(HBO) – Since the end of November of 2017 up to now, there have been continuous periods of the cold air intensified which causes the temperature in the province lower, affecting greatly on the people’s living conditions, especially in some highland districts as Mai Chau. With 59 schools, 12,000 pupils, the Board of Education and Training gave many solutions actively to protect and prevent from the cold climate, ensuring the attendance proportion and stabilizing the teaching work.

 

A Physical Education lesson in Na Meo Primary School (Mai Chau), the outdoor activities is arranged in the suitable climate to ensure the pupils’ health.

 

We visited Na Meo Primary School (Na Meo commune, Mai Chau district) when the pupils started their morning lessons. Teacher Le Thi Nga, the headmaster of the school told: "The school has 8 classes with 114 pupils. Besides the main school in Na Meo village, the school also has a branch in Xo village with 3 classes, 35 pupils because Xo village is so far about 10 km from the commune center and the road to the village is difficult to travel. In the commune area, Na Mo village and Sam Pa village is far away about 3-4 km, so that the school has organized half- boarding for 51 pupils. Na Meo belongs to the extremely poor area with nearly 70% of pupils are poor. Many pupils’ children work far away from home, and they stay home with their grandparents. Therefore, the pupils have to walk to school by themselves because they cannot be picked up by adults. Hence, the school really takes care of ensuring the pupils’ health in the cold weather. Because the temperature is really low in the morning, the school starts the lesson later at 7.45 am in the morning and earlier at 13.30, finishes at 16.00 so that the pupils can get home earlier without darkness and coldness.

Adjusting the timetable is a solution that many schools in Mai Chau District carry out in order to ensure the pupils’ health in the cold weather. In addition, at the beginning of winter, the Board of Education and Training directed all the schools to well prepare about the facilities, such as: buying more curtains, renovating the door systems to ensure the efficient lights and air. With boarding schools, they needed to buy more blankets, pillows and cushions for the warm rest at noon. The kindergartens had to buy foam pieces for children to learn or play.

Especially, for preschool children, the health care, particularly ensuring the adequate nutrients in the diet is taken into consideration. Teacher Ha Thi Hien of Chieng Chau Preschool said: The children’s diets are prepared to ensure the nutrients, add more vegetables and protein. The food and drink are kept warm; rice is divided right at the time of dining so that it cannot be cool. Teachers take care and ask the children to eat all the diets. The work of teaching indoor or outdoor must be based on the weather condition.

Mai Chau has some highland communes, such as Hang Kia, Pa Co, Tan Son, Na Meo, etc. These communes usually have fog, especially in winter; the temperature drops so low at night and in the early morning; some places have snow appeared. Mr. Ha Van Cuom, the Head of the District Department of Education and Training said: Due to the characteristics of the terrain and the weather, the prevention of cold weather for pupils is always being focused on. In addition to the preparation of facilities, adjusting the study timetable, organization of appropriate study locations, etc., the Board noted to schools to follow the weather forecast closely through the media. Since then, they can strengthen the propaganda and reminder to parents for making their children wear warm clothes. The schools also pay attention to implementing well the school medical care for children, disease protection and prevention. On the cold days with low temperature, schools in Mai Chau District still remained the attendance rate of children going to school. All the playing and studying activities were exploited fully so that parents could be comfortable while working. If the temperature reduced too low, the schools would ask pupils to drop out and arrange the extra classes in accordance with the regulations.

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