The district is working to complete dossiers for Chi Thien and Van Son kindergartens, An Nghia primary school and Dinh Cu junior high school to be recognised as national-standard schools in the first quarter of this year. The move aims to help the district soon reach the target of 45 percent of local kindergartens and high schools meeting national standards by 2020, which was set in the resolution of the district’s 26th Party Congress for the 2015-2020 tenure.
Ngoc Son kindergarten in Lac Son district has had its infrastructure upgraded to meet national standards in January 2017.
Those outcomes illustrate local authorities’ attention, the educational sector’s efforts, and local residents’ consensus in building national-standard schools, said Bui Van Danh – head of the district’s education and training division.
Lac Son is a disadvantaged district with 25.5
percent of local households living in poverty. This fact has considerably
affected education and training activities, including the building of
national-standard schools.
However, with high resolve, many schools in
disadvantaged areas have been upgraded to meet national standards, thus helping
to improve local education.
Bui Thi Tra, Deputy Principal of Ngoc Son
kindergarten in Ngoc Son commune, said in 2016, the poverty reduction project
invested 2.6 billion VND (114,400 USD) in the school to build classrooms,
fencing walls, kitchens, and toilets. Local residents also donated land, money
and efforts to complete infrastructure at four branches of the schools. The
newly built infrastructure covers nearly 6,700 sq.m of land in total. It
includes 12 classrooms, functional rooms, kitchens, and playgrounds, which were
equipped with sufficient facilities like tables, chairs, and toys.
In January 2017, the kindergarten was recognised
as a national-standard school, which was an honour and also a momentum for the
school and the educational sector to gradually narrow the education gap between
urban and rural areas, she added.
Lac Son district aims to have an additional 13
national-standard schools and re-recognise 21 others between 2017 and 2020. The
funding needed for the work is estimated at 85.5 billion VND (3.75 million USD)
sourced from the local budget, national programmes and projects, and social
sources.
During this period, the district will prioritise
upgrading many schools in disadvantaged areas to national standards such as
Ngoc Lau and Tu Do kindergartens, Ngoc Son, Yen Phu and Phu Luong B primary
schools, and Quy Hoa junior high school.
Bui Van Danh, head of the district’s education
and training division, said to remove obstacles to the work, Lac Son will focus
on such solutions as enhancing local authorities’ leadership; stepping up
communication activities; examining the building of national-standard schools;
improving the quality of managerial staff, teachers and educational workers;
and reforming teaching and examination methods. Notably, it will exert more
efforts in building synchronous and modern infrastructure for the targeted
schools./.
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