Currently, Hoa Binh has a total of 660 educational facilities,
of which 275 schools acquire the national standard. The rate of pupils
completing primary and junior high education hits over 99 percent, while the
rate of graduation at senior high schools is between 95 and 99 percent.
Party Central Committee member and Minister of Education and Training Phung
Xuan Nha concludes the working session.
Speaking at the working session, Bui Van Tinh, Party Central
Committee member and Secretary of the provincial Party Committee, stated Hoa
Binh has made significant efforts in merging schools to streamline the
education sector’s apparatus while maintaining training quality.
He said the province has paid due attention to career guidance
for students in line with socio-economic development and local conditions.
Tinh asked the Ministry of Education and Training to advise the
Government on policies on high-quality boarding education for ethnic minorities
and planning of teacher’s training facilities.
Party Central Committee member and Minister of Education and Training Phung
Xuan Nha visits and presents a class for information technology learning to
Hoang Van Thu Senior High School for Gifted Students.
Tran Dang Ninh, Standing Vice Secretary of the provincial Party
Committee and Head of the provincial People’s Council, proposed designing
policies to encourage biennial language usage in public agencies and continue
the reform of methods to assess students’ performance.
Concluding the session, Minister Phung Xuan Nha said the
Ministry of Education and Training is focusing on improving its training school
network, particularly pedagogic facilities; and shaking up the arrangement of
schools to cut number of managers and add more facilities and equipment.
The assessment of teachers’ quality should include teaching
skills, professional ethics, social relations, and self-learning, he added,
asking the province to carefully check demand for teachers at different levels
of education, apply IT in teaching and management, and design standard English
courses.
Career guidance for students, teaching of ethnic languages and
international cooperation are also important, Nha noted./.