Education and training in ethnic minority and mountainous areas achieved important results.

Education and training in ethnic minority and mountainous areas has achieved important results in recent times.

On the morning of August 26, the National Assembly's Ethnic Council, the National Assembly's Committee on Culture and Society, the Ministry of Education and Training , and the Ministry of Ethnic Minorities and Religions held a national workshop on "Innovation and improvement of the quality of education and training in ethnic minority and mountainous areas: current situation, challenges and solutions".

Attending the conference were Mr. Vu Hong Thanh, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly; Mr. Le Thanh Long, Deputy Prime Minister; leaders of the Ethnic Council, the Committee for Culture and Society, the Ministry of Ethnic Minorities and Religions, the Ministry of Education and Training and local leaders, experts and scientists . On the side of the Ministry of Education and Training, Minister Nguyen Kim Son attended the conference.

The policy of developing ethnic education has always received special attention.

In his opening speech, Mr. Vu Hong Thanh, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly, affirmed: The Party and State have always been consistent in their ethnic policies and guidelines based on the principles of equality, solidarity, respect, mutual assistance and mutual development among ethnic groups. Developing ethnic minority and mountainous areas is a particularly important political task of a strategic and long-term nature.

Representing the will and aspirations of the people, the National Assembly, the Government and relevant agencies have promptly issued legal documents within their authority to institutionalize the Party's viewpoints.

Legal documents and national target programs have been affirming the Party and State's attention and care for ethnic minorities, creating an important foundation, premise, and strong driving force for ethnic work and ethnic policies.

Mr. Vu Hong Thanh, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly delivered the opening speech.

Introducing the workshop, Mr. Lam Van Man, Chairman of the Ethnic Council, also affirmed: Developing education and training is identified by our Party as a top national policy, and at the same time an important basis for implementing the policy of "equality, solidarity, respect, and mutual assistance for development among ethnic groups".

To solve the problem of improving people's lives and developing sustainable socio-economic development for ethnic minority and mountainous areas requires many synchronous solutions, in which education and training are considered key solutions and important driving forces for development.

In recent times, our Party and State have issued many policies and guidelines to prioritize the development of education and training for ethnic minority and mountainous areas.

The National Assembly promptly promulgated laws and resolutions to institutionalize the Party's policies and guidelines on developing education and training for ethnic minority and mountainous areas such as: Law on Education, Law on Higher Education, Law on Vocational Education, Law on Teachers and other relevant laws. In particular, it stipulates a number of policies to support and invest in developing education in ethnic minority and mountainous areas with particularly difficult socio-economic conditions...

On that basis, the Government has also issued many documents to specify policies related to education and training in ethnic minority and mountainous areas and organized synchronous implementation, achieving remarkable results. In addition, many localities have also issued additional specific policies to support educational development for ethnic minority and mountainous areas in the area.

Discussing solutions to continue developing education and training in ethnic minority and mountainous areas

Emphasizing the importance of the workshop, Mr. Vu Hong Thanh said that this will be a place for leaders, representatives of ministries, branches, National Assembly delegates, scientists, experts, teachers, etc. to objectively evaluate the promulgation and implementation of policies and laws on education and training in ethnic minority and mountainous areas.

To do that, it is necessary to fully identify the root causes of bottlenecks in policy mechanisms and in the implementation process. Strongly change the thinking and awareness in building and implementing policies in general, especially for important groups of ethnic minorities. Quickly overcome the outdated governance model and financial mechanism; the team of managers and teachers is both lacking in quantity and uneven in quality.

The policy to support learners has made much progress but still does not cover all practical needs. Educational facilities, equipment and technology are still limited and do not meet the requirements of innovation. Investment resources from the state budget for education and training in ethnic minority and mountainous areas are not commensurate with development requirements.

