Parents in mountainous districts of Nghe An together eliminate temporary schools and classrooms
(Baonghean) - At the end of the 2018-2019 school year, the province still had 1,169 satellite schools, mainly concentrated in mountainous, coastal and disadvantaged districts. The removal of temporary schools, temporary classrooms and satellite schools is being carried out.
Parents join hands to build school
In mid-August, Pa Co Kindergarten (Chau Hanh Kindergarten, Quy Chau District) was like a small construction site. As the final day of construction approached, the atmosphere seemed more urgent. Not only construction workers but also many parents came to "strengthen" the work, cleaning up and rushing to complete a new classroom and a new functional room. It was easy to see the joyful and excited atmosphere, all for the children, for the beloved students here...
At this time, Chau Hanh Commune Kindergarten is also striving to build to meet National standards level 1. With priority given to all levels, investment in facilities and teaching equipment has been creating favorable conditions for the school to complete its set goals, as well as improve the quality of education.
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| In the 2019-2020 school year, Pa Co Kindergarten (Chau Hanh Commune, Quy Chau District) has 1 more classroom and 1 more functional room. Photo: Thanh Chung |
Before the new school year, the entire Quy Chau district had 10 newly built rooms and many others were upgraded and repaired, raising the rate of solid rooms in the district to 87%.
Currently, the overall classroom system in the district schools meets the requirements. However, it is not guaranteed to meet the new standards. To overcome this, the Quy Chau Education Department has been trying step by step, first of all, giving priority to schools in the roadmap to build national standards and schools requesting re-inspection and recognition.
Similar to Quy Chau district, the integration of project programs in the area and the mobilization of funding sources to improve educational facilities and equipment have also been well implemented in Que Phong district.
Entering the new school year 2019 - 2020, Que Phong is building and completing 20 more classrooms, including 17 classrooms at Cam Muon Primary School, 4 classrooms at Chau Kim Kindergarten, 6 classrooms at Muong Noc Kindergarten and 3 classrooms at Chau Thon Kindergarten.
To date, the district has 761 classrooms, including 536 permanent classrooms, 183 semi-permanent classrooms and 41 temporary classrooms. In the coming time, the district will continue to make efforts to eliminate these 41 temporary classrooms.
1,169 separate schools left
In order to implement the policy of eliminating remote schools, the entire political and social system of Que Phong district has joined in to mobilize parents. When mobilized, most parents agreed and supported the elimination of remote schools, which would help their children study better. Moreover, thanks to the implementation of the new rural development program, the inter-commune, inter-village and inter-hamlet transportation system is now better, no longer bumpy, muddy and difficult to travel as before. Therefore, it is easier for students to go to class.
Entering this school year, Que Phong has eliminated 10 separate schools. Including 6 separate schools at the primary level (Muong Noc, Chau Thon, Cam Muon, Tri Le 2 and Tri Le 4), 4 separate schools at the preschool level (Muong Noc, Tien Phong, Chau Kim and Chau Thon)... However, the number of separate schools is still very large.
Currently, the district still has 51 separate schools at the preschool level and 65 separate schools at the primary level. The biggest obstacle is the difficult transportation, many streams and creeks. Moreover, in many areas, due to the custom of the people working in the fields, they leave very early and return late, so some parents still want to maintain the school near their home so that their children can easily travel to and from school.
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| Parents of young children at Pa Co kindergarten, Chau Hanh commune, Quy Chau district participate in the work of renovating the school. Photo: My Ha |
Unlike Que Phong district, the elimination of satellite schools in Quy Chau district is somewhat more difficult. In the 2018-2019 school year, the entire district eliminated 2 schools. Entering the 2019-2020 school year, the number of satellite schools remains the same at 55.
In Quy Hop district, last school year the district merged the Chau Quang 2 Primary School, Chau Ly 1 Primary School and Chau Ly Kindergarten into the main school, reducing 3 schools compared to the previous school year. However, entering this school year, the merger of the Cau Da branch school into the main school at Yen Hop Primary School encountered many difficulties because the current facilities at the main school still did not meet the requirements.
To merge the satellite schools, the first requirement is still the physical infrastructure because it is impossible to return to the main school and it is more difficult and arduous than the old school. In addition, it is also necessary to take into account the characteristics of each locality because the students at the satellite schools are mainly preschool and primary school students. If at this age, the children go too far in difficult road conditions, separated by rivers and streams, it is extremely dangerous.
The issue of eliminating satellite schools and temporary schools was also a topic that was discussed quite a lot at the school year summary conference that took place in early August. At the end of the 2018-2019 school year, the whole province still had 1,169 satellite schools (of which 660 were preschool schools, 478 were primary schools and 31 were secondary schools), mainly concentrated in mountainous, coastal and disadvantaged districts.
Compared to central schools, students studying at satellite schools have more difficulties and disadvantages because they do not have many opportunities to learn practical subjects such as IT, English, participate in collective activities and the material conditions are also lacking. Therefore, in the annual school development plan, the education sector always sets the goal of merging satellite schools into main schools.
