Nghe An pilots construction of advanced kindergartens and general schools in the 2021 - 2030 period

On the morning of February 16, Nghe An Department of Education and Training held a conference to deploy the pilot project to build advanced kindergartens and general schools following the international integration trend in the province for the period 2021 - 2030.

Previously, on January 18, 2022, the Provincial People's Committee issued Decision No. 147/QD-UBND approving the implementation of the project. Accordingly, from now until 2025, Nghe An will pilot the construction of 2 kindergartens, 2 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 high school in Vinh city.

Comrade Thai Van Thanh - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Director of the Department of Education and Training spoke at the conference. Photo: MH

This is a new model to build advanced kindergartens and general schools following the trend of international integration to meet the needs of child care, nurturing and education, students' learning needs and social requirements; helping children and students access education in countries in the region and internationally, while ensuring national identity.

Thereby, also creating a sourcehuman resources, especially high-quality human resources to serve the cause of industrialization, modernization of the country and international integration and the fourth industrial revolution; create conditions for a number of educational institutions to become pioneers and core factors to effectively implement the 2018 preschool and general education programs, innovate school governance towards quality education management, and aim to build public service units with autonomy in regular expenditures.

Delegates attending the conference. Photo: MH

The construction of an advanced school following the trend of international integration is carried out according to 9 contents such as mission and vision, educational program content, methods, and organizational forms.teachand assessment, management team, teachers, staff, facilities, quality assurance system, digital transformation in the teaching and learning process, output standards...

At the conference, the delegates affirmed that the implementation of the advanced kindergarten and general school model following the international integration trend is in line with the current trend and creates many new opportunities for schools. However, to implement it effectively, there are still many difficulties, the most important of which are the staff, building the educational program and preparing good conditions for facilities. Opinions also revolved around the enrollment plan and enrollment objects to ensure quality input standards.

Class time of students at Huynh Thuc Khang High School. This is the school chosen to pilot the project from the next school year. Photo: MH

Conference Conclusion, DirectorDepartment of Education and TrainingThai Van Thanh clarified the model and contents of advanced kindergartens and general schools. Based on the requirements that need to be set, the head of the Department suggested that immediately after this conference, schools need to develop a project, clarify the content of the school's mission, vision, and core value system.

During the implementation process, schools also need to identify human, program and environmental factors (facilities, enrollment and other factors) that determine the quality of education, the remaining factors are only assurance factors.

An enhanced English class for secondary school students in Vinh city. Photo: Duc Anh

To do so, theprincipalIt is necessary to establish committees and teams to build advanced schools to comprehensively direct the implementation process with the participation of the school's board of directors, heads of professional groups and good teachers. The Director of the Department of Education and Training also emphasized that this is a very important content, it is necessary to choose the right person, the right job, responsible, dedicated to the job because people are the decisive factor for success.

In the process of developing the project, schools also need to pay attention to factors such as school traditions, the development of output standards for students must adhere to the guidelines on quality assurance, quality management to have real learning, real exams and real talents. In addition, the advanced teaching program must promote the talents and strengths of learners.

At this time, the department's leaders also said that the implementation in the initial phase is inevitable to face difficulties. However, for the long-term goal, for the future of students, schools need to make efforts to complete the assigned tasks and put the model into practice soon.