In addition to prioritizing cultural studies, ethnic minority students in schools in the two districts of Xin Man and Hoang Su Phi - Ha Giang also develop many skills such as: knowing how to protect themselves safely on the internet, receiving sex education, psychological counseling...
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Keeping children and young people safe online
According to modern trends, students have access to the internet earlier. This is an opportunity but also a challenge for schools and teachers in teaching children about cyber safety.
Vietnam has nearly 78 million Internet users, 70 million social media users and 161.6 million active mobile connections (1/2023). More and more people, including adolescents, are using the Internet to study, shop, entertain, communicate, and access services. This also contributes to increasing online risks for users, especially children and adolescents facing gender-based violence and online abuse. 91% of boys and girls participating in the survey have Internet access, but only 10% of them have knowledge and skills to use the Internet safely. Victims of online abuse often experience a range of negative emotions such as: Fear (43.3%), shame (41.5%), loss of confidence (43%).
Chien Pho Ethnic Boarding Secondary School, Hoang Su Phi District, Ha Giang Province has paid early attention and had many specific activities to protect children from the increasing risks in cyberspace. The school has built communication initiatives, chaired many activities aimed at protecting and supporting children to interact healthily in cyberspace.
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| Students of Chien Pho Ethnic Boarding Secondary School, Hoang Su Phi District, Ha Giang Province enthusiastically participated in the communication activity "Protecting children and adolescents in the online environment". |
Recently, the school organized a communication activity “Protecting children and adolescents in the online environment”. The final results showed that students from class 6A won first prize, second prize went to class 7A, third prize went to class 6C, and encouragement prize went to class 8B.
Mr. Nguyen Hong Luong, principal of Chien Pho Ethnic Boarding Secondary School, Hoang Su Phi District, Ha Giang Province, shared: The Cyber Safety Project was implemented for secondary school students through many communication activities, computer practice sessions, IT lessons, etc. to help students change their approach to the internet and ensure personal safety.
Participating in the event, Giang Thi Chuyen, a 9th grade student, said: When the Cyber Security project was launched, I actively participated and had many activities to disseminate knowledge for my friends to easily understand. We drew pictures about the harmful effects and risks commonly encountered on the Internet, made information trees to propagate and disseminate to friends and parents. These activities are often included by teachers in Saturday activities, Children's Day parties, and competitions to propagate to friends. After participating in the project, I have more knowledge and know how to prevent it. Specifically, when participating in social networks, I know and avoid unnecessary risks."
Building a counseling room to solve school psychology problems
The School Psychology Counseling Room of Ta Nhiu Primary and Secondary School for Ethnic Minorities, Xin Man District is a newly built model. This place is especially welcomed by students with countless problems that they do not know who to talk to. The school has counselors, a school counseling mailbox and assigns people to be on duty 24/7 so that students can come at any time.
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| School Psychology Counseling Room, Ta Nhiu Primary and Secondary School for Ethnic Minorities, Xin Man District. |
Len Thi Nhung, Ta Nhiu Primary and Secondary School for Ethnic Minorities, expressed: When I have difficulties with family, social or school issues, I often go to the counseling room to seek help. Specifically, with problems related to puberty and difficulties in studying, I am always enthusiastically answered by the teachers.
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| Students come to the school psychology counseling room whenever they encounter difficulties in studying and life. |
Ms. Dang Thi Phan is a Physics teacher and a counselor at the school psychology counseling office. Ms. Phan said that because she loves children, she understands that the psychology of middle school students has many changes, they are more sensitive and vulnerable, so she asked to join to learn and help them. She has provided reproductive health counseling to students in puberty, taught them how to take care of themselves, personal hygiene, psychological issues, career guidance, etc. According to her, these are the most necessary skills, especially when students enter puberty, when there are many changes in their psychology and physiology.
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| At school, ethnic minority students are given knowledge and skills to protect themselves online. |
From this special classroom, students have been helped with their psychological problems, preventing many risks of students dropping out of school due to early marriage or resolving conflicts and contradictions in school...
Effective integrated communication activities combined with the construction of school psychological counseling rooms are typical models that contribute significantly to helping ethnic minority students in mountainous border areas develop comprehensively.
The project "Protecting Children and Adolescents Online Safety" is designed to accompany the program "Protecting and supporting children to interact healthily and creatively online for the period 2021-2025" approved in Decision 830/QD-TTg dated June 1, 2021 of the Prime Minister of Vietnam and the Program "Prevention and combating gender-based violence" of Plan International Vietnam (2020-2025). The project aims to support adolescents aged 10-18, especially girls and the most vulnerable groups, to use the Internet and social networks safely and be protected from all forms of gender-based violence online. |
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