PM expresses gratitude to over 1.6 million teachers nationwide
Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham
Minh Chinh expressed his gratitude to over 1.6 million teachers nationwide at a
ceremony marking the 40th anniversary of Vietnamese Teachers’ Day
(November 20) in Hanoi on November 19.
In his speech, PM Chinh said
education and training is the cause of the Party, State and the entire people
and must be aligned with socio-economic development, national defence and
sci-tech advancements.
He asked every teacher to consider
education a noble task, sharpen their knowledge and skills and use modern
technology to foster the future generations of the country.
Ministries, agencies and
localities were also urged to continue grasping and effectively performing the
Party and State’s policies and guidelines on education-training, especially Resolution No.29 on basic and comprehensive reform of education and training with
specific plans and actions. They must also issue and effectively implement the
education development strategy for the 2021-2030 period with a vision to 2045.
The PM called for reviewing
and fine-tuning mechanisms and policies related to teachers to provide them
with the best material and spiritual care, especially pre-school teachers and
those in remote and disadvantaged areas to make them dedicated to
the work.
Training and improving the quality
of teachers will be an important and priority task in the near future, he said,
adding that effective solutions must be come up with to deal with the shortage
of teachers and attract talents to the pedagogy sector.
All possible resources must
be pooled to ensure the best infrastructure for teaching and learning
activities, as well as address the shortage of schools, especially in
industrial zones and major cities, he noted./.