Students at a boarding school in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong are working in the laboratory. (Photo: VNA)Dak Lak (VNA) – Central Highlandsprovinces have invested heavily in repairing and building thousands ofclassrooms and purchasing teaching aids for the new school year, according tothe region’s Steering Committee.
The provinces have prioritised improving schoolfacilities from kindergartens to high schools in remote and border areas andwhere ethnic minority people live.
The Central Highlands province of Dak Lak,which has the largest student enrollment, has invested more than 100 billionVND (4.4 million USD) annually in building new and upgrading more than 500classrooms and equipping them with new equipment.
The province has more than 1,000 schools atall levels with concrete buildings instead of bamboo, thatched-roof structures.All of its communes have at least one primary school.
Apart from local government budgets, theprovinces also raised dozens of billions of VND from the private sector for theconstruction of new schools and classrooms for students in far-flung areas andfrom disadvantaged ethnic minority groups.
Thanks to such efforts, the region's schoolfacilities have been much improved and the number of teachers has beenincreased to enhance the local learning and teaching conditions.
The average number of students per classfell from 33.9 in 2001 to 25 in 2016, with the figure at secondary schools fallingfrom 43 to 30.2 in the period.
The region is currently home to 3,351schools at all levels, 67 more than last school year, including more than 1,000meeting national standards.-VNA
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