(HBO) – The issue of improving the quality of foreign language teaching and learning has been identified as one of the key tasks of the school year of 2018 - 2019.
An English lesson of 6th grade
pupils at Tan Thanh Secondary & High School (Tan Thanh commune, Luong Son
district).
In the school year of 2017 - 2018, the
Department of Education and Training concentrated on giving directions on the
organization of English teaching and learning for qualified schools in terms of
teachers and facilities. The whole province has 94.4% of primary schools
teaching English to pupils, of which 26.6% of primary pupils are learning
English 4 periods / week. 23% of secondary school pupils, 20% of high school
pupils are being taught the 10-year- English program according to the 2020
National Foreign Language Project. The Department guided to diversify the
programs and forms of training and fostering to meet the training objectives
and the need to learn foreign languages of pupils and students; taking care
of building and developing the environment of foreign language practice through
the development of foreign language learning communities. At the same time,
they continue fostering the teachers of English and foreign language teachers,
especially the foreign language teachers at high schools, to meet the
requirements of deploying the 10-year- English program. They also focus on
training about the teaching methods of teaching English to primary teachers who
have not met the standards of competence or have not been trained
professionally. 4 lessons / week is assigned for elementary school teachers
reaching grade 4 (B2) or higher according to the framework of foreign language
competence of Vietnam. At the same time, they increase the investment in
material foundations and teaching equipment; applying information technology,
renovating learning materials for teaching foreign languages; encouraging Hoang
Van Thu Gifted High School and some schools to offer bilingual English teaching
in math and natural subjects.
For general education, striving to 2020,
pupils at 73% of primary schools, 50% of secondary schools, 61% of high schools
will study the 10-year- English program; By 2025, 100% of students from grades
3 to 6 will have a chance to be studying the 10-year- English program.
For teachers, with the objectives set to
2020, 80% of primary teachers, 50% of secondary teachers and 30% of high school
teachers will meet the standardized English competence required by the level of
the schools.
The subcommittee for documents of the 18th Hoa Binh provincial Party Congress, the 2025 - 2030 term, convened on March 3 to review and incorporate public feedback on the congress’s draft documents. The meeting was chaired by Nguyen Phi Long, an alternate member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the Hoa Binh provincial Party Committee. It was attended by senior provincial officials, including Bui Thi Minh, Permanent Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairwoman of the provincial People’s Council; Bui Duc Hinh, Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee; other members of the Standing Board of the provincial Party Committee; and members of the document subcommittee.
Muong Bi - Tan Lac, one of the four major Muong ethnic minority-inhabited regions in Hoa Binh, is known for not only its distinctive cultural identity but also its proud history of heroism, with great contributions to the victory against US invaders in the past. Today, Tan Lac district continues to uphold this legacy while embracing development and renewal.
March 3 marked the first official working day for specialised agencies under the provincial People's Committee following the merger or transfer of functions and tasks from the previous agencies. On this day, the newly merged departments and agencies took proactive steps to arrange personnel, organise workflows, and implement tasks efficiently, ensuring that administrative procedures were carried out smoothly without interruption.
Kim Boi district of Hoa Binh province has thoroughly implemented and adhered to Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW on restructuring the organisational apparatus of the political system towards a streamlined, efficient, and effective direction, ensuring no disruption of work.
By mid-February, Da Bac district completed a plan to streamline its organisational apparatus and personnel work, marking a milestone in efforts to promote restructuring towards a leaner, more efficient organisational system, closely following directives from the Party Central Committee’s Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW, and Conclusion No. 121-KL/TW, and Resolution No. 27-NQ/TU of the provincial Party Committee and Conclusion No. 1103-KL/TU by the provincial Party Organisation’s standing board.
Imbued with President Ho Chi Minh's teaching "The Party cell are the Party’s grassroots foundations. A strong Party cell ensures the effective implementation of the Party’s policies and continuous progress in all tasks," the Party Committee of Kim Boi commune, Kim Boi District, has rolled out the "four-good Party cell" model. The initiative has created a positive change, enhancing the leadership capacity and fighting spirit of Party organisations and their members.
