Flooded students return to school, education sector suffers about 13 billion VND in damage

(Dan Tri) - After completing the recovery work, schools in flood-hit areas in Quang Binh welcomed students back to school. The local education sector suffered about 13 billion VND in damage.

On November 4, after a period of school closure due to the impact of floods, all schools in Quang Ninh and Le Thuy districts (Quang Binh) welcomed students back.

The recent flood also caused heavy damage to the education sector in Quang Binh, concentrated in Le Thuy and Quang Ninh districts.

According to statistics, in Le Thuy district, 64 schools and school sites were affected, of which 420 classrooms were flooded. The total damage was over 6.7 billion VND.

Tan Ninh Kindergarten, Quang Ninh district, Quang Binh province, deeply submerged in the recent flood (Photo: Tien Thanh).

Quang Ninh district has 29 schools flooded 0.3-1.6m; many schools are isolated. Total damage to facilities and teaching equipment is more than 6.1 billion VND.

With the spirit of urgently "rebuilding" schools to welcome students, the day after the flood receded, schools mobilized human resources with the help of local authorities to quickly clean up and sanitize classrooms.

By the afternoon of November 3, schools affected by floods in Quang Binh had completed cleaning up and checking safety conditions to resume normal teaching and learning.

In order to proactively respond to the forecast of heavy rain in the next few days, the Department of Education and Training of Quang Binh has sent a document to its affiliated units; Departments of Education and Training, Centers for Vocational Education - Continuing Education, and educational institutions in the area.

Quang Binh Department of Education and Training requires educational institutions to closely monitor weather reports and flood warnings to promptly notify staff, teachers, employees, students and trainees to proactively prevent and avoid them.

After the water receded, teachers at schools in flooded areas urgently cleaned up mud (Photo: Nhat Anh).

Depending on the development of floods and actual conditions at the facility, principals, directors of affiliated units, Heads of the Department of Education and Training, directors of Vocational Education - Continuing Education Centers of districts, towns and cities proactively let students stay home from school and return to school when safety is ensured.

Units and educational institutions must assign people to be on duty 24/7, arrange sufficient forces to effectively implement flood prevention and control plans, promptly handle possible situations; deploy response work with the motto "4 on-site". Absolutely do not be subjective or negligent, be ready to deploy forces and means to participate in rescue and promptly handle possible situations.

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