Nghe An: Program 'Waves and computers for children' received 2,500 phones

Although it has only been launched for nearly 2 weeks, the program "Waves and computers for kids" launched by the Prime Minister has received enthusiastic response from agencies, unions, organizations and many individuals in Nghe An province. Up to this point, the Department of Education and Training and the Education Trade Union have mobilized 2,500 smartphones (including 4G sim). Of which, 1,500 were donated by the Vietnam Fatherland Front of Nghe An province and agencies and units in the province, 120 by the Provincial Education Promotion Association and 880 by Viettel Nghe An.

Based on surveys from the Departments of Education and Training and schools, the Department of Education and Training will present 2,500 phones to students from poor households, near-poor households, and households in especially difficult circumstances when participating in online learning during the period of social distancing. The remaining subjects are students from extremely difficult communes and ethnic minority areas according to Government regulations.

The Department of Education and Training gives phones to support online teaching to disadvantaged students. Photo; MH

To ensure the right beneficiaries, the Department requires schools to review and select the right beneficiaries and organize the donation and support for students as soon as possible. Periodically or unexpectedly, units will report on the management, coordination and use of equipment to the Mobilization Committee for donating and supporting online learning equipment for students in Nghe An province as required.

According to the allocation list, among 21 districts, cities and towns, Ky Son is the locality that received the most support with 245 machines. Next is Tuong Duong with 223 machines, Que Phong with 210 machines, Quy Hop with 206 machines, Con Cuong with 186 machines, Quy Chau with 180 machines, Anh Son with 120 machines, Tan Ky with 93 machines, Yen Thanh with 100 machines, Thanh Chuong with 126 machines, Quynh Luu with 129 machines, Nghi Loc with 100 machines, Dien Chau with 102 machines, Nghia Dan with 88 machines, Do Luong with 116 machines, Hung Nguyen and Nam Dan with 80 machines each. The remaining machines were given to Hoang Mai town with 50 machines and Thai Hoa town with 20 machines. In addition, the remaining 46 machines were given to students of the province's ethnic minority high schools, Nghe An Ethnic Minority High School No. 2 and Nghe An Physical Education and Sports High School. Two localities that have enough computers for students to study, Cua Lo town and Vinh city, did not receive computers this time.

Currently, the Department of Education and Training has directly handed over computers to 6 localities: Anh Son, Con Cuong, Tuong Duong, Ky Son, Quy Chau, Que Phong. The remaining units will complete the handover this week. In addition, through this program, the Department will also hand over 20 computers to Quy Chau High School and Que Phong High School.

Across the province, although localities have switched to in-person learning, theonline teachingare still carried out in parallel to ensure both proper implementation of the program and supplementing knowledge for students.

In addition, teaching in parallel with two forms will help schools and students get used to online teaching and proactively switch to this form in case the epidemic breaks out again and students cannot go to school.