Nghe An: Plan to build 14 key, high-quality schools

On the afternoon of March 12, under the chairmanship of comrade Le Minh Thong - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Nghe An Provincial People's Committee had a working session with leaders of the Department of Education and Training and a number of related departments, branches and sectors to listen and give opinions on the Pilot Plan to build a number of key, high-quality secondary schools in Nghe An province by 2020.

Comrade Le Minh Thong spoke and directed at the meeting. Photo: My Ha

Successfully implementing the goal of comprehensive education

The policy of building a number of key, high-quality secondary schools in Nghe An province has been built for many years. The construction of key, high-quality schools aims to be the core and pioneer in successfully implementing the goal of comprehensive education in the direction of forming and developing students' qualities, abilities, and talents, in accordance with the new general education program; at the same time, creating equal opportunities for students to enjoy high-quality educational services.

In these schools, the school education program, in addition to ensuring the implementation of the compulsory program, also has additional content. In particular, the focus is on supplementing soft skills education, life skills, foreign language and IT skills, STEM education content (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), and educational content referenced from advanced schools.

Comrade Thai Van Thanh - Director of the Department of Education and Training spoke about building a model of high-quality key schools. Photo: My Ha

In addition, schools will be given priority in receiving and transferring excellent teachers, and will be supported with training and development in innovative teaching methods and forms. At the same time, facilities and teaching equipment will be enhanced....

Encourage socialized and autonomous models

Regarding this plan, at the meeting, delegates all agreed with the policy of building key schools and high-quality schools. However, for the plan to be feasible, it is necessary to ensure compliance with the legal basis and pay attention to implementation criteria such as facilities, teaching staff, curriculum, enrollment, etc.

Class time of students at Phan Boi Chau High School for the Gifted. Photo: My Ha

Concluding the meeting, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Minh Thong requested the Department of Education and Training to absorb comments from departments and branches to complete the plan.

During the implementation process, it is necessary to pay attention to building a set of criteria for schools, clarifying implementation solutions to be close to reality. In particular, it is necessary to pay attention to propaganda work, resource mobilization, policy mechanisms, teacher selection, student selection, resource mobilization... The comrade also requested the industry to consult other localities, encourage socialized and autonomous models.

Nghe An is also striving to pilot the program in some high schools and middle schools in the area in the 2019-2020 school year.

To achieve this goal, Nghe An province plans to initially pilot the program at 5 high schools, namely Phan Boi Chau Specialized High School, Provincial Ethnic Minority High School, Quy Hop High School, Nguyen Duy Trinh High School, and Do Luong High School. In addition, there are 9 secondary schools: Dang Thai Mai Secondary School (Vinh City), Cao Xuan Huy Secondary School (Dien Chau), Ho Xuan Huong Secondary School (Quynh Luu), Bach Lieu Secondary School (Yen Thanh), Ly Nhat Quang Secondary School (Do Luong), Ton Quang Phiet Secondary School (Thanh Chuong), Anh Son Secondary School (Anh Son), Nguyen Trai Secondary School (Tan Ky), and Hoa Hieu 2 Secondary School (Thai Hoa Town).