Students of Con Co island district have a new school

On November 22, at Con Co island district (Quang Tri), the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) in coordination with the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group held the inauguration ceremony and put into use the Hoa Phong Ba Kindergarten - Primary School.

This is a particularly meaningful project for students as well as creating favorable conditions for their parents to feel secure in going to sea, contributing to socio-economic development, firmly protecting the sacred sovereignty of the sea and islands of the Fatherland.

Corner of school supplies and toys for preschool students.

In late September and early October 2013, a historic storm (number 10) occurred in Con Co island district, completely destroying Hoa Phong Ba Kindergarten. To maintain the classroom, Con Co island district had to borrow facilities from other units as temporary learning places for students.

With the support of the Ministry of Education and Training, the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group, organizations, individuals, and philanthropists, on June 8, 2014, in Con Co island district, the Hoa Phong Ba Kindergarten and Primary School project began construction. The project was invested in the form of both design and construction with a total floor area of ​​about 500 m2 including: a teacher's office, two official residences, a kitchen for students and teachers, a primary school classroom, a preschool classroom, and three auxiliary areas.

The project has a total investment of 4.8 billion VND, sponsored by the Oil and Gas Drilling and Well Services Corporation - PVD (Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group) and was completed and put into use on August 6, 2015. Due to unfavorable weather conditions, the inauguration ceremony of Hoa Phong Ba Kindergarten and Primary School has just been held.

Deputy Minister of Education and Training Pham Manh Hung took a souvenir photo with officials, soldiers, people and students of Con Co island district.

Delighted to build a new, spacious and modern school, Chairman of the People's Committee of Con Co island district, Le Quang Lanh said: The project was completed and put into use in time for the opening of the new school year 2015 - 2016. This is an important project, contributing to reducing some of the difficulties in terms of facilities and is the long-standing wish of the cadres, soldiers and people living on the island.

Teacher Hoang Thi Hieu, the first preschool teacher in Con Co island district, said: I feel happy and proud to have a new, spacious and modern school. The district also creates conditions for teachers to borrow houses to live in the youth village. However, she is concerned: Currently, the number of preschool teachers is guaranteed but there are no primary school teachers. Therefore, next year, when the children enter first grade, they do not know how to study. In addition, the school lacks fences, roofs, teaching aids, toys... I hope to have more attention from departments and sectors to support education in Con Co island district to develop and keep up with other localities.

Having spent many years on the island, Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Van Phong, Chief of the Border Guard Station of Con Co Island District, shared: Since the investment and construction, the children's parents have felt more secure in developing the island's marine economy. Here, the army and the people consider each other as family, united and helping each other regularly. Although they are called the people, they are a shock force ready to help the border guards with the goal of firmly protecting the sovereignty of the sea and islands.

According to statistics, there are currently 9 households with 35 people in the area. In order to share the difficulties with the people, the border guards adopted and sponsored two children. At the beginning of the school year, the border guards helped the two children have enough books, notebooks, clothes to go to school, organized the Mid-Autumn Festival, Teachers' Day...

Representatives of Hoa Phong Ba Kindergarten and Primary School received gifts from the Ministry of Education and Training.

Speaking at the ceremony, Deputy Minister of Education and Training Pham Manh Hung expressed his joy when attending the inauguration ceremony of this special school with the district leaders as well as teachers, local people and students. He was very moved because since the day the school was destroyed by the storm, teachers, parents and students have not been afraid of difficulties to continue teaching and learning in temporary classrooms.

Deputy Minister Pham Manh Hung was moved: We know that in the past, after finishing preschool, children had to leave their parents and go to the mainland to live with their grandparents and uncles to continue their studies in higher grades: primary school and high school. I understand the anxiety, worry, and insecurity of parents when they have to live far away from their children to stay and protect the sacred sea and islands of the Fatherland.

Therefore, the construction of Hoa Phong Ba Kindergarten and Primary School is both the responsibility and sentiment of the Ministry of Education and Training and the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group for the resilient people who cling to the sea for the peace of the Fatherland.

This school will not only be for preschool education as before, but will have enough primary level classrooms and public housing for teachers, a kitchen area for students and auxiliary works that meet standards with the goal of ensuring learning opportunities for all children of families living on Con Co island.

"Therefore, we need to try to make sure that as the children grow up, the classes will grow up together so that parents and children will be more attached to their sea and islands. With unity, we will continue to build schools in all seas and islands into "Flowers of the Storm" that always bloom, as a symbol of the longevity of the fences and outposts of the Fatherland," Deputy Minister Pham Manh Hung emphasized.

According to People's Electronic Newspaper