Control and reduce school violence

Reduce school violence

In Notice No. 27/TB-VPCP dated January 24, 2024, the conclusion of Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha at the regular meeting of the National Committee for Children in 2023, the Deputy Prime Minister requested all levels and sectors to take drastic, strong, and effective actions to create real changes in 2024 and the coming time for children's work.

Notably, the Deputy Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Education and Training to preside over and coordinate with relevant ministries and branches to review and complete criteria for food safety and hygiene, school health work; promote specific measures to control and reduce school violence; research and develop a set of criteria on cultural environment in schools; review and evaluate eating, accommodation, living, environmental sanitation and learning conditions for preschool children, boarding and semi-boarding students, students in ethnic minority and mountainous areas; actively implement conditions for teaching safe swimming and teaching safety skills to prevent accidents and injuries to students.

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For the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, receive the opinions of the members of the National Committee, synthesize the proposed contents, complete the Report on the results of implementing children's rights and resolving children's issues in 2023 and the 2024 plan of the National Committee; authorized by the Chairman of the National Committee to sign and issue and guide and urge the implementation.

Preside over the development of the Plan to implement Directive No. 28-CT/TW dated December 25, 2023 of the Politburo on strengthening the care, education and protection of children to meet the requirements of developing a prosperous and happy country; report to the Prime Minister before April 2024.

Develop a Plan to implement the recommendations of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child for Vietnam and specific solutions to implement the United Nations' recommendations on improving groups of indicators related to children in sustainable development. Along with that, advise on organizing a national online conference on children's work, including the content of implementing the Plan to implement Directive No. 28 after being approved by competent authorities.

There are solutions to protect children online.

The Deputy Prime Minister requested the Ministries: Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to preside over and coordinate with the Ministry of Construction, Ministry of Education and Training and relevant ministries and branches to develop criteria for swimming pools, organize swimming lessons in schools and cultural and sports institutions for children in the community. The Ministry of Information and Communications monitors and evaluates the impact of online platforms and artificial intelligence to have solutions to protect children in the online environment.

The Ministry of Health shall preside over and coordinate with relevant ministries and branches to study and recommend the harmful effects of e-cigarettes, stimulants and psychotropic substances on the physical and mental health of children.

The Ministry of Public Security directs local police to strengthen the prevention, investigation and handling of crimes against children and crimes involving people under 18 years old; promptly inform people of methods and tricks of crime so that people can be more vigilant; provide and guide the management and use of the friendly investigation room model for local police.

The Ministry of Finance shall preside over and coordinate with relevant ministries and branches to review, promulgate, amend and supplement necessary regulations and guidelines to remove difficulties and obstacles in mobilizing and managing resources for children's work; balance the allocation of appropriate funds from the central budget to ensure the implementation of children's rights and resolve children's issues; participate in inspecting and supervising the allocation and use of funds for children's work by ministries, branches and localities.

The Deputy Prime Minister also requested the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuracy to preside over the development and implementation of child- and juvenile-friendly judicial laws; ensuring Vietnam's commitments to children's rights in investigation, prosecution and trial.

People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities continue to improve and standardize human resources working with children, especially human resources protecting children at the grassroots level; promote the role and creative ways of organizations and unions in child care, education and protection.

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