Nghe An continues to implement the new school model VNEN
(Baonghean.vn) - At the closing ceremony of the 2016 - 2017 school year organized by the Provincial People's Committee on the morning of August 16, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Minh Thong affirmed: Next school year, Nghe An will continue to implement the new school model. However, the implementation will be selective and based on the program's advantages.
On the morning of August 16, the Provincial People's Committee held a conference to summarize the 2016-2017 school year and deploy tasks for the 2017-2018 school year. Comrades: Le Minh Thong - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Nguyen Thi Kim Chi - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Director of the Department of Education and Training co-chaired the conference. Also attending were Comrade Cao Thi Hien - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; leaders of districts, cities, towns and a number of relevant departments, branches and sectors. |
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| Comrade Le Minh Thong chaired and spoke at the conference. Photo: My Ha |
In the 2016-2017 school year, the education sector has promoted the implementation of school system planning in accordance with local socio-economic development conditions, meeting the schooling needs of students and the learning needs of the people.
In addition, the sector has paid attention to implementing standardization and modernization in educational institutions. During the school year, 53 more national standard schools were inspected and recognized, bringing the total number of schools to 995 (reaching a rate of 65.5%, an increase of 2.6% compared to the previous school year).
The work of career orientation and guidance for high school students has been promoted. The number of 9th grade students who did not take the entrance exam to 10th grade was more than 5,770 students, accounting for 14.74%; the number of high school graduates who did not take the university entrance exam and admission was 38.21%. The quality of child care and education achieved high results.
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| The 2016-2017 school year was a successful year for Nghe An education sector with many students achieving high scores in international, regional and national competitions for excellent students. Photo: My Ha |
In particular, in this school year, Nghe An continues to maintain its leading position in the country in terms of the quality of excellent students at national, regional and international levels; 8 students won international and regional prizes, including 5 international prizes: 2 gold medals in Mathematics and Physics; 2 silver medals in Chemistry and Physics...; 88 students won national excellent student prizes... In addition, the quality of the teaching staff and educational management staff is increasingly improved.
Speaking at the conference, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Minh Thong highly appreciated the results that the collective of managers, teachers and staff of the Education and Training sector had achieved in the 2016-2017 school year.
However, he also pointed out the shortcomings and limitations such as the difference in the quality of education and the quality of teachers between regions; the situation of surplus teachers and local shortages has not been resolved; the socialization of education, revenue and expenditure management, and the situation of extra teaching and learning still have some shortcomings that need to be corrected and inspected promptly. According to statistics, there are still 1,075 surplus teachers in the whole province.
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| Comrade Le Minh Thong awarded certificates of merit to outstanding collectives. Photo: My Ha |
On the eve of the new school year 2017-2018, he requested the education sector to continue promoting the spirit of solidarity, prepare well for the new school year and successfully carry out the school year's tasks. It is necessary to focus on innovating the new education program; effectively implementing the foreign language project; improving political and ideological education in schools; and narrowing the gap in education quality between regions.
Along with that, it is necessary to pay attention to resources to invest in facilities and equipment, especially building a system of boarding and semi-boarding houses for students in mountainous areas; Conduct a review to have a direction to adjust the network planning, education and training development plan for the period 2017 - 2021, in accordance with the actual situation as well as the targets and objectives of the congress.
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| VNEN class at Mon Son Primary School 2, Con Cuong. Photo courtesy |
Regarding the issue of whether or not to implement the new VNEN school program, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee affirmed that Nghe An will continue to implement the new school model next school year. However, the implementation will be selective and based on the program's advantages. In addition, the industry will not implement it forcibly but on the voluntary spirit of schools, parents, students and with commitment between the parties.
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| Director of the Department of Education and Training presents certificates of merit to the Departments of Education and Training. Photo: My Ha |
On this occasion, 23 collectives under the Department were recognized by the Provincial People's Committee as excellent workers; 16 Departments of Education and Training were awarded certificates of merit by the Department Director for their excellent completion of the emulation criteria for the 2016-2017 school year.
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