Day boarding keeps ethnic minority students in class
Day boarding has been available at many schools in Song Ma district, in the northern mountainous province of Son La for years, which has helped maintain high class attendance and improve education quality.
Day-boarding pupils in Song Ma district make their bed at school (Photo: VNA)
Son La(VNA) – Day boarding has been available at many schools in Song Ma district, inthe northern mountainous province of Son La for years, which has helpedmaintain high class attendance and improve education quality.
Nam Ty SecondarySchool is located in the disadvantaged Nam Ty commune of Song Ma district, andis home to a majority of students from ethnic minority groups. Out of the 700students attending the school, nearly 400 are day-boarders who have to travel10-20km each day to get to school; so the school has built catering and naprooms with access to electricity and clean water supply for these students.
Mua Phuong Chi, anethnic minority student at Nam Ty Secondary School, said her house is 12km awayfrom the school, which is a real struggle to travel to every day due to thepoor road quality en route. She has taken part in the day-boarding programmesince the sixth grade with all her meals and accommodation expenses covered bythe school and she can keep her mind focused on her studies.
According to RectorNguyen Manh Hung, the school has paid particular attention to providingstudents with a healthy diet and high-quality foods. The programme has helpedreduce the annual dropout rate to below 1 percent and at the same time,students have been provided with the opportunity to develop independence and improvetheir life skills.
Nam Ty ElementarySchool is also among those housing the highest number of day-boarders in thedistrict with 500 students who receive financial benefits equivalent to 40percent of the minimum wage and 15kg of rice per month. They no longer have togo to school with an empty stomach but have a full three meals per day.
The day-boarders spendmost of the day on the campus and revise lessons in the evening, and as suchtheir academic performance has been much improved, said Pham Thi Lien, Rectorof the Nam Ty Elementary School. The school has not had any student drop outfor years, she noted.
Song Ma district now has 22 day-boarding schools withnearly 5,000 students. These schools provide a total of more than 200 nap roomswith over 1,200 beds and 29 school kitchens. –VNA
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Day-boarding pupils in Song Ma district make their bed at school (Photo: VNA) 
