The Department of Education and Training of Hoa Binh province organised a conference to review its performance in 2023 and the first semester of the 2023 - 2024 school year as well as launch tasks for 2024 and the second semester of the 2023 – 2024 school year. Nguyen Van Chuong, Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee attended the event.
Photo: On behalf of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh,
Nguyen Van Chuong, Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee presents
the Prime Minister's certificates of merit to individuals.
In 2023 and the first semester of the 2023 - 2024 school
year, the province's education and training sector focused on fulfilling
assigned tasks and education quality was maintained.
The primary completion rate of students reached 99.5% while
the percentage of students passing junior and senior high school graduation
examinations amounted to 99.37% and 99.31%, respectively. In the national
competition for excellent high-school students in the 2022-2023 academic year,
local students got 28 prizes.
Hoa Binh has continued to satisfy standards in
universalisation of preschool education for five-year-old children,
universalisation at level 3 for primary education, level 2 for junior high
school education, and completed Phase 2 of the illiteracy eradication
programme.
Discipline and order in education and training
establishments have been strengthened along with the implementation of
solutions to improve the quality of education at all levels. Due attention has
been paid to education for ethnic groups. Facilities and equipment for teaching
and learning have been upgraded, contributing to increasing the rate of schools
meeting national standards.
Addressing the conference, Vice Chairman Chuong lauded the
achievements that the education and training sector obtained in 2023 and the
first semester of the 2023 - 2024 school year.
He suggested that the sector continue to improve the quality
of education, management staff and teachers, renovate teaching methods and exam
forms, and make good preparation for the senior high school graduation exam in
2024. The official also underlined the need to promote digital transformation
and mobilise resources to invest in education and training.
On this occasion, two individuals from the province's
education and training sector were awarded the Prime Minister's certificates of
merit while 14 collectives and 45 individuals received the Ministry of
Education and Training's certificates of merit. The provincial People's
Committee also awarded certificates of merit to some collectives and
individuals in the sector.
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.
In the small house of Bui Van Luong in Bung 2 Hamlet, Thu Phong commune, Cao Phong district, an array of traditional items such as serving trays, woven storage baskets for blankets, sticky rice containers, and bamboo baskets are beautifully and skillfully crafted.
Over the recent past, the education and training sector of Hoa Binh province has paid great attention to reforming management activities, improving teachers’ quality, and innovating teaching methods that focus on quality and efficiency, at the same time with implementing the sector’s emulation campaigns and movements.