Each primary, secondary and high school in Nghe An province will have a Foreign Language classroom.

On the morning of October 14, the Department of Political Education and Student Affairs - Ministry of Education and Training coordinated with the Department of Education and Training of Vinh city to organize the launching ceremony of the foreign language learning movement in schools.

This year's launching ceremony was held simultaneously by the Ministry of Education and Training in four localities: Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Thap, Hanoi and Nghe An to promote the English learning movement, build and develop an environment for learning and using foreign languages ​​nationwide.

Previously, the Ministry of Education and Training also issued Plan No. 957/KH-BGDDT dated September 18, 2019 on organizing the English learning movement, building and developing the learning environment and using foreign languages ​​in schools in the national education system.

Mr. Doan Hong Ha presents gifts from the Ministry of Education and Training to schools. Photo: My Ha

Through this program, we aim to achieve three goals: Building an English learning movement, building and developing an environment for learning and using foreign languages ​​in schools; creating an environment for staff, teachers and students to effectively promote their capacity to teach and learn foreign languages ​​in general, and English in particular; encouraging teachers, students, lecturers and students to self-study, improve their qualifications and use foreign languages...

Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Doan Hong Ha - Deputy Director of the Department of Political Education and Student Affairs - Ministry of Education and Training affirmed: Globalization and international integration are common trends of countries in the process of movement and development.

Students participate in an English knowledge game at the launching ceremony. Photo: My Ha.

In particular, in the Industrial Revolution 4.0, English and Information Technology are two indispensable tools when English is now the common language of more than 60 countries in the world. Therefore, learning a foreign language well is a passport, a bridge to help people connect with the whole world.

To create a strong change in the quality and time of using foreign languages ​​in schools, the representative of the Ministry of Education and Training also requested that schools need to build an English learning movement, build and develop an environment for learning and using foreign languages ​​in schools; create an environment for staff, teachers and students to effectively promote their capacity to teach and learn foreign languages ​​in general, and English in particular.

For many years now, many schools in Vinh city have innovated the teaching and learning of foreign languages ​​in schools. Photo: My Ha.

In Nghe An, according to the assessment of the Department of Education and Training, after 10 years of implementing the Plan "Teaching and learning Foreign languages ​​in Nghe An province in the period 2010 - 2020", teaching and learning Foreign languages ​​still face many difficulties, and the progress of implementation at some levels and grades is still low compared to the goals set out in the plan.

The work of developing the teaching staff has not met the implementation requirements: The rate of teachers meeting the training standards is 100%, but the rate of teachers meeting the Foreign Language proficiency standards to implement the new Foreign Language program is still low, especially in high schools (only 31% of teachers meet the standards).

Resources from the budget and socialized investment for the Foreign Language project have only reached over 50% with 123 billion VND/222 billion VND according to the set target.

Currently, the whole province has 497/558 schools with primary school students organizing foreign language teaching; of which, 394 schools teach according to the 10-year foreign language program (accounting for 70.6%). At the secondary level, 329/405 schools implement teaching according to the 10-year foreign language program.

For high school level: Implement teaching according to the 7-year Foreign Language program for 100% of high schools... However, currently only 4 schools in Vinh city have implemented the new 10-year Foreign Language program with 100% of 10th grade students.

From now until 2025, Nghe An aims to unify and synchronize the implementation of the 10-year Foreign Language program with foreign language teaching according to the new general education program implemented from the 2020-2025 school year. Strive to use the state budget to equip each primary, secondary and high school with 01 foreign language classroom.