Vice Chairman of Dak Lak Provincial People's Committee: A good school is the soul of the nation

GD&TĐ - Talking with the Dak Lak Department of Education and Training, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Thien Van said that "A good school is the soul of the nation".

On August 26, the Dak Lak Department of Education and Training held a conference to summarize the 2024-2025 school year and deploy tasks for the 2025-2026 school year. Director of the Department of Education and Training Le Thi Thanh Xuan and Deputy Directors of the Department co-chaired the conference.

Attending the event were Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Thien Van; leaders of provincial departments and branches; leaders of the People's Committees of 102 communes, wards and affiliated units.

Delegates attending the Conference. (Photo: TT)

Acknowledge efforts, frankly acknowledge limitations

In the 2024-2025 school year, Dak Lak province will have more than 1,379 educational institutions, managing over 706 thousand children, pupils, students and university students.

Despite many difficulties, the education sector still achieved important results: The quality of teaching and learning was improved; key education maintained its leading position in the Central Coast and Central Highlands regions; many students won high prizes in national and international competitions for excellent students. The work of universalizing and eliminating illiteracy was completed according to the criteria, contributing to improving the people's knowledge and creating equal learning opportunities for students in disadvantaged areas.

Mr. Nguyen Thien Van - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee gave a speech at the Conference. (Photo: TT)

Speaking at the conference, Mr. Nguyen Thien Van - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee acknowledged and praised the efforts of the entire sector, especially the spirit of overcoming difficulties of the team of teachers, managers and students. He also frankly pointed out 3 basic groups of problems: Management and direction, team work and facilities - teaching equipment.

Currently, the whole sector is still short of more than 2,400 teachers; some localities have not arranged the staff properly, leading to local surpluses and shortages. Teaching facilities and equipment in many places have not met the requirements of innovation, especially in remote areas. In addition, the situation of students dropping out of school still occurs, especially in disadvantaged communes with many ethnic minority students.

Mr. Van emphasized: “The new school year poses more requirements and challenges in terms of school size and key tasks. The education sector needs to focus on innovation and improving overall quality; focus on educating qualities and creative skills to meet development and international integration requirements; effectively implement the education development strategy for the 2025-2030 period, with a vision to 2045.”

Ms. Vo Thi Minh Duyen - Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training reported the summary of the 2024-2025 school year. (Photo: TT)

Innovation, creativity, determination for the new school year

In his speech, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee said: "A good school is a place to sow the seeds of knowledge, build culture and also the soul of the nation. A good school will leave beautiful memories and memories for teachers and students, so that each generation will long to return." To realize this, he called on the teaching staff to continue to unite, be of one mind, build a healthy, loving, sharing pedagogical environment, at the same time take care of every step of the students and support colleagues to develop together.

The Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee also requested the Department of Education and Training to strengthen training, professional development, management capacity, pedagogical skills and professional ethics for managers and teachers. Arrange and organize the team reasonably; overcome the situation of local surplus and shortage; mobilize resources from the budget and socialization to improve facilities and teaching equipment. At the same time, promote digital transformation in management, teaching and learning, especially in remote areas.

Ms. Le Thi Thanh Xuan - Director of the Department of Education and Training delivered the concluding speech at the Conference. (Photo: TT)

Speaking at the conference, Ms. Le Thi Thanh Xuan - Director of the Department of Education and Training affirmed that the whole sector will focus on implementing 10 key tasks in the 2025-2026 school year. In particular, innovation in teaching, testing and assessment methods is considered key; focusing on education of qualities, skills, developing creativity, making English the second language in schools.

The sector will also build and upgrade 4 inter-level boarding schools in 4 border communes; coordinate with the Ministry of Education and Training to upgrade and repair 3 key schools in 2025. Along with that, strongly promote digital transformation, apply artificial intelligence in teaching and learning; effectively implement the education development strategy for the period 2025-2030, vision 2045.

Ms. Xuan also emphasized that with the spirit of "sharing the same roof, the same vision, the same determination, the same aspiration", the Dak Lak Education sector aims to successfully implement the new school year, contributing to building high-quality human resources for the province and the region.

Director of Department of Education and Training awarded Certificate of Merit to
Heads of Departments of Education and Training are allowed to retire according to regulations. (Photo: Thanh Tam)

On this occasion, the Department of Education and Training awarded Certificates of Merit to express gratitude for the important contributions of the former leaders of the Departments of Education and Training of the old districts, towns and cities.

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