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Students access net in remote district

Few of the nearly 250 students of La Pan Tan Secondary School in the remote Mu Cang Chai district in the northern province of Yen Bai knew anything about computers or even connecting to the internet until a computing class was recently held.
Few of the nearly 250 students of La Pan Tan Secondary School in theremote Mu Cang Chai district in the northern province of Yen Bai knewanything about computers or even connecting to the internet until acomputing class was recently held.

Principal Pham Tien Quang said that, before this year, the school couldn't even afford a computer.

Nowit has a newly built classroom with six computer terminals connectingto internet services sponsored by the Vietnam Posts and CommunicationsGroup (VNPT) and Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, under a programme tofacilitate internet access in the nation's 62 poorest districts.

"Theschool has plans to offer computing courses to the community as well asits own students," Quang said, noting that six teachers with computingcompetence have been appointed to teach the classes.

Quang said that the facilities would bring access to up to 1,000 local young people.


Eighth-graderGiang A Thanh said that she was so excited to be able to explore thecomputer. The computer looked like a TV set but could make lettersappear on the screen, she said.

Seventh-grader Ly Thi Nung saidthat her teacher told her that there was a lot of useful information onthe internet to help her in her studies as well as her parents' farming.It was great to touch the keyboard and the mouse and it made her wantto learn how to use them, she said.

VNPT deputy director PhanHoang Duc said the VNPT wil ensure the quality of internet service andthat the facility will help locals improve the quality of their life.Internet users in the classroom will be able to join in e-learningcourses provided on VNPT's website kienthucviet.vn free of charge, headded, including information on healthcare and agricultural promotion.

YouthUnion secretary Nguyen Dac Vinh said that the locality will play animportant role in keeping the classroom operating smoothly, and he urgedthe school and local organisations like the Youth Union to manage thefacility to avoid its abuse for online gaming instead of studying.

Earlierthis month, computing classes begain in schools in 40 other districtsacross the country, including in Dakrong in the central province ofQuang Tri and the town of Thong Nong in the northern province of CaoBang./.
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