Nghe An proposes policies to support ethnic minority boarding schools

On the morning of August 26, the Provincial People's Council's Cultural Committee organized the review of the draft Resolution to be submitted to the thematic session (22nd session) of the Provincial People's Council.

Attending the review session were comrade Nguyen Nhu Khoi - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council.

At the beginning of the meeting, the Provincial People's Council's Culture and Social Committee reviewed the Resolution "Regulating a number of policies to support ethnic minority boarding schools and high schools implementing ethnic minority boarding school models for ethnic minorities and mountainous areas in Nghe An province".

The draft resolution adds some contents and spending levels. That is the policy to support funding for implementing programs to enhance foreign languages, information technology, STEM education, life skills, and life values; the support level is 100,000 VND/teaching period; maximum is not more than 5 periods/week/class and not more than 27 weeks/school year.

Support funding for purchasing textbooks and building shared bookcases so that each student can borrow a set of books corresponding to each class they are attending; support level is 50,000 VND/student/year.

Estimated budget for 2024 is more than 8.2 billion VND; from 2025 onwards nearly 18.5 billion VND.

Giving opinions on the draft, delegates emphasized the necessity of the Resolution to concretize the province's policy on developing education and training in mountainous areas; at the same time, create a legal corridor for the effective implementation of policies for high school students with permanent residence in areas with particularly difficult socio-economic conditions of the province to stay at school.

Increasing the student mobilization rate in this region contributes to the development of general education equally among regions, firmly maintaining and improving the results of universal primary education and universal secondary education; effectively implementing the management and teaching of boarding students, health care, food hygiene and safety, reducing the dropout rate, improving the quality of comprehensive education for students in high schools; contributing to improving the people's knowledge, creating human resources, especially in ethnic minority areas and areas of particular difficulty.

However, the delegates expressed concerns about the regulations on support levels for teachers working directly and indirectly; financial support for life skills subjects; the need to pay attention to the management of boarding facilities... The delegates suggested that the content of the resolution should clearly stipulate the subjects of application, and that it is necessary to expand ethnic boarding schools in the province, ensuring the feasibility of the resolution's mechanisms and policies.

Unanimously approved the content of the draft Resolution; the Provincial People's Council's Culture and Social Affairs Committee requested the drafting agency to absorb the delegates' comments, supplement and adjust the scope of adjustment, applicable subjects, support policies, and perfect the format of the Provincial People's Council's resolution. The Department of Education and Training needs to review and compare the regulations on recognizing qualified schools to benefit from this policy and complete the documents to submit to the upcoming Provincial People's Council meeting.

Also at the review session, the Culture - Social Committee, the Provincial People's Council unanimously approved the draft Resolution on adjusting the investment policy of the project to invest in the construction of a wastewater and waste treatment system for hospitals in Nghe An province, using ODA loans from the German Government.