Ministry of Education and Training supports Nghe An with 70 billion VND to buy computers for disadvantaged students

The Ministry of Education and Training has just issued a document agreeing with the proposal ofDepartment of Education and TrainingNghe An on supporting funding, equipment, and means for online teaching with a support level of 70 billion VND to purchase computers under the program "Waves and computers for children".

Thereby, to support students who are children of poor and near-poor families and students whose parents died from Covid-19 but do not have devices to study online.

Along with this decision, the Ministry also requested the Department of Education and Training and the Trade Union of Nghe An Education and Training to use the allocated funds for the right purposes, hand over computers to students in accordance with regulations, and send a report to the Ministry on the implementation results.

Giving smartphones and 4G SIM cards to students in difficult circumstances. Photo: PV

Particularly for localities with complicated epidemic situations and social distancing, the Education and Training sector has implemented an online teaching plan, ensuring the motto "Temporarily stop going to school, not stop learning".

Regarding online teaching, responding to the Program "Waves and computers for children" launched by the Prime Minister; Implementing Official Dispatch No. 3961/BGDĐT-CĐN, dated September 10, 2021 of the Ministry of Education and Training and the Vietnam Education Trade Union on mobilizing donations and support“Computer for me”; The Department of Education and Training and the Education Trade Union of Nghe An issued Official Dispatch No. 1896/SGD&DT-CĐN dated September 17, 2021 on mobilizing donations and support for the Program "Waves and computers for children".

Through this, the Nghe An Education and Training Department has mobilized donations of 110 computers, 4,221 smartphones, 32 televisions, and 3,047 other online learning devices with a total value of over 15 billion VND. The Department has promptly allocated and supported students in difficult circumstances who are lacking learning devices.

The Department of Education and Training gives phones to support online teaching to disadvantaged students in Ky Son district. Photo: My Ha

However, due to the large number of students lacking online learning equipment, the industry's support has not been able to meet all the learning equipment needs of students in the province. According to statistics, the province still has 46,898 students lacking online learning equipment. Therefore, the Department of Education and Training has requested the Ministry of Education and Training to pay attention to and support funding, equipment, and means for online learning for students from poor households, near-poor households, and households in especially difficult circumstances./.

My Ha