Online conference to review semester I and deploy tasks for semester II

The first semester of the 2021-2022 school year took place in particularly difficult conditions due to the impact of the pandemic, but the entire education sector of Nghe An has made efforts to overcome difficulties and achieved many outstanding results. That is, it has prioritized resource concentration, proactively and quickly implemented digital transformation in education, contributing to the effective implementation of the school year's tasks in the context of Covid-19 prevention.

The whole industry has organized teaching in appropriate forms: Online, in-person, or a combination of in-person and online, ensuring safety in epidemic prevention.

Comrade Thai Van Thanh - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Director of the Department of Education and Training spoke at the first semester review conference. Photo: MH

In recent times, the sector has continued to focus all its efforts on training and fostering staff, ensuring the roadmap for implementing the 2018 General Education Program; Building management models, educational activities, mobilizing resources... The comprehensive education quality of Nghe An province continues to be affirmed; prioritizing the development of education in ethnic minority, mountainous and disadvantaged areas; Effectively implementing educational goals at each level and grade.

Speaking at the conference, the Director of the Department of Education and Training shared the difficulties of schools when they have to organize teaching and learning in the context of the complicated epidemic. Determining that from now until the end of the school year, the Covid-19 epidemic will continue to have a great impact on the education sector, the Director of the Department also requested that schools need to prepare conditions and be ready with plans to adapt to the new situation, and perform well the dual tasks of the school year.

In the context of the epidemic, schools in the province are implementing both in-person and online teaching options in parallel. (In photo: Class time of students at Le Mao Secondary School - Vinh City) Photo: MH

The Director of the Department of Education and Training also shared the pressure with schools when having to teach in the context of the epidemic. However, in the general spirit of the Government, schools also need to be flexible in implementation. During the direction process, we should not be rigid but must respond flexibly and be able to organize activities so that students can interact in class and each class can still organize outdoor activities if safety regulations are ensured.

During the epidemic prevention process, schools need to have school psychology counseling teams and youth unions to monitor students' psychological performance and coordinate with parents to support students, helping students develop normally. If students are found to be weak or have deficiencies in any area, they need to be supported to ensure that they do not have gaps in their knowledge. To ensure safety, the Department requires that if a school has F0 students, they must be treated for at least 7 days before allowing students to return to school, according to regulations.

Representatives of units spoke at the online conference. Photo: MH

In parallel, from now until the end of the school year, the tasks for the education sector are still numerous, such as: continuing to carry out quality assessment work in schools, advising on the issuance of resolutions on policies for preschool teachers, organizing exams, building models of high-quality key schools and advanced schools; preparing for the assessment of changing textbooks for grades 3, 7, and 10, and training teachers. Therefore, in the remaining time, taking advantage of the "golden time", the whole sector must make efforts, try hard, and closely follow the guidelines to focus on completion.

Schools also need to ensure review and practice plans for students.grade 12, focusing on implementing competency assessment exams, carefully studying the exams to support high schools and professional groups to advise and organize effective review. In addition, it is recommended that high schools review and continue to provide training and tutoring to complete well.high school graduation examand achieve the set goals and improve the ranking position in terms of results.

According to the Director of the Department of Education and Training, instead of just sitting in class, schools should organize outdoor activities or increase interaction in the classroom to create excitement for students in class. (In photo: Class time of students at Long Thanh Kindergarten (Yen Thanh)). Photo - MH

The head of the education sector also emphasized the innovation of teaching and learning according to the new general education program and the current task of schools is to "Create excitement for learning, aiming for the success of learners".

To do that well, in addition to ensuring good teaching of traditional subjects such as Literature, Math, Chemistry, and Physics, schools need to orient to promote students' abilities, help students develop comprehensively and see "every day at school is a happy day".