"Waves and computers for children": More than 92,000 tablets have reached students

On January 18, the Ministry of Education and Training summarized the program “waves and computers for children”. To date, 92,629 tablets (from support from telecommunications companies) have been distributed to students in 24 provinces and cities.

In the 2020-2021 school year, the Covid-19 pandemic has been complicated nationwide, and many localities have had to implement social distancing according to Directive 16/CT-TTg. To ensure that students' learning is not interrupted, localities have implemented online teaching. However, organizing online teaching has encountered many difficulties due to the lack of necessary equipment such as computers, smartphones, internet, etc.

In that context, the “Waves and Computers for Children” program was born. Up to now, the Ministry of Education and Training has received computers and money and distributed them to localities to give to students. Accordingly, 92,629 tablets have been distributed to students in 24 provinces and cities.

The Ministry of Education and Training awarded certificates of merit to 20 groups and 19 individuals with outstanding achievements in the program "Waves and computers for children"

The Ministry of Education and Training has received and allocated money to 17 provinces so that localities can proactively organize purchases and promptly hand over to students, with an amount of VND513 billion; mobilized from theeducation sector, VND156.92 billion (62,768 devices); 35,639 computers and tablets; 33,209 smartphones and 101,733 other devices from officials, civil servants and public employees in the education sector. In addition, Ho Chi Minh City sponsored 72,000 devices for the city's students. Some other sources are also being mobilized according to the commitments of the sponsors.

To continue promoting the humanitarian significance of the program in phase II, the Ministry of Education and Training requested the Ministry of Information and Communications to report to the Prime Minister to complete the implementation of phase I, and continue to allocate 400,000 tablets from the Vietnam Public Telecommunications Fund according to the plan of the program "waves and computers for children" (according to the decision on the allocation of tablets under the program of providing public telecommunications services until 2025 for provinces and cities).

The Ministry of Information and Communications and the Vietnam Education Trade Union continue to call on and mobilize businesses, agencies, units and individuals to support and implement phase II of the program, aiming to help all students in difficult circumstances have computers for learning; they have the opportunity to access new learning methods, contributing to creating fairness in education for disadvantaged and vulnerable groups who need social attention and assistance.

PHAN THAO

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/song-va-may-tinh-cho-em-hon-92000-may-tinh-bang-da-den-tay-hoc-sinh-post723307.html