Education sector longs for school reopening: minister

Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son has said the biggest wish of the entire sector and himself now is that the pandemic will be brought under control soon so that students can return to school, and educational activities return to normal.
Education sector longs for school reopening: minister ảnh 1Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Minister of Education andTraining Nguyen Kim Son has said the biggest wish of the entire sector andhimself now is that the pandemic will be brought under control soon so that studentscan return to school, and educational activities return to normal.

Talking to the Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of theLunar New Year, he expressed his hope that teachers and students will exert strongerefforts to achieve the consistent goal of high educational quality whileresponding and safely adapting to the pandemic as there are numerous tasksas well as difficulties and challenges for the sector in 2022.

Amid the complex and unpredictable developments of COVID-19 in2021, the education sector fulfilled its duties and ensured teaching andlearning quality, he said, noting that it flexibly adopted different methodsand forms of teaching to cope with the pandemic’s impacts.

The minister also pointed out certain shortcomings in the sector such as the poor proactiveness in guidance for teaching and learning amid the coronavirusoutbreaks, along with the shortage of equipment for online learning in manylocalities.

In 2022, the education sector will focus on such key tasksas pressing on with COVID-19 response, increasing educational quality,addressing the pandemic’s impacts on the sector, and organising the 2022 highschool graduation and university entrance exams in a way suitable to thepandemic situation, Son went on.

He added that the ministry will also boost inspecting and examiningthe compliance with legal regulations on education so as to build a healthyeducational environment while preventing and strictly dealing withwrongdoings./.
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