The workshop is also an opportunity for the parties to propose feasible and breakthrough initiatives, ideas and solutions to overcome current difficulties and shortcomings. Thereby, recommendations are made to the Party, the National Assembly and the Government to continue to improve mechanisms and policies to ensure effectiveness, efficiency, practicality and suitability, towards the goal of equitable access to education for ethnic minorities.

In particular, recommendations and solutions need to be linked to the context in which the National Assembly will consider and decide on many important policies related to this field at the upcoming 10th session.

In his opening speech, Mr. Vu Hong Thanh also emphasized two major groups of issues that need to be focused on discussing, evaluating and proposing solutions.

Firstly , objectively and comprehensively assess the current implementation of policies and laws on education and training in ethnic minority and mountainous areas; focus on the fields of general education, recruitment, university education, and vocational education. At the same time, analyze the institutionalization of the Party's policies in ensuring equitable access to education and training for ethnic minority learners, contributing to the development of quality human resources, serving the socio-economic development of the region and the whole country.

Second , based on the Party's policies, especially the "quad" of Central Resolutions (Resolutions No. 57, Resolution No. 59, Resolution No. 66 and Resolution No. 68), we will discuss and propose comprehensive, breakthrough solutions, contributing to perfecting institutions, removing bottlenecks, innovating mechanisms, improving the quality of education and training, developing high-quality human resources for ethnic minority areas, narrowing the development gap between regions, preserving national cultural identity, serving the requirements of national development in the new era.

Mr. Lam Van Man, Chairman of the Council of Ethnic Minorities, spoke at the workshop.

Assessing the important results achieved in the education and training work in ethnic minority and mountainous areas in recent times, Mr. Lam Van Man said that these results contributed to improving the quality of human resources, aiming to increase job opportunities for ethnic minorities and mountainous areas, contributing to sustainable multidimensional poverty reduction in these difficult areas.

Some of the typical results achieved include: the quality of teaching and learning activities has been gradually improved, contributing to meeting the learning needs of children of ethnic minorities and mountainous areas.

Increase the rate of student mobilization to attend classes; the rate of students graduating from junior high school and high school each year increases significantly. The specialized education system (boarding schools for ethnic minorities, semi-boarding schools for ethnic minorities, etc.) is increasingly promoting positive effects.

Attention is paid to the teaching and learning of ethnic minority languages ​​in general schools in order to preserve and conserve the spoken and written languages ​​of ethnic minorities. The recruitment system has contributed significantly to the training of qualified ethnic minority cadres in the locality...

However, in addition to positive changes, education in ethnic minority and mountainous areas still faces many difficulties and shortcomings. Although the network of schools, facilities and teaching equipment have been increased, they still do not fully meet the requirements of expanding the scale and improving the quality of education.

The teaching staff in ethnic minority and mountainous areas has not yet fully met the requirements in terms of quantity and quality at all levels of education compared to other regions and areas; the proportion of teachers who are local people and ethnic minorities is still low.

The rate of mobilizing ethnic minority and mountainous students to attend school at the right age at all levels from preschool to high school is still low compared to the national average.

Vocational education, especially short-term vocational training policies in localities, are not very effective; the quantity and quality of ethnic minority workers in both the public and non-public sectors are still limited.

There is still a shortage of high-quality human resources in ethnic minority and mountainous areas. Some policies on education development and support for teachers and students in ethnic minority and mountainous areas and areas with particularly difficult economic and social conditions are no longer suitable but have not been adjusted or supplemented in a timely manner...

To overcome the above difficulties and limitations, it requires many synchronous and comprehensive solutions, especially in terms of policies and laws, to improve the quality and effectiveness of education and training activities.

At the workshop, delegates focused on assessing the current status of policies and laws on education and training in ethnic minority and mountainous areas; and the results of implementing policies and laws on education and training in ethnic minority and mountainous areas.

At the same time, recommendations and solutions to remove difficulties and obstacles in practice in recent times, towards equitable access to education for ethnic minorities and mountainous areas; continue to improve policies and laws to improve the quality of education and training in ethnic minority and mountainous areas...

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