Hanoi schools striving to leave no students behind

Many schools in Hanoi have been making plans and preparations to welcome students back while still maintaining online teaching, as the COVID-19 pandemic still lingers.
Hanoi schools striving to leave no students behind ảnh 1A class of Tran Phu High School in Hanoi's Hoan Kiem district (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Manyschools in Hanoi have been making plans and preparations to welcome studentsback while still maintaining online teaching, as the COVID-19 pandemic stilllingers.

Ngoc Lam Secondary School,based in Long Bien district, reopened on February 8, but 30 of its studentsstill continue to learn online as they are linked with infection cases.

Principal Ngo Hong Giang saidthe school has installed videoconferencing equipment at 20 classrooms to help thosestaying at home to study at the same time with their classmates present at school. Italways puts students’ interests above all with the hope that none of them suffersfrom interrupted learning or lag behind their peers.

Nguyen Quy Xuan, Principal ofthe Long Bien-based Phuc Loi High School, said three classrooms for onlineteaching have been prepared for each grade to serve the students unable to goto school.

He noted there are over 40students having to learn remotely due to different reasons, but equipment necessaryfor the work have been geared up while the school has also devised flexibleplans in case some teachers are unable to come.

Schools in Hoang Mai districtare also combining online and in-person teaching. While Mai Dong Secondary Schoolhas arranged three rooms for hybrid teaching for each of the 6th, 7th,and 8th grades, Yen So Secondary School has prepared six for teaching students from the 6th to 9th grades viateleconference.

In Cau Giay district, NghiaTan Secondary School has organised drills in anticipation of differentcircumstances so that educational activities won’t be affected, according toVice Principal Hoang Minh Cuong.

Students from the 7th to 12th grades across Hanoi has returned to school since February 8 after a longhiatus caused by COVID-19.

Pupils from the first to sixth grades in Hanoi's 18suburban districts and town willresume face-to-face learning on February 10. Meanwhile, those inthe remaining districts are expected to come back to school on February 21./.
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