Nghe An Provincial People's Council proposes orientation for arranging and planning school network

GD&TĐ - The arrangement and planning of vocational training facilities must be carried out in a streamlined, efficient manner; with reasonable occupational structure and training levels.

Streamlining theeducational network to be lean and efficient

On July 9, at the 31st Session of the 18th Nghe An Provincial People's Council, Mr. Chu Duc Thai - Standing Member, Head of the Culture and Social Affairs Committee reported on the results of the Provincial People's Council's thematic supervision on planning and arranging the network of schools and classes at educational institutions in the province.

Currently, Nghe An province has 1,507 schools; including 540 kindergartens, 479 primary schools, 397 secondary schools and 91 high schools; there are 19 vocational education - continuing education centers, 1 continuing education - career guidance center, 1 continuing education center and 412 communal community learning centers.

In the province, there are 6 universities; 35 vocational training institutions including: 9 colleges, 12 secondary schools, 1 vocational training center, and 13 other institutions participating in vocational training.

The 31st session of the 18th People's Council of Nghe An province. Photo: Ho Lai

According to the monitoring report, in the period of 2021 - 2025, the whole province has merged 31 schools and reduced 200 separate public preschool and general schools; reduced 1 Nghe An Vocational Guidance Center; reduced 14 focal points for vocational education functions; merged Nghe An Pedagogical College into Nghe An University of Economics and changed its name to Nghe An University.

The province has effectively built and implemented models of new-style boarding schools for ethnic minorities, high-quality key schools, and advanced schools following the trend of international integration.

The system of ethnic boarding schools and semi-boarding schools is being consolidated and built in many localities according to the Central Government's direction.

The results of the implementation of the school network arrangement have contributed to reducing the number of focal points, thereby making investment more focused and important, contributing to improving investment efficiency.

Besides the positive results, there are still many separate schools in the province, especially at preschool and primary levels (the whole province still has 882 separate schools), causing difficulties in ensuring learning conditions and improving the quality of education.

Although the school facilities and teaching equipment of the preschool and general education network have been invested in, supplemented and improved, they still do not really meet the learning needs of the people and do not meet the teaching and learning requirements according to the 2018 General Education Program.

The planning and arrangement of the network of vocational education facilities is still slow compared to the requirements and plans set out. The network of vocational education facilities is still scattered; the quality and effectiveness of vocational training at Vocational Education - Continuing Education Centers are still limited; the facilities and teaching equipment of some vocational education facilities are outdated and old, the capacity for practical research does not keep up with the development of science and technology, and does not meet the requirements of practice.

Proposal for school network arrangement

Through the monitoring results, Nghe An Provincial People's Council proposed that the Provincial People's Committee review and evaluate the implementation of planning and arrangement of the school network. Thereby, promptly adjusting and developing a plan to arrange the school network for the period 2026 - 2030 in accordance with the general planning of the province as well as the population growth rate, the socio-economic development orientation of the locality. At the same time, it is consistent with the regulations and directions of the Central Government and the province when implementing the construction of a 2-level local government model.

Recess at Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Primary School (Hung Nguyen Commune, Nghe An). Photo: Ho Lai

In the context of implementing a two-level government, the People's Council of Nghe An province also proposed that the Provincial People's Committee direct departments, branches and localities to continue planning to allocate budget for investment in education in the period of 2026 - 2030, focusing on implementing the planning and arrangement of the school network.

Conduct an assessment of the implementation of the directions, guidelines, policies, and Resolutions of the Provincial People's Council on policies and mechanisms in the field of education and training; thereby proposing to develop policies for the period 2026 - 2030 that are practical, effective, and promote the development of education and training.

Regarding specific orientations on arranging the school network, through monitoring results, Nghe An Provincial People's Council proposed to continue merging small-scale schools that do not ensure teaching conditions; merging separate locations and combined classes in the province. Focus on investing in building and developing boarding schools and semi-boarding schools in mountainous and border areas; strengthen planning, investment, and upgrading school facilities... to meet learning conditions, improve comprehensive education quality and investment efficiency.

Study the number of high schools in Vinh city (old) to have a plan to ensure classrooms for students, including accelerating the construction of Huynh Thuc Khang High School's second campus, considering accepting and expanding Hermann Gmeiner Vinh High School (non-public school) into the public school system.

Accelerate the arrangement and reorganization of vocational training institutions under the province's management in the direction of streamlining, effectiveness and efficiency; rationalization of industry and occupation structure; training level structure. In which, research focuses on investment resources to build and develop 3 regional vocational training institutions such as: Bac Nghe An Economic and Technical College, Mien Tay Economic and Technical College, and Ethnic Boarding College. Focus resources on 3 current key vocational colleges of the province including: Vietnam - Korea Industrial Technical College, Viet Duc College, Nghe An Tourism and Trade College.

Nghe An Provincial People's Council also proposed to review the entire system of redundant office buildings after the reorganization of administrative units from district level to commune level in the province to study and prioritize the conversion of functions to build classrooms and public housing for teachers, especially in mountainous, remote and isolated areas. The study has policies to encourage the expansion of socialized education, including prioritizing the transfer of unused office buildings or land, etc. for businesses investing in the education sector.

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