Women in the highlands of Nghe An and their children go to spelling class...
(Baonghean.vn) - During their childhood, due to poverty and hardship, they were not able to go to school. Now, many women in the highlands go to school every night to learn.
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| Every Monday to Friday night, after a hard day's work, more than 20 women from Lien Hong village, Cam Lam commune (Con Cuong) call each other to go to the village's primary school to attend literacy classes. Photo: Cong Kien |
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The literacy class was jointly organized by the Cam Lam Women's Union and the Primary School for illiterate women. The class has 23 students, the oldest is 60, the youngest is 23, most of them are between 40 and 50 years old. Photo: Cong Kien |
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| When coming to class, students are all conscious and serious in their studies; teachers enthusiastically guide them on how to write each stroke and do calculations from simple to complex. Photo: Cong Kien |
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| In particular, Principal Tran Xuan Hung is often present in class to grasp the students' receptiveness in order to direct teachers to adjust teaching methods and build appropriate plans. Sometimes, he even directly guides students to study and do homework. Photo: Cong Kien |
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| Y Tan, born in 1997, is the youngest student in the class. She is a member of the Xo Dang ethnic group in Kon Tum and married a man from Cam Lam commune. When she was young, Y Tan followed her parents to the fields all year round, so she did not go to school and grew up without knowing how to read or write. When she returned here, she registered for a literacy class. Every night, she often brought her two daughters, Ha Thi Nhi (born 2013) and Ha Thi Thao (born 2015), to class. "At first, I found the letters difficult. When I read, I kept messing up the spelling, and when I wrote, my hands shook, and my handwriting did not go as I wanted. Now it's better. I can read and write, but it's still slow. Sometimes I have to ask my eldest daughter, who is in first grade, to help me," Y Tan said. Photo: Cong Kien |
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| Ms. Vi Thi Chien is also the oldest person in the class (60 years old). “When I was young, I failed in first grade. My family was poor, so I had to stay home to look after my younger siblings and help my parents with work. When I grew up, I got married, then my husband passed away, I raised my children alone, and spent the whole year worrying about making a living, so I had no time to study anymore. Now that I have more free time, and with the support of the Women's Union, I decided to go to school so that I wouldn't be branded as illiterate…” - Ms. Chien confided. Photo: Cong Kien |
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| After more than 4 months of diligent study, many students have learned to write quickly and quite beautifully, neatly and in a straight line. Photo: Cong Kien |
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| ... and perform simple calculations. Photo: Cong Kien |
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Mr. Tran Xuan Hung - Principal of Cam Lam Primary School said: "When the Commune Women's Union raised the issue of coordinating to open an illiteracy eradication class for women in Lien Hong village, we fully supported, created conditions in terms of facilities and arranged a team of teachers to implement. What is noteworthy is the spirit of learning and serious study, after more than 4 months of effort, most of the students now have the equivalent level of 4th grade". Photo: Cong Kien |
