A "public house" for parents has just been built in Mang Di - Photo: LE THI NGHEO
Ms. Le Thi Ngheo (30 years old), a teacher at Mang Di school (Tra Nam commune kindergarten), said that this year she welcomed about 35 children to class. All are children of the Ca Dong ethnic group, who live off the mountains and forests.
Temporary "official house"
Mang Di school is about 15km from the main school, so it takes teachers about 45 minutes to get to class by motorbike. This is one of 7 schools scattered in the mountainous villages of the Ca Dong people belonging to Tra Nam Kindergarten.
Because the school is far from home, parents often have to go to the fields during the day so they cannot pick up and drop off their children regularly.
To ensure that the children do not skip school and return home safely at the end of the day, the parents of the students have assigned adults in the village to take turns coming to the school to pick up the children and take them home. Each village has a few people, rotating weekly.
To have a place to stay, right before the new school year, parents went into the forest together to cut bamboo and reeds, then cleared the land opposite Mang Di school to build a shelter. This shelter will be a place for parents to stay while waiting for their children to finish school.
Parents gather to flatten bamboo trunks to weave roofing sheets - Photo: LE THI NGHEO
Ms. Ngheo said that more than 30 parents worked together for a day and a half to build a bamboo frame hut with walls and roof made of bamboo trunks. The hut was located opposite the school and was used as a resting place for parents. Sometimes, children also followed their parents into the hut to stay.
"This year, we had time and the weather was sunny, so the shed was made more carefully and beautifully. The roof above is covered with plastic tarpaulin, and the bottom is covered with bamboo strips to keep the rain from getting inside.
During the day, parents stay in the hut and help the teachers clean the school grounds, build fences, and cook lunch for the children. The parents are also paid a fee by the school. In the afternoon, they take their children back to the village," said Ms. Ngheo.
Special "public houses" at schools in the mountainous areas of Quang Nam
Nam Tra My is the farthest district located in the west of Quang Nam province, bordering Kon Tum . This is also the district with many separate schools scattered along the mountain slopes.
Parents set up a tent in front of Mang Di school - Photo: LE THI NGHEO
Because the village is quite far away, before the new school year, parents at the isolated school often set up simple tents together to stay during the day, and in the afternoon take their children back to the village.
Ms. Tra Thi Le - principal of Tra Nam Kindergarten - said that the school has a total of 7 separate locations, with a total of 230 children. Many of the locations are located deep in the mountains, so teachers and students have to go to class in many hardships and difficulties.
At these remote schools, parents take advantage of abandoned wooden houses to live in, or go into the forest to cut down bamboo trees to build temporary shelters like they did at Mang Di school.
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/nha-cong-vu-bang-tre-nua-lop-vo-cay-chuan-bi-le-khai-giang-o-quang-nam-20240826150737518.htm
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