April 28, the Department of Education and Training held a conference on school security work for the 2022-2023 school year.

The school security conference was attended by representatives of the Provincial Police; Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs; heads of schools; and education and training departments in 21 districts, cities and towns. Photo: My Ha

TellEnsuring school security and safety is a key task that the Education sector and related departments and sectors always pay special attention to. The main purpose is to help ensure school security, students inside and outside the school always live and study in a safe, healthy and friendly environment.

Director of the Department of Education and Training Thai Van Thanh speaks at the conference. Photo: My Ha

However, in reality, despite attention and many positive and synchronous solutions, for many different reasons, both objective and subjective, there were times when school security at some schools in Nghe An province was not guaranteed, creating negative public opinion in society, affecting the teaching and learning of teachers and students.

Speaking at the opening of the conference, comrade Thai Van Thanh - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Director of the Department of Education and Training shared concerns surrounding the work of ensuringschool securityin recent times. In particular, after 3 years of being affected by the Covid-19 epidemic, ensuring school security and safety has become more difficult when students have not been able to go to school for a long time, have not been able to communicate, affecting their psychology. Meanwhile, at this age, students do not have much experience, do not have enough courage to control their emotions.

Lieutenant Colonel Manh Thuy Nga - Deputy Head of Internal Political Security Department, Nghe An Provincial Police spoke at the conference. Photo: My Ha

The Director of the Department of Education and Training also mentioned many dangers in schools today related to digital transformation, social networks and hostile forces... Therefore, schools need to pay attention to the issue of media handling. In addition, attention should be paid to safety issues inside and outside the school, especially when students are near summer break, the risk of drowning and the risk of abuse increases.

To ensure security and safety in schools, the leaders of the Department of Education and Training suggested that schools continue to raise awareness, especially in management work right at the unit. In addition, there needs to be coordination with relevant departments, branches, localities where schools are located, and in families and the social community. At the same time, it is necessary to focus on school psychology, considering this a regular task of all teachers, not assigning responsibility to a few part-time or part-time teachers.

Extracurricular session on drug, tobacco and school violence prevention for students of Tuong Duong 2 High School. Photo: NTCC

In addition, schools also need to pay attention to the issue of teachers' ethics and resolutely handle violations to serve as a deterrent. In particular, do not cover up teachers whose behavior negatively impacts the personality and education of the younger generation in schools.

At the conference, representatives of Nghe An Provincial Police and the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs reported on issues surrounding school security and the role of schools and families in disaster prevention.drowning, injury prevention, child sexual abuse... The Department of Education and Training has also listened tolisten to opinions from schools to find solutions to remove difficulties and obstacles in the implementation process at the grassroots level./.