Hue City will spend about 52.8 billion VND to buy textbooks and local educational materials for all students from grades 1 to 12. Students borrow - return books through the school library.
This is a solution to reduce costs at the beginning of the school year for families, but looking deeper, it is also a way to educate students about responsibility, consciousness of thrift and sharing right from very small things.
Books are not distributed to individuals but are managed through the school library, students borrow at the beginning of the year and return at the end of the year for the next term to continue using.
A book can serve many generations of students if carefully preserved. State budget is used more economically, while all students have equal access to textbooks.
The first thing that can be seen is that parents will reduce the burden. The money saved can be used to buy more school supplies or meet other practical needs of children.
But the greater value of this policy lies in the educational aspect.
A book that goes through many students' hands will remind each student that, after them, there are younger children who also need to learn from this book.
Therefore, students will have to know how to wrap books carefully, not write and draw indiscriminately, not tear, not tear pages.
Those seemingly very small things are the way to form a sense of preserving public property, knowing how to cherish common property and think about others.
That is a lesson about responsibility.
Students know how to cherish the book they borrow, they also learn to respect the efforts of society and of those who have created conditions for them to study.
Education is not only in classroom lectures, education also comes from daily habits.
Borrowing and returning books in accordance with regulations is also a lesson in discipline, credibility and sense of responsibility.
For the program to be successful, the role of the school is very important.
The library needs to be scientifically organized, and the borrowing and repayment process must be convenient and transparent.
More importantly, teachers need to help students understand that keeping books is not because they are afraid of being criticized or having to compensate when they are damaged, but because it is a beautiful act.
Parents also accompany by reminding their children to wrap books, keep books clean and store them carefully after each class.
Family and school share a common way of education, good habits will gradually become a lifestyle.
