Nghe An will review and re-plan appropriate ethnic boarding schools.
(Baonghean.vn) - From a provincial ethnic minority high school, after 10 years of implementation, Nghe An has now developed into 8 schools with more than 2,600 ethnic minority students studying.
On the afternoon of October 26, the Department of Education and Training held a conference to summarize 10 years of implementing Decision No. 1640/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister approving the Project to consolidate and develop the system.ethnic minority secondary school
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Delegates speaking at the meeting. Photo: My Ha |
Decision 1640 of the Prime Minister was issued in 2011 with the goal of consolidating and developing the ethnic boarding school system towards national standard high schools and ensuring special educational conditions, effectively performing the task of creating a source of training cadres for ethnic minorities.
In Nghe An, the project implementation was carried out in 2 phases 2011 - 2015, 2016 - 2020. After 10 years of implementation, the whole province has developed from 1 school into 8 ethnic minority boarding schools with 105 classrooms and 2,774 students (including 2 high schools and 6 middle schools in the districts of Tuong Duong, Con Cuong, Quy Hop, Que Phong, Quy Chau, Ky Son). Of which, there are 2,671 ethnic minority students with 1,778 middle school students and 996 high school students...
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Director of the Department of Education and Training Thai Van Thanh speaks at the conference. Photo: My Ha |
The implementation of the DTNT model has made an important contribution to improving the quality of teaching and learning in schools. In particular, the model has met the aspirations of the majority of people, creating conditions for students in mountainous and remote areas to study and be cared for in a comprehensive educational environment.
From this model, thousands of students have graduated and been admitted to universities, colleges and academies. The quality of mass education and key education of the schools is increasingly affirmed.
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Students studying at ethnic minority boarding schools enjoy full benefits according to state regulations. In photo: Students of Ky Son District Ethnic Minority Boarding School. Photo: MH |
At the conference, presentations from schools also shared experiences in improving the quality of teaching staff and improvingquality of educationmass, key education, linking teaching and care, nurturing, and organizing special educational activities.
Besides, it also analyzes the difficulties and problems such as the current inadequate facilities of some units (Con Cuong Secondary School for Ethnic Minority Students has not been invested and built yet).
The quality of education in some schools is not uniform among regions, some teachers have limited capacity, the rate of schools meeting national standards is not high and some construction items have degraded and do not meet the standards of facilities.
Concluding the conference, Director of the Department of Education and Training Thai Van Thanh affirmed: In the coming years, to improve efficiency, Nghe An will continue to review and re-plan ethnic minority boarding schools in accordance with the conditions of ethnic minority areas, the need to create staff and human resources; Focus on innovating teaching methods towards developing students' qualities and abilities, suitable for the target audience.
In addition, priority is given to focusing investment resources on construction of approved projects that have not been completed, especially focusing on schools that have not been built, do not have enough boarding classrooms and have inadequate facilities.