President urges education sector to act amid COVID-19
The education sector should act up to the COVID-19 situation and take measures to minimise its negative impact, requested President Nguyen Xuan Phuc in his letter sent to the sector at the outset of the 2021-2022 school year.
At a class at the Chieng Le primary school in Son La city (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The education sector should act up to the COVID-19 situation and take measures to minimise its negativeimpact, requested President Nguyen Xuan Phuc in his letter sent to the sectorat the outset of the 2021-2022 school year.
Acknowledging the sector’s achievements and efforts toovercome difficulties in the past time, the State leader sent his best wishesto and expressed his sympathy for teachers, students and families who aresuffering life instabilities and losses due to pandemic in hard-hit localities like HoChi Minh City and other southern provinces.
He wrote in the letter that since the fourth wave of COVID-19 began to hit the nation in late April, students have been facing variousdifficulties due to social distancing and lockdown measures, with online learningshowing many limitations, particularly in remote and mountainous areas.
More than ever, the whole society and political system need to stand side-by-side with, listen to, understand and act together with the education sector for the future of the country and the children, he affirmed.
Phuc urged the sector to not let any children, especially thosein epidemic, remote and isolated areas as well as those in difficultcircumstances, to completely lose their opportunity to study because of thepandemic. Vietnam’s educational system should not fail to fulfil its commitment andmission due to the pandemic, he added.
He requested the sector continue creating breakthroughs in the basic and comprehensive renovation of education and training, and the development of high-quality human resources in the new academicyear as set in the 13th National Party Congress’s Resolution.
It is necessary to develop flexible plans for the new academic year that both ensure safety for teachers and students, and complete the curricula designed to suit the digitalenvironment, wrote the letter.
In conclusion, President Phuc wished teachers,education staff, students, and their families safety amid the pandemic,hoping them to strive for new progresses in the new academic year ahead./.
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At a class at the Chieng Le primary school in Son La city (Photo: VNA) 
