Many schools in Nghe An face the risk of losing national standards.

My Ha• August 9, 2019 10:47

(Baonghean.vn) - Despite investment in infrastructure, according to statistics, in the 2019-2020 school year, Nghe An still has 1,255 temporary and borrowed classrooms. In addition, although the rate of standard schools in the province has reached over 70%, the risk of losing standards is happening in many localities.

These are the opinions given at the year-end conference organized by the Provincial People's Committee on the morning of August 9, 2019.

The 2018-2019 school year summary conference was held online connecting 21 districts and cities across the province. Photo: Duc Anh

Specifically, according to Mr. Vu Tuan Dung, Vice Chairman of Hoang Mai Town People's Committee, in the past 5 years, the whole town has invested in building 297 classrooms with a total investment of more than 260 billion VND (accounting for 31% of the total budget revenue in the town) but up to now it has not met the demand.

This is due to the rapid increase in population and the high demand for children to attend classes. Currently, the whole town still has 91 temporary and borrowed classrooms and 21 rented classrooms. Hoang Mai 2 High School is still having to borrow teaching and learning spaces.

In Dien Chau district, Vice Chairman of the District People's Committee Pham Xuan Sanh said: At this time, 100% of kindergartens, primary schools, and secondary schools have done well in self-assessment and external assessment to verify quality and recognize national standard schools.

Students of Quynh Xuan Primary School (Hoang Mai town). Photo: My Ha

However, if following the issued criteria, many schools are at risk of losing their standards: In our area, many primary schools have more than 30 classes. These schools were previously recognized as meeting national standards and if re-accreditation is conducted, these schools will not meet the standards.

Dien Chau district representative also said: In the coming time, the district will carry out the process of merging communes. At the same time, schools will also be merged. Thus, the class size of schools will increase and these schools will not meet the standards.

Or, as for preschool education, according to regulations, a standard school must have no more than 20 groups or classes per school. However, in reality, due to the large area and high population density, schools are not allowed to separate. Therefore, many preschools in Dien Thinh, Dien Yen, Dien Hong, and Dien Ky communes will not be able to meet the national standard level 2.

In the whole province, at the end of the 2018-2019 school year, the whole province had 1,104 schools meeting national standards, reaching a rate of 72.67%, exceeding the target set by the congress. Of which, the two localities with the highest rates were Cua Lo town (100%) and Thai Hoa town (93.75%).

However, in addition, in many localities, many schools have degraded facilities and need to be upgraded and repaired. According to statistics, in the 2019-2020 school year, Nghe An still has 1,255 temporary and borrowed classrooms. From now until 2020, on average, each year there are about 1,000 classrooms that need to be invested in solidification.

My Ha