Teachers raise pigs and grow vegetables to improve students' meals.

(Baonghean.vn)- In the Tri Le border area (Que Phong, Nghe An), after school hours, teachers raise pigs and grow vegetables to supplement nutrition for students' meals.

Students of Pa Khom village, Tri Le on the bumpy road to school. Photo: Ho Phuong.

Accordingly, due to difficult travel conditions, especially during the rainy season, along with the lack of meals for students, since 2013, Tri Le Ethnic Boarding Secondary School has implemented a model of self-producing food on site to supplement nutrition for students.

Students of Tri Le Ethnic Boarding Secondary School take care of the vegetable garden after school. Photo: Xuan Hoa

With the advantage of favorable climate for many kinds of vegetables, fertile land, large area, after teaching and learning hours, teachers go to the vegetable garden to work and guide students. With the above method, the meals of boarding students often have enough green vegetables, not to mention that they also learn how to grow vegetables from teachers to apply in their home gardens.

In addition, taking advantage of leftover food from boarding meals, each year the school's teaching staff raises about 10 pigs, contributing nearly 1 ton of pork to the students' meals.

Teacher Ho Duc Toan shows off the livestock farming achievements of the teachers of Tri Le Ethnic Boarding Secondary School. Photo: Xuan Hoa

“Currently, the school has 330 boarding students staying at the school. Previously, when the self-growing and self-raising model had not been applied, the food source for the children at meals was very difficult. Especially during the rainy season when the roads were difficult to travel. But since applying the above model, vegetables have always been enough to supply the children at meals, especially during the main season. In addition, previously, leftover food from boarding meals had to be thrown away or given to the locals to raise livestock. But now it has been fully utilized.

Teachers at Tri Le Ethnic Boarding Secondary School are processing home-raised pork to supplement nutrition for the meals of boarding students. Photo: Xuan Hoa

It is worth mentioning that with this method, the school has created conditions for students to practice production after school hours. "Since then, many students have quickly grasped and applied it effectively in their home gardens. Many families not only have the initiative to source green vegetables, but also have them to sell at the market," said Mr. Ho Duc Toan, teacher in charge of the Youth Union, Team and managing boarding students at Tri Le Ethnic Boarding Secondary School.

Xuan Hoa