Schools gradually revive after floods
At Ta Ca Kindergarten, disaster recovery is being implemented step by step. Ms. Lo Thi Thuong - Principal of Ta Ca Kindergarten - informed that the school point in Nhan Cu village was previously heavily damaged by floods. After that, the Volunteer Association Joining Hands for the Community supported funding to build a new classroom in another location.
According to the new school year plan, the school plans to mobilize 317 children, including 72 nursery children and 245 preschool children, arranged in 15 groups and classes. Although the new classroom has been completed, many items serving children's learning and play are still lacking. The schoolyard is not completed, there are no gates, while teaching aids and toys for students are still limited. The school hopes to continue to receive support from levels, sectors, organizations and philanthropists to supplement facilities and equipment, helping children have better learning conditions.
According to Mr. Luong Van Bay - Chairman of My Ly Commune People's Committee, Pieng Pen village has a kindergarten and primary school with about 20 students, which is facing difficulties. According to Mr. Bay, natural disasters have caused erosion of classroom areas, posing a potential safety risk. The school site is currently temporarily usable, but in the long term, it will have to be rebuilt.
There has been a sponsor to survey, but the roads are too difficult to travel, the current bridge is just a temporary bridge. To build a school point, first of all, a solid bridge must be built to transport materials in" - Mr. Bay said.
In Nhon Mai commune, Huoi To 2 satellite school point of Mai Son Kindergarten also suffered heavy damage during the floods at the end of July 2025. Ms. Hoang Thi Lan - Vice Principal of Mai Son Kindergarten - shared that heavy rain swept away the entire playground and road to the school point, leaving the classroom in the middle of the mud and landslide area. The school had to take the children to study at the main school point. Up to now, the landslide area in Huoi To 2 has been overcome. However, entering the new school year, parents agreed to continue to send their children to study at the main school point due to more favorable care and study conditions.
And meals need to be shared
Besides school matters, what makes many highland teachers concerned before the new school year is the lives of students.
According to Ms. Hoang Thi Lan, there are currently about 80 students in Pha Khao and Cha Lo villages, but there is no unit to support lunch meals. Most parents here are poor households with difficult economic conditions. Maintaining regular lunch meals for children is therefore not easy.
The school really hopes to have sponsors to support lunches for the children. Just 10,000 VND per meal, 5 days a week, which is about 50,000 VND per child per week, is already very practical support" - Ms. Lan confided.
Talking to Lao Dong Newspaper, Mr. Nguyen Van Khoa - Director of the Department of Education and Training of Nghe An province - said that in 2025, natural disasters caused heavy consequences for the provincial Education sector. After the natural disaster, schools have received attention and joint support from many agencies, units, localities and people across the country to overcome facilities and soon stabilize teaching and learning.
However, according to Mr. Khoa, to date, at some remote school sites, the remediation of consequences has not been completed. Many school sites are located in remote and isolated areas, the terrain is divided, and the roads are very difficult to travel, so the repair and transportation of materials and equipment face many obstacles.
Before the new school year, some schools and school sites still lack teaching aids and equipment; many students with difficult family circumstances also need support. The Department is conducting statistics and specific reviews to have a plan to advise on support and call for support for schools, school sites and families of students with particularly difficult circumstances" - Mr. Nguyen Van Khoa informed.
