(HBO) – Vice Secretary of the Hoa Binh Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Quang led a delegation to visit Bac Son commune, Tan Lac district, on November 16.

Bac Son is a mountainous commune in Tan Lac district, which is 30km from the district’s centre with nearly 100 percent of its population being ethnic minority people. The commune has a kindergarten, a primary and secondary school with a total of 341 students and 42 teachers and education managers. The commune is working to universalise education for five-year-old children.



Nguyen Van Quang, Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, and leaders of the provincial Department of Education and Training meet with teachers and students from Bac Son primary and secondary school.

The quality of education in the commune has been improved over the past time. In 2016-2017 academic year, the rate of diligent children was 94.2 percent while the proportion of underweight and stunted-growth kids was brought down to 2.9 percent and 8 percent respectively. All Grade 5 pupils completed primary education while nearly 19 percent of secondary students made good and excellent academic performance. The commune had 22 outstanding students at the district level. It aims to have at least one school meeting national standards by 2020.




Nguyen Van Quang, Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, presents gifts to children with outstanding academic performance.



Nguyen Van Quang, Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, visits Bac Son commune’s kindergarten

Speaking at a working session with communal authorities, Nguyen Van Quang, Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, said the province always pays attention to investing in building infrastructure, promoting socio-economic development, and improving living standards for people in mountainous communes. In the field of education and training, the province prioritises investment in reinforcing and building schools and providing teaching and learning equipment for disadvantaged and remote areas, as well as creating the most favourable conditions for these areas to develop education comprehensively.

He praised efforts made by Bac Son’s authorities, people, officials, teachers and students in raising the quality of teaching and learning. He reminded the commune to focus on improving the capacity of the managerial and teaching staff in the coming time. The staff should raise responsibility and actively improve knowledge and professional capability to develop education in the mountainous areas. He also suggested enhancing communication campaigns and encouraging the private sector to involve in educational development. He also directed the provincial Department of Education and Training and the People’s Committee of Tan Lac district to study the school infrastructure building proposal of Bac Son commune and realise it in 2018.

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