On December 13, presenting his opinion at the 15th Session of the 10th Da Nang City People's Council, term 2021-2026, Mr. Le Van Nghia, Deputy Head of the Culture and Social Affairs Committee of the Da Nang City People's Council, said that as of November 2023, 140 school construction projects had approved investment policies with a total capital of VND 2,844 billion, and 6 projects were completing documents with a total investment of VND 2.6 billion.
To implement these projects, Da Nang City assigned districts and 4 project management boards under the city to implement them to improve the quality of teaching and learning, ensuring that primary school students study 2 sessions/day, meeting the 2018 General Education Program.
“ However, through monitoring, we found that the implementation of the projects has not kept up with the schedule. To ensure the implementation of the plan to upgrade and expand schools in the 2021-2025 period, we propose that the People's Council direct the City People's Committee to direct districts and management boards to promptly clear the land and prepare for investment because preparing for investment takes a lot of time ,” Mr. Nghia suggested.
Da Nang currently lacks schools, many primary school students are not arranged to study 2 sessions/day.
Delegate Le Van Nghia cited the fact that primary school students in Cam Le and Lien Chieu districts have not yet had two sessions a day. Therefore, Mr. Nghia proposed that Da Nang reclaim the public land plots lent to build schools.
Mr. Nghia also mentioned the lack of schools because in new urban areas, investors committed to building schools but then… forgot. “ We inspected Hoa Xuan Urban Area, where there are 12 projects to build schools but so far there has been no investment. The Golden Hills Urban Area is similar, ” said Delegate Le Van Nghia.
Regarding the issue, Ms. Le Thi Bich Thuan, Director of the Department of Education and Training of Da Nang City, said that on November 27, the leaders of the People's Committee of Da Nang City assigned the Department of Education and Training to preside over and coordinate with the People's Committees of districts and management boards to continue reviewing and synthesizing specific data on investment projects in the coming time to report to the City in January 2024.
According to Ms. Thuan, currently, localities are implementing projects in parallel with teaching and arranging work to ensure teaching quality. However, some districts are still facing difficulties in arranging land for building primary and secondary schools.
“ In order to ensure the requirements of the 2018 General Education Program, the Department of Education and Training requests that investors and urban areas have a plan to implement school construction according to the approved project. Commit to the implementation progress, especially projects that have been filled 50% to ensure teaching and learning organization, according to the original plan that the urban project investors reported to the city ,” said Ms. Thuan.
Mr. Luong Nguyen Minh Triet, Chairman of the People's Council of Da Nang City, said that the city is very concerned about the issue of school investment. The project is delayed because the city has increased investment resources from 4,300 billion VND to nearly 8,000 billion VND.
“ It is true that there is a shortage of local schools in some localities such as Hoa Xuan ward (Cam Le district) because the population is increasing very quickly. In addition, projects and investors committed to building schools but did not implement them on schedule. Therefore, it leads to the situation of children living in this ward being sent to study in another place, ” said Mr. Triet.
The leaders of the Da Nang City People's Council also requested project owners to fulfill their commitments in investing in related educational facilities in the areas where the projects are being implemented. At the same time, functional units continue to monitor the implementation of investors.
Regarding teachers, Mr. Luong Nguyen Minh Triet said that the Central Government has provided Da Nang with 188 additional positions. Therefore, the City People's Committee will arrange and allocate this number of positions to the Education sector accordingly.
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