(HBO0 - The summer vacation set for the 2019 – 2020 school year will be shortened from its normal duration as students had to stay home for nearly 3 months of their second semester as part of the country’s COVID-19 control and prevention campaign.
As such, the enrolment for the new school year is attracting
special attention from parents. The provincial education sector is accelerating
its arrangement of the activity, including instructing students to register,
preparing human resources, organising exams and setting selection requirements for
different school levels.
A teacher at the Vay
Nua kindergarten in Da Bac introduce the alphabet writing system to
five-year-old pupils.
According to the provincial Department of Education and
Training, the 2020-2021 enrolment will not be different from other years, with
the work scheduled to be completed prior to August 10, 2020. Secondary schools
managed by the department will select their 6 graders based on the students’
profiles.
Meanwhile, to begin their 10th grade at high
schools, students have to take an exam. The exam for students eyeing the Hoang
Van Thu school for gifted students will take place from July 11 – 13, while the
exam for enrolments to the province’s boarding, secondary, and high schools
will run from July 23 to 25./.
On March 14th, the Party Committee of the Provincial Agencies Bloc coordinated with the Provincial Employees' Trade Union to organize the contest "Family meal - warm and loving”. The activity aims to celebrate the International Day of Happiness, March 20th, and the 66th anniversary of the founding of the Provincial Agencies’ Party Committee (March 27th, 1958 - March 27th, 2024).
Over the past years, Mai Chau district has concretised policies, mobilised resources, and integrated the State’s investment and support programmes into its socio-economic development, aiming to help ethnic minority groups improve their living standards.
As many as 79,988 locals joined compulsory social security scheme as of February, accounting for 93.76% of the annual plan and up 1.5% from the same time last year. There were 71,830 people covered with unemployment insurance, a year-on-year increase of 2.6%. Meanwhile, 796,322 held health insurance cards, or 90% of the population.
Toan Son commune in Da Bac district, with 70% of its population being ethnic minority people, has mobilised resources and created favourable conditions for local residents to access concessional loans to develop production. Thanks to the efforts, local livelihoods have seen positive changes.
Last year, the provincial health sector stepped up patriotic movements, encouraging its staff to improve their professional knowledge and skills, contributing to raising the quality of medical check-up and treatment.