(HBO) – In 2012, there was no studious clan in Tay Phong commune, Cao Phong district, the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh, and only four out of ten hamlets in the locality were recognised as a studious community. There are now four studious clans and ten hamlets registered for learning community. The number of studious families has also increased three fold compared with 2012.

Bui Van Tuoi, Chairman of the commune People’s Committee, said Tay Phong has 1,336 households with nearly 5,400 people of Kinh, Muong and Dao ethnic groups. Locals mainly live on agricultural production with major plants like sugar cane and orange, and small-scale business. Living standards of local people have remained unequal and per capita income is only 24.5 million VND per year. The Tay Phong commune study encouragement association has been operational since August 2012. 



Members of the Lai study encouragement association in Tay Phong commune, Cao Phong district, join the "unlocking piggy banks for learning purpose” festival.

The Tay Phong commune encouragement association has chapters in ten hamlets and three encouragement boards with 1,279 members or 24 percent of the commune’s population. 

Annually, the communal encouragement association sets forth an operation plan to serve political, socio-economic tasks, while fulfilling its function of developing the campaign of "learning family, learning community, learning unit.”

Since 2012, there have been no students dropping out of school or repeating their academic years in Tay Phong. Meanwhile, primary and secondary education universalisation has been maintained in the locality.  

The association has coordinated with the community learning centre to scope out learning demand of locals in order to open short-term vocational training courses on planting citrus trees and raising chickens. 

Local young couples have also been equipped with knowledge about reproductive health and gender equality.  

Activities of clubs at residential areas have been maintained to create conditions for club members to exchange production experience, contributing to improving living skills and productivity. 

The registration for study encouragement titles has been conducted yearly. 

A spotlight of the study encouragement work in Tay Phong is the campaign encouraging each family member of the association to save money in piggy banks for learning purpose. The communal study encouragement association has signed a coordination programme with the elderly association to implement the campaign. 

Thanks to the communications work, members of the Tay Phong study encouragement association have been aware of practical benefits of saving money in piggy banks. As a result, in 2013, 517 households in the commune saved 245 million VND. The numbers increased to 835 households and 513 million VND in 2017. Doi, Bam and Nep hamlets are the most outstanding localities in this campaign. 

Annually, the Tay Phong study encouragement association presents gifts to outstanding students and teachers at all levels, thus creating an impulse for the study encouragement movement in the commune./.



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