Efforts to improve education quality in mountainous areas

BHG - The education sector in Dong Van District has recently reviewed and reorganised satellite schools and scattered classes in villages to improve the quality of education in mountainous areas. In the 2024-2025 school year, the district has 51 schools with nearly 29,000 students and 234 satellite school locations at the primary and preschool levels. By merging and eliminating satellite schools, the district has reduced 39 school locations, equivalent to 138 classes, and 1,469 students have been transferred to main schools. This change allows students to study and live in environments with better facilities, thereby improving the quality of education.

A lesson at Sinh Lung Boarding Primary and Secondary School (Dong Van District).

At Sinh Lung Boarding Primary and Secondary School, students from the Phin Xa satellite school have been transferred to the main school. Teacher Nguyen Van Luyen shared that the learning and living conditions for students have significantly improved after the move, helping them become more confident and providing them with more opportunities to communicate in the national language. Principal Nguyen Viet Lam also mentioned that only two of the seven satellite school locations in the 2021-2022 school year remain, and the school is working on a plan to consolidate all students at the main school to ensure the best learning conditions.

According to Ha Dinh Phong, Head of the District Department of Education, the reorganisation of school locations has been implemented collaboratively between the local government, schools, and parents to ensure that the conditions for infrastructure, accommodation, and transportation for students are met. The Department of Education directs schools to review students and school locations annually for proper arrangement. Thanks to the New-style Rural Area Development Programme, the rural transportation system has been improved, facilitating the consolidation of school locations.

The elimination of scattered classes and the consolidation of school locations has created better learning opportunities for mountainous students, contributing to improving the quality of education in mountainous and border communes.

MY LY