(HBO) – Improving the quality of foreign language teaching and learning is of utmost importance for the education and training sector, especially when the country is in the process of wider and deeper integration into the global economy, and moving along the trend of the fourth industrial revolution.
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Hoang Van Thu high school for gifted students equips four rooms with
internet-connected computers for the online teaching and learning of English
using the English Discoveries programme.
As a leading
high school in Hoa Binh, Hoang Van Thu is the first and only school in the
province to engage in international cooperation and teaching English using the
English Discoveries programme. Attractive lessons and abundant materials help
local students improve their four skills of listening, speaking, reading and
writing.
From the success of Hoang Van Thu High School, the provincial Department of
Education and Training directed all schools to diversify curricula and teaching
methods to meet education targets and demand for foreign language learning of
local students.
The department has put in place training course on English teaching methods for
primary teachers. Meanwhile, those who achieved B2 level are arranged to give
four lectures per week.
With the emphasis on improving local students’ listening and speaking ability,
the department has invited native English-speaking teachers and volunteers to
teach at schools and organising English speaking contests and talent
competitions for English teachers and students.
The local education sector aims to have some 15 percent of kindergartens in the
province promote IT application and access English teaching by 2020, and at
least 30 percent of kindergartens access English teaching by 2025. In the
system of general schools, the sector is striving to have some 73 percent of
primary schools, 50 percent of junior high schools, and 61 percent of senior high
schools engage in the 10-year English education programme by 2020; and 100
percent of students grading 3-6 join in the 10-year English education programme
by 2025./.
In the afternoon of December 17, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism organized a summary and awarding ceremony for the Online Competition on preventing and controlling the Family Violence in 2024.
Implementing the Resolution of the 17th Provincial Party Congress to reach a health insurance coverage rate of 95% or more of the population, the Women's Union at all provincial levels has deployed the creative models and methods and effectively replicated them. These activities not only contribute to completing the social security goals, but they also spread the spirit of solidarity and sharing in the community.
Hoa Binh is carried out investment projects to upgrade three district medical centres in Lac Son and Yen Thuy districts and Hoa Binh city. The projects are funded by the central budget under the Economic and Social Recovery and Development Programme, aiming to improve healthcare services. The goal is to gradually develop a system of modern and quality district-level healthcare facilities.
To improve the cultural and spiritual life of the elderly, the associations for the elderly at various levels in Hoa Binh province have created many interesting and meaningful activities, attracting the participation of a large number of old people. These activities provide opportunities for them to improve both their physical and mental health, enabling them to live happily and healthily.
The pilot programme for sending Vietnamese workers to the Republic of Korea (RoK) for seasonal agricultural jobs continues under a collaboration between localities of the two countries, running for five years from January 1, 2022.
Staff of the Red Cross Society of Hoa Binh province were deeply moved by a meaningful and humanitarian act by Mr Vu Huu Lung, 86, in Hoa Binh city, to donate his corneas, which brought hopes to those yearning for the light. Before passing away, Lung left behind a noble wish to donate all of his organs, including his corneas, to help patients suffering from blindness and those in need of organ transplants to revive their lives.
