Teachers in Nghe An grow vegetables and raise chickens to support meals for boarding students.
(Baonghean.vn) - After the Lunar New Year, many schools in the mountainous areas of Nghe An are worried about the lack of clean food reserves for boarding students. To solve this concern, teachers at the schools have started growing vegetables, raising chickens and pigs to support meals for the students.
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Currently, vegetable gardens in boarding schools in Ky Son district have not yet developed again, while the supply of clean food is very difficult to bring to schools in remote areas, causing many schools to worry. Photo: Dao Tho |
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To solve this problem, boarding schools in Ky Son district have organized teachers to start renovating vegetable gardens and raising chickens and pigs. At Nam Tip Secondary School for Ethnic Minorities (Ky Son), abandoned vegetable beds have been dug up to replace them with new vegetables. Photo: Dao Tho |
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Some schools have invested in irrigation systems to ensure vegetables do not die during the upcoming dry season. Photo: Dao Tho |
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Mr. Lo Kham Phu - Principal of Nam Can Primary and Secondary School for Ethnic Minorities said: Vegetable gardens are mainly seasonal and are planted intercropped to ensure students eat from the beginning of the year to the end of the year. If they are not planted in time, in just about a month, students will not have enough clean vegetables to eat. Photo: Dao Tho |
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In addition to growing vegetables, many schools also raise chickens and pigs to ensure food sources for boarding students. According to Mr. Nguyen Cong Danh - Principal of Nam Tip Secondary School for Ethnic Minorities, these are mainly native chickens and pigs with delicious meat. Photo: Dao Tho |
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Mr. Phan Van Thiet - Head of Ky Son Education and Training Department said: Ky Son is an area with many boarding schools, mainly schools far from the center, with difficult transportation, so providing food for students on the spot is always the top concern of teachers. Recently, the Ky Son Education Department has encouraged teachers to volunteer to grow vegetables, raise pigs and chickens to support boarding meals for students. In the photo: Thanks to the participation of teachers, meals for boarding students in the highlands are always fully provided with clean vegetables and meat. Photo: Dao Tho |