Bright spot of the learning promotion movement

(Baonghean) -Over the past years, the movement to encourage learning, encourage talents, and build a learning society in Cau Giat Town (Quynh Luu District) has developed remarkably, attracting the participation of many organizations, unions, and people from all walks of life. To date, the Cau Giat Town Learning Promotion Association has 2,143 members, 12 village branches, 3 school branches, and 11 clan learning promotion committees.

Since its establishment, the work of building the association's fund has been carried out on a voluntary basis with the motto of using the people's strength to encourage learning for the people. Currently, the association's fund has reached more than 254 million VND, of which the block's education promotion fund is 52.8 million VND, the school's fund is 11.3 million VND, and the town's fund is 185 million VND. Every year, together with the branches, clans and education promotion committees, the town's Education Promotion Association has organized awards and support for nearly 500 students and more than 20 teachers with achievements in training excellent national students.

To develop the emulation movement to encourage learning and talent, the town has mobilized many organizations, clans, businesses and individuals to participate in the movement. The association for promoting learning organized an exchange night between the town union and students returning home for Tet. The blocks and 3 schools of the town organized campfire nights to exchange and present gifts to students who passed the college and university entrance exams, and students who overcame difficulties in 2012 with a prize of nearly 8.4 million VND. Many associations of fellow countrymen, fellow students, soldiers and friends organized to present gifts to encourage learning to their children who excelled in their studies on the occasion of the first meeting of the spring.

In 2012, the Town's Association for Promoting Education and its branches awarded 64 students who passed the university entrance exam, 5 students who passed the university entrance exam with 25 points or more, 35 students who passed the college entrance exam, 233 poor students, 793 excellent students at all levels and 18 teachers who have excellent students at the national level with a total amount of 79.9 million VND. In addition, the association also gave 150 gifts to students entering grade 1. Typically, grade 1 has 240 members, well implementing the Tet to promote education, the month to promote education, the association's fund to promote education has an annual balance of over 8 million VND. Along with building the fund to promote education, the emulation movement to promote education and talent, the Cau Giat Town Association for Promoting Education also launched a movement to build studious families and studious clans. Through that, many families have overcome difficulties, encouraging their children to study voluntarily. In 2012, Cau Giat Town had 1,955 families promoting learning (reaching a rate of 83.3%).

Computer class of students at Quynh Luu 1 High School. Photo: Tran To

In addition, the Town's Association for Promoting Education always pays attention to the activities of the community learning center. Over the years, the community learning center has attracted thousands of people to come and study many different subjects. In 2012 alone, the community learning center organized 27 sessions with 21 subjects, attracting 3,567 participants, contributing to improving the understanding of many fields for cadres, party members and people.

The Association for the Promotion of Education has also effectively implemented the “Drumbeat for the Promotion of Education”. Since 2005, the drumbeat for the promotion of education has been in operation. Mr. Pham Tieu - in charge of broadcasting the “Drumbeat for the Promotion of Education” said: At exactly 7:30 p.m. every night, after the song “I stand in the middle of the lecture hall today”, the drumbeat for the promotion of education reminds students to sit at their desks to study on time, and asks grandparents and parents to turn down the TV and radio. In the beginning, the Association for the Promotion of Education and the Cultural Committee regularly assigned inspections and reminders to families and students about the implementation. Up to now, the “Drumbeat for the Promotion of Education” has really put the students’ learning movement into order. Parents and students voluntarily and seriously implement their studies.

Sharing about the activities of promoting learning and the association for promoting learning, comrade Pham Duc Truat, Party Secretary and Chairman of the Association for Promoting Learning in Cau Giat Town, said: In recent years, the Party Committee has always paid special attention to the activities of the Association for Promoting Learning in the town. The activities of the association have become more and more in-depth, the emulation movement for promoting learning and talents has been promoted, many positive factors have increased, especially many clans, many communities, and families taking care of the work of promoting learning and talents. The activities for promoting learning and talents have developed strongly, the quantity and quality have been improved, mobilizing many agencies, departments, organizations, and enterprises to participate in the work of promoting learning and talents, contributing to changing people's awareness of taking care of their children's education.

The timely encouragement, motivation and rewards of the study promotion association for successful students, poor students who overcome difficulties to study well, typical studious families, exemplary studious clans, and achievements in the socialization of education movement have contributed to improving the quality of education in Cau Giat Town.

Van Dinh (Ho Xuan Huong Secondary School)