HCM City (VNA) – The authorities in Ho Chi MinhCity held a meeting on February 24 with more than 170 representatives of localchildren at the outset of the 2018 lunar year.
At the meeting, children voiced their concerns overeducation issues, such as unpractical textbook contents and school violence.
They said they expect to have more time for practice in theschool curriculum, more smart libraries, particularly in outskirt areas, andbetter nutrition sources and physical training programmes.
Many of them asked the city’s leader to pay attention tospecial education so that every district would have at least one facility forthe disabled, while others wanted life skills courses to be included on theschool curriculum.
Environmental pollution also irritated the youngparticipants, who recommended regular environmental cleaning activities andpublic-awareness-raising campaigns.
Taking into account the children’s comments, Secretary ofthe municipal Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan ordered local agencies andsectors to care for child protection and education, and to create bestconditions possible for the younger generation to live and study in a healthyenvironment.
He tasked the education sector with improving teaching andlearning quality for comprehensive development of children.
Nhan said meetings like this should be replicated atdifferent level of authorities so that children’s concerns would be heard andpromptly addressed.
HCM City leaders suggested local children join hands toprotect the environment, ensure traffic safety, and promote leaning spirit andreading culture. - VNA
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