On August 26, in Hanoi, a National Workshop was held on "Innovation and improvement of the quality of education and training in ethnic minority and mountainous areas: Current situation, challenges and solutions".
At the workshop, delegates said that in order to sustainably develop human resources, especially high-quality human resources commensurate with the development requirements of dynamic and disadvantaged areas, long-term investment and a clear roadmap for education and training are needed.
In addition, it is necessary to support job creation in ethnic minority mountainous areas and border areas, along with policies on stabilization, settlement, tuition exemption, housing support, and special incentives such as increasing the number of teachers and taking advantage of on-site human resources.
At the same time, it is necessary to pay attention to policies to ensure fairness in access to education, which is to prioritize supporting educational institutions in areas and areas with difficult facilities, equipment, teaching staff, ethnic minority and mountainous areas, areas with difficult socio-economic conditions, support and credit incentives for students in difficult circumstances, social policy beneficiaries, students studying in key industries and fields.
The Government needs to direct and evaluate the coordination and implementation of the selection policy between ministries, branches and between ministries and localities.
On the National Assembly's side, it is necessary to continue to supervise the implementation of policies on use and treatment of talents and human resources of ethnic minorities and human resources working in areas with difficult and extremely difficult socio-economic conditions.
In his concluding remarks, Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long stated that the school system has received attention and investment, the rate of students going to school has increased, ethnic minority boarding, semi-boarding, and university reserve schools have promoted their effectiveness, contributing to the training of human resources for ethnic minorities...
However, the Deputy Prime Minister also pointed out practical difficulties such as unsynchronized schools, lack of facilities and teaching equipment; uneven quality of education, a lack of and unbalanced teaching staff...
After the workshop, the Deputy Prime Minister suggested that ministries, branches and localities focus on implementing a number of tasks such as continuing to review, amend and supplement specific policies that are suitable for practice.
For example, which policies have been proposed but have not been implemented, which policies are overlapping and overlapping, what solutions need to be supplemented to create a breakthrough in the development of education and training in ethnic minority and mountainous areas.
Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long emphasized the need to re-plan the school network for science and reason, associated with the 2-level local government model. Prioritize the allocation of resources for education and training in ethnic minority and mountainous areas...
