The educational environment must be safe, healthy and friendly.

On the afternoon of September 30, at Vinh University, the Ministry of Education and Training coordinated with the Ministry of Public Security to organize a conference on "Deploying political education tasks, student affairs and training on ensuring security and order in educational institutions".

Attending and directing the conference were Deputy Minister of Education and Training Ngo Thi Minh, representatives of the Ministry of Public Security and more than 500 delegates from universities, colleges, and Departments of Education and Training across the country. Photo: My Ha

Speaking at the opening of the conference, Deputy MinisterMinistry of Education and TrainingNgo Thi Minh reiterated the difficulties of the 2021-2022 school year in the context of the entire education sector having to organize teaching and learning under epidemic conditions.

In the past school year, in its role, the Ministry of Education and Training has advised on many important documents, namely Decision No. 1895/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister promulgating the Program "Strengthening education on revolutionary ideals, ethics, lifestyle and arousing aspirations for dedication for youth, adolescents and children in the period 2021-2030"; Directive No. 08 on strengthening school culture, implementing a project on supporting students to start businesses... In addition, the Ministry has implemented many activities on drug prevention, crime, and traffic safety.

Deputy Minister of Education and Training Ngo Thi Minh speaks at the conference. Photo: My Ha

However, according to the Deputy Minister of Education and Training, what has been done still does not meet the requirements set forth in the new period, especially when the entire sector is currently implementing educational and training innovation.

In fact, during the implementation process there are still limitations such as the situationschool violencestill complicated in some localities and educational institutions, negatively affecting the educational environment and causing anxiety and frustration in public opinion; the arrangement of cadres to do moral and lifestyle education has not received attention; inspection and examination work; life skills education has not met practical requirements; propaganda work, building and replicating advanced models and typical examples have not been well organized and implemented.

In addition, the work of grasping information, orienting political ideology, ethics, lifestyle, life skills for students, ensuring a safe educational environment for students in cyberspace faces many difficulties in terms of human resources and finance to maintain; updating information, classifying and processing is still limited.

Entering the new school year, the work of moral education and lifestyle for students must be focused on. In particular, it is necessary to closely follow the goal to help students develop comprehensively in morality, intelligence, physical strength and aesthetics; attach importance to educating basic skills and developing personal capacity, dynamism and creativity of students. In the goal of university education, it is necessary to train learners with moral qualities, awareness of serving the people, and capacity and knowledge of professional practice.

In the coming time, schools also need to pay attention to the learning environment to build a healthy, safe, friendly environment that can promote the strengths of students, taking the learner as the center.

Emphasizing the issue of safety, the Deputy Minister of Education and Training said that schools must be an environment without accidents, explosions, school violence, drugs, etc. To do this well, it is necessary to do a good job of communication to avoid negative behavior in schools, continue to promote typical examples to inspire determination and dedication, etc.

Delegates speaking at the conference. Photo: My Ha

During the implementation process, schools need to pay attention to student education, listen and understand students to have support measures. At the same time, it is necessary to continue educating students on ethics, lifestyle, and life skills so that they have the skills to cope with situations and overcome pitfalls and temptations.

To do well the above content, it is also necessary to pay attention to coordination with related ministries, departments, branches, and socio-political organizations. Connectivity needs to be gradually professionalized, better implemented, digitalized... to be more effective, truly going into depth.

Propaganda on preventing domestic violence at Ha Huy Tap High School (Vinh City). Photo: Provided by the school

As planned, the Conference will take place over 2 days and delegates will hear about the implementation of some key contents on political education and student affairs.

The Ministry of Public Security will deploy a special topic on ensuring internal political security for students in educational institutions and solutions in the coming time; some measures to prevent, detect and handle risks of crime and law violations in cyberspace for the education sector; the current crime situation, issues arising in the work of preventing and combating crime and child abuse in educational institutions.