Ho Chi Minh City: Only 28% of schools meet lighting requirements.

According to the Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control, only 27 out of 95 schools in Ho Chi Minh City meet the lighting requirements.

Dang Tran Con Primary School in District 4 is one of the few schools in the city surveyed that met all three criteria: lighting, noise levels, and CO2 concentration. (Photo: A lesson at Dang Tran Con Primary School - Photo: PTH)

The City Center for Disease Control (under the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health ) has just released a report on classroom hygiene and hand hygiene monitoring for 2024.

The center conducted monitoring at 95 schools, with 3,355 classrooms and functional rooms (3,037 classrooms, 298 computer and physics-chemistry-biology practice rooms) from September 23, 2024 to November 27, 2024.

The results are as follows: 27 out of 95 schools met the lighting standards, accounting for 28%; 17 out of 95 schools met the noise standards (accounting for 18%).

The report also indicated that schools located near roads or gymnasiums close to classrooms experienced noise levels exceeding permissible standards.

27 out of 95 schools monitored had _CO2 levels that met the requirements, accounting for 28%. According to the city's Center for Disease Control report, most schools used air conditioners but lacked exhaust fans. Therefore, _CO2 levels were higher than the permissible standard.

According to the survey results, as many as 46 out of 95 schools failed to meet the requirements for all three criteria: lighting, noise level, and _CO2 concentration in classrooms, a rate of 48.42%.

Only 7 out of 95 schools met the requirements for all three criteria, a rate of 7.36%. The majority of schools only met 1-2 criteria.

Based on the results of school monitoring in 2024, the City's Center for Disease Control recommends that the education and training departments, district and county health centers, and Thu Duc City coordinate to monitor classroom hygiene indicators in schools throughout the area annually.

"Schools need to improve lighting in classrooms that do not meet lighting requirements, enhance air exchange in classrooms that do not meet _CO2 concentration requirements, and review the placement of sufficient handwashing taps, soap, and handwashing procedure signs according to regulations," the City Center for Disease Control recommended.

100% of schools have handwashing areas.

According to the survey results, the majority of schools surveyed met the requirements for handwashing facilities for students: 100% of schools had handwashing areas; 91% of schools met the ratio of students to handwashing taps; 100% of schools had clean water in the handwashing areas; 98% of schools provided soap or disinfectant in the handwashing areas; and 99% of schools had handwashing instruction signs in the handwashing areas.

98% of students received information on proper handwashing; the main sources of this information were: 80% from healthcare workers; 74% from the internet and social media; 69% from homeroom activities; and 65% from flag-raising ceremonies.

Among the media sources, the students preferred speeches during flag ceremonies, with 26% liking them. Notably, 97% of students agreed that frequent handwashing with soap is very important for protecting health; 91% of students agreed that the habit of washing hands with soap should be practiced from a young age…

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/tp-hcm-chi-28-truong-hoc-dat-yeu-cau-ve-anh-sang-20241217113602732.htm