Developing a reading culture promotes lifelong learning

Lifelong Learning Week 2024 runs from now until October 7.

Director of Hanoi Department of Education and Training Tran The Cuong visits the book exhibition area.

The opening and launching ceremony is part of a series of activities responding to the direction of the Ministry of Education and Training and the Plan of the Hanoi People's Committee on organizing the Lifelong Learning Response Week in 2024 with the aim of promoting lifelong learning awareness, encouraging all classes of people to participate in the reading movement, thereby contributing to improving people's knowledge, developing human resources and training talents for the capital.

Students of Giang Vo Secondary School look for good books to read.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Director of the Hanoi Department of Education and Training Tran The Cuong affirmed: In recent years, Hanoi has actively implemented directives, resolutions, and policies of the Party and the State into action plans and programs, especially tasks towards the goal of building a learning society. Resolution No. 23-NQ/TU dated November 16, 2023 of the Hanoi Party Committee on strengthening the Party's leadership in promoting learning, promoting talents, and building a learning society in Hanoi from now until 2030, with a vision to 2045 and Plan No. 52/KH-UBND dated February 7, 2024 of the Hanoi People's Committee on implementing Resolution No. 23-NQ/TU set a goal that by 2025, Hanoi will register to become a member of the UNESCO "Global Learning Cities" network.

Representatives of the Ministry of Education and Training, Hanoi Department of Education and Training, UNESCO Ambassador and students shared the message of Lifelong Learning Week 2024

The Director of the Hanoi Department of Education and Training called on leaders at all levels, organizations and the whole society to join hands in building a stronger reading culture, promoting the lifelong learning movement, contributing to improving people's knowledge, training human resources, developing talents for the country, for the capital to become increasingly prosperous and develop sustainably.

The representative of UNESCO in Vietnam also emphasized the importance of lifelong learning in the digital transformation era, and acknowledged Hanoi's efforts in implementing plans to promote learning. The People's Committee of Ba Dinh District, the coordinating unit to host the event, pledged to continue promoting the movement to promote learning and talent in the locality, contributing to building a solid educational foundation for the future.

At the ceremony, Vietnam Education Publishing House presented Giang Vo Secondary School with a bookcase with over 300 books; and also awarded 20 gifts (cash and books) to 20 outstanding students.

Activities within the framework of the program, such as book introductions and book exhibitions, have attracted great attention from students, teachers and related organizations, contributing to spreading the spirit of lifelong learning, promoting reading culture and creating motivation for the next steps in the roadmap to build Hanoi into a global learning city.

Source: https://kinhtedothi.vn/ha-noi-phat-trien-van-hoa-doc-thuc-day-hoc-tap-suot-doi.html