Schools devastated, 17 schools cannot be restored

TPO – According to the Ministry of Education and Training, after the storm and flood, teachers have been rushing to clean up and rebuild classrooms to welcome students back to school. In fact, the damage to classrooms is very severe. There are 17 schools that cannot be restored.

99 schools/school locations cannot teach

According to reports from 23/27 provinces and cities, water is gradually receding and educational institutions are mobilizing all educational management staff, teachers, parents, military forces, and local police to clean, disinfect, and sanitize schools to resume teaching and learning today (September 16).

However, there are still 99 schools/school locations in 6 provinces that cannot teach because the water has not completely receded, including: Lao Cai (83 schools/school locations), Cao Bang (1 school), Bac Kan (3 schools), Tuyen Quang (1 school), Yen Bai (3 schools), Bac Giang (8 schools).

Many educational facilities in the provinces and cities in the mountainous regions of the North and the Northeast were deeply flooded, classrooms had their roofs blown off, many buildings collapsed, collapsed, and had broken glass; teaching equipment and students' school supplies were washed away and damaged by water.

A school in Bao Yen district, Lao Cai province was hit by falling rocks and cracked, at risk of collapsing.

The Ministry of Education and Training has directed localities to continue to urgently focus on reviewing and assessing damage, synthesizing reports to propose competent authorities to support funding to overcome the consequences.

Currently, localities are clearing mud, cleaning schools and classrooms, and making detailed statistics on damage to classrooms and teaching equipment.

According to initial reports, many schools were deeply flooded, many computers, classroom equipment, and student desks and chairs were severely damaged, making them difficult to repair.

In many provinces/cities, students' textbooks were washed away or damaged, making them unusable.

Please support the temporary construction of 17 schools

According to the latest statistics, in Yen Bai province alone, nearly 20,000 students lost or damaged textbooks, and the cost to buy textbooks is estimated at over 9 billion VND.

Reporting at the Conference on urgently overcoming the consequences of Typhoon Yagi held on September 15, Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son said that the damage to the education sector due to Typhoon No. 3 was enormous.

By September 16, with the efforts of localities, schools and teachers, thousands of basic schools were restored to operation.

However, there are still 99 schools that have not been able to reopen since September 16. Of these, according to Lao Cai province's estimates, as of September 23, there are still 17 schools for which it is not feasible to restore operations to bring students back to school.

The Ministry of Education and Training proposed that the Government use the central budget to support Lao Cai and Yen Bai provinces, to first build temporary schools for 17 schools that cannot be repaired and then have funds to rebuild the schools.

Below is the damage to schools and classrooms in the localities :

Order	province/city	Damage caused by Typhoon Yagi
1	Hanoi	3,580m of fence collapsed; 457 classrooms had their roofs blown off, 719 garages were damaged.
2	Tuyen Quang	33 schools were flooded and had landslides (14 kindergartens; 7 primary schools; 7 secondary schools; 5 high schools).
3	Bac Kan	39 schools were severely affected by flooding and landslides; 69 houses of staff and teachers were flooded, landslides flooded houses, and walls collapsed.
4	Lang Son	78 schools at all levels were flooded; 118/650 schools had their surrounding walls, school gates, school signs, trees collapsed, roofs blown off, glass doors broken, teaching equipment damaged...
5	Lao Cai	10 high schools were affected by landslides and floods; 7 schools in Bat Xat district, 6 schools in Van Ban district, 13 schools in Bac Ha district, 9 schools in Si Ma Cai district, 4 schools in Sa Pa town, 7 schools in Bao Yen district, 3 schools in Bao Thang district, 10 schools in Muong Khuong district were affected by landslides and floods.
6	Yen Bai	27 schools were flooded, 59 schools had landslides and damaged structures.
7	Hai Phong	As a locality with very large losses, the exact extent of the damage cannot be calculated in monetary terms at present, causing stagnation and seriously affecting the teaching and learning activities of the locality. Regarding classrooms, there are nearly 1,700 classrooms that can be repaired and fixed immediately; 1,017 classrooms need to undergo major repairs.
8	Bac Giang	Nearly 3,300 square meters of corrugated iron roof were damaged; 331 meters of fence collapsed; 8 construction sites collapsed.
9	Cao Bang	The damage has not been calculated yet. However, many schools are at high risk of landslides such as: Kindergartens and primary schools in Bao Loc and Bao Lac districts...
10	Hai Duong	90% of schools have had their roofs blown off and their walls collapsed, the damage is yet to be calculated.

The Ministry of Education and Training and the Vietnam Education Trade Union organized a ceremony to launch the education sector to support people affected by storm No. 3. Initial results included receiving more than 8 billion VND in cash and 3.5 billion VND in kind, including school supplies and notebooks.

The Ministry of Education and Training continues to call on organizations and individuals to join hands to support students and schools in overcoming the consequences of storms and floods.

Ha Linh

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