The Department of Education and Training supports teachers and schools damaged by floods in Thanh Chuong and Ky Son districts.

On the afternoon of October 2, the Department of Education and Training inspected the flood recovery work at a number of schools in Thanh Chuong district. In the recent flood, the district had 6 kindergartens and primary schools deeply flooded, including: Nho Hoa kindergarten, Thanh Ha kindergarten, Thanh Khai kindergarten, Thanh Ngoc primary school, Thanh Ha primary school and Vo Liet primary school.

The floods have been over for nearly three days, but many schools in Thanh Chuong district are still flooded. Photo: My Ha

The entire district had many classrooms damaged, roofs blown off, and fences collapsed, with an estimated total loss of 1 billion VND. In addition to the damage to the school, many houses of teachers and students were also flooded, and one teacher’s house was completely burned down on October 1.

Present at Thanh Ngoc Primary School, Thanh Khai Kindergarten and Secondary School, Mr. Thai Van Thanh - Director of the Department of Education and Training shared the difficulties of the schools; at the same time, requested that schools take advantage of the sunny weather to clean up classrooms and stabilize facilities so that students can go to school normally.

Many computers at Thanh Ngoc Primary School were damaged by floods. Photo: My Ha

Here, the Department of Education and Training awarded Thanh Khai Kindergarten and Secondary School 10 million VND each; and supported Thanh Ngoc Primary School with 10 computers to replace the ones damaged by floodwaters.

Early morning on October 2, flash floods suddenly caused damage to many schools and teachers' houses in Ky Son district.

Director of the Department of Education and Training Thai Van Thanh presented support money to Thanh Khai Kindergarten and Secondary School (Thanh Chuong). Photo: My Ha

Initial statistics show that across the area, 21 teachers' houses collapsed, were completely or partially swept away by floods, with total damage amounting to billions of dong. Dozens of students from the High SchoolKy SonThe students who were staying near the town area were also swept away by the flood and all their belongings were swept away. The school has now taken them back to the dormitory.

Mr. Nguyen Tien Dung - Head of Secondary Education Department - Department of Education and Training presented support money to teachers who suffered losses in Ky Son. Photo: PV

Faced with this difficult situation,Department of Education and TrainingIn the immediate future, each teacher whose house was damaged received 5 million VND and each student whose house was damaged by the flood received 1 million VND to buy new books.

Previously, according to initial statistics from the Department of Education and Training, during the recent flood, the entire education sector had 66 schools flooded and 437 schools had to let students stay home from school.

A working group from the Department and the Division of Education and Training visited teachers whose property was damaged by floods in Ta Ca commune, Ky Son district. Photo: PV

Giving gifts to support students whose boarding houses had their belongings swept away by the flood. Photo: PV

Many schools in the area were damaged, nearly 1,000 meters of fence collapsed, 354 equipment cabinets were damaged, about 600 teaching equipment were washed away or damaged by water, nearly 1,300 sets of tables and chairs, 1,800 documents and textbooks were no longer usable. In addition, 23 classrooms had their roofs blown off, 25 computers were broken. The total estimated damage to the whole industry was nearly 4 billion VND.