Ngoc Hoi (Kon Tum): Developing Education & Training to improve the quality of human resources in ethnic minority areas

Ngo Quyen Ethnic Boarding Junior High School in Dak Ang commune, Ngoc Hoi district, has received funding from the National Target Program 1719 to build 7 new classrooms.

With allocated funds exceeding 6 billion VND for the implementation of Sub-Project 1, Project 5, under the National Target Program 1719, Ngoc Hoi district has invested in upgrading and expanding Ngo Quyen Ethnic Boarding Secondary School in Dak Ang commune; the District Education and Training Department, in coordination with community learning centers in Sa Loong, Dak Xu, Po Y, and Dak Ang communes, organized 4 literacy classes with 125 participants.

Ngoc Hoi District has 17 ethnic groups living in 8 communes and towns; the population is 64,968 people, of which ethnic minorities account for 57%. In recent years, the work of universal education and illiteracy eradication has always received close attention, leadership, and guidance from Party committees and authorities at all levels, along with the efforts and high determination of the management staff and teachers of the Education and Training sector, resulting in positive achievements. By the end of 2023, universal preschool education for 5-year-old children was achieved; universal primary education reached level 3; universal lower secondary education reached level 2; and universal literacy education reached level 2.

Literacy class at the Community Learning Center in Sa Loong commune, Ngoc Hoi district.

In the coming period, Ngoc Hoi district will continue to promptly implement the contents of Sub-project 1, Project 5 and simultaneously implement solutions to achieve the following goals: 100% of 5-year-old ethnic minority kindergarten students attending school; over 99.92% of primary school students attending school; over 99.70% of lower secondary school students attending school; over 55% of upper secondary school students attending school; and over 90% of ethnic minority people aged 15 and above being able to read and write fluently in the common Vietnamese language.

Simultaneously, consolidate the achievements in literacy eradication and prevent relapses into illiteracy. Improve the quality of ethnic minority teachers in general education schools to meet training standards; strive to achieve a rate of 35% of ethnic minority students graduating from lower secondary school continuing their studies at vocational education institutions at the intermediate level; and increase the rate of ethnic minority students graduating from upper secondary school continuing their studies at vocational education institutions at the college level to over 28%.

Kien Giang : Focusing on developing education in Khmer ethnic minority areas.

Source: https://baodantoc.vn/ngoc-hoi-kon-tum-phat-develop-education-training-improves-quality-human-resources-in-the-colonial-region-dtts-1732953699030.htm