Improving the quality and effectiveness of preschool education in Tan Ky mountainous district

Join hands for children

Tan Xuan Kindergarten is located in a particularly difficult area of ​​Tan Ky district, with over 56% of students being children of the Tho ethnic group. In the past two years, coordination between families, schools and the community in child care and education has become a regular practice. At the beginning of the school year, the school coordinates with parents to select educational goals based on age-appropriate goals.

Golden bell contest of students of Giai Xuan Kindergarten (Tan Ky). Photo: MH

Based on the consensus of parents and students, teachers will develop a form to evaluate children through each goal of the school's professional education plan before September 2020 and send the form to each parent from the beginning of the school year.

After completing the topic, at the end of the semester, teachers proactively coordinate with parents to evaluate whether children have achieved or not achieved each goal to monitor and detect progress, changes, and unusual manifestations of children that occur daily, and promptly discuss so that teachers can make adjustments in the content and methods of caring for and educating children...

“Our most successful achievement in implementing the program was changing parents' thinking and awareness about child care, thereby not only improving the effectiveness of child care in class but also coordinating to educate and care for children at home.”

Teacher Lai Thi Ha - Principal of Tan Xuan Kindergarten

The "Green Library" model is deployed in all kindergartens in the district. Photo: MH

At the Town KindergartenTan KyWith the desire to create an environment for children to get acquainted with English, the school library has actively promoted to parents about reading books with their children in the school library or reading books at home to form the habit of reading.

In addition, parents, departments, sectors and organizations are encouraged to donate more good preschool books and stories with Vietnamese and English subtitles to the school library so that children can have many new, unique, interesting and practical books. The "Green Library" model has also been implemented at Nghia Hop Kindergarten thanks to the cooperation of parents, teachers and organizations in the commune.

After being put into operation, the new model with its creative form has gradually helped students form a reading culture from preschool level, helping children consolidate their learned knowledge in a gentle and interesting way.

Parents of Nghia Thai commune join hands to repair the kindergarten. Photo: MH

Last school year, for the first time, Tan Ky Town Kindergarten organized an English exchange festival between public and private kindergartens in the town for 130 students aged 5-6. The program was carried out in the form of a "Ring the Golden Bell" contest with many creative, funny, lively and diverse competitions suitable for each age group, bringing a useful playground and a truly meaningful English festival.

Many other schools such as Nghia Dong Kindergarten, Tan Hop Kindergarten, Ky Tan Kindergarten, Tien Ky Kindergarten have coordinated with parents to organize many holidays during the school year such as Children's Day, Mid-Autumn Festival and implemented large experiential activities such as: Children practice being soldiers; Children with traditional Tet; Children with traffic safety.

At the end of the school year, thanks to the cooperation of parents, the extracurricular activity "Transition exchange program to support preschool to primary school" was effectively organized in many schools. Since then, it has not only helped organize transition activities for 5-year-old children from preschool to primary school and strengthen Vietnamese for ethnic children, but also promptly disseminated and advised parents to prepare their children before entering grade 1, especially in the context of implementing the new general education program, changing textbooks for grade 1 students.

Practical experience session of Hoa Hong Kindergarten (Tan Ky). Photo: MH

Teacher Chu Thi Hoai Thu - Principal of Tan An Kindergarten also shared: "Parents' participation with the school in this activity will help children be fully prepared in terms of psychology, learning ability, health, material conditions... and help children quickly adapt, integrate well and achieve educational goals in the new environment".

Building a comprehensive development environment

Currently, Tan Ky district has 27 preschools, including 24 public schools, 2 private schools and 1 private independent nursery group. The number of children attending class every year compared to the plan reaches over 95% in both nursery and kindergarten age groups.

The district has 22/22 communes and towns that maintain a solid standard of universal preschool education for 5-year-old children. The quality of care and education for 5-year-old preschool classes is increasingly improved. The rate of underweight and stunted children is under 6%, 100% of 5-year-old children complete preschool education. At other levels of education, the rate of malnourished children in both height and weight has also decreased by about 0.4%.

Many kindergartens in Tan Ky district have been invested in to be spacious and modern. Photo: My Ha

In order to improve operational efficiency, in recent years, the Tan Ky District Education Department has promptly issued close instructions, ensuring practicality and feasibility. Regarding professional activities, right from the beginning of the school year, implementing the direction of the Department of Education and Training, the District Education and Training Department has adjusted educational goals and contents to suit the actual context of each unit and directed the effective implementation of the proposed contents.

The sector also encourages schools to implement topics with flexible, creative and appropriate content to help children fully develop in all areas according to the objectives of the preschool education program. Implementing a child-centered education program, many schools have implemented the construction of an open educational environment inside and outside the classroom, meeting the needs of children for fun and experience. Children going to school are guaranteed both physical and mental safety, with no child abuse, accidents, injuries, epidemics, or poisoning occurring in preschools.

Extracurricular program to prepare students for first grade at Giai Xuan 1 Kindergarten. Photo: MH

Investment in facilities and construction of school landscapes are focused on ensuring green, clean, beautiful, safe and friendly environment. The educational environment inside and outside the group and class is built scientifically and openly to stimulate children to be active. In this school year, the whole district has built 15 new classrooms, 17 functional rooms, 3 kitchens and 17 toilets for preschools with a total cost of nearly 30 billion VND.

Thanks to that, school facilities are increasingly invested in, meeting teaching and learning requirements. Many schools are recognized as standard schools or re-evaluated to meet standards.

Preparing your child for first grade. Photo: MH

In addition, following the launch and direction of the Department of Education and Training, 26/26 kindergartens have coordinated with parents and local organizations to build a "Green Library" model, build an environment for children to get acquainted with English, invest in designing, constructing and renovating outdoor play areas for children. At the same time, they have renovated and purchased additional outdoor toys and equipped furniture in groups and classes to meet the needs of children's play activities.

With the efforts and joint efforts of the whole community, the quality of preschool education in Tan Ky district has had positive changes and is trusted by parents.

“In any circumstance, Tan Ky Education always strives to improve the quality and effectiveness of preschool education in particular. The main goal is to increase enrollment rates, innovate teaching methods to meet basic education standards and help children develop well both physically and mentally.”

Mr. Hoang Dinh Son - Head of Education and Training Department of Tan Ky district