Top leader embraces teachers, students ahead of new school year
Hanoi (VNA) - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President Nguyen Phu Trong on September 4 called upon the education sector to
overcome the challenges posed by COVID-19 on the eve of the new 2020-2021 school
year.
In his congratulatory
letter, the leader conveyed his best wishes to teachers, educational workers, and
students nationwide as classes will start on September 5.
He praised
the efforts of the education sector to weather the COVID-19 storm, saying that despite
the pandemic severely disrupting classes and educational activities during the last
school year, the sector actively and promptly took concerted action to
effectively prevent the spread of the coronavirus in schools while completing
academic plans.
He especially
highlighted the successful hosting of the two-phase national high school
graduation examinations this year, which were held safely against a backdrop of
complex developments of the disease.
“On
behalf of Party and State leaders, I recognise and laud the education sector’s
efforts to overcome difficulties and achieve what it did during the previous
academic year,” Trong said.
In the
face of the ongoing pandemic, the top leader urged the sector to focus on
improving the quality of education and training, especially to create a skilled
workforce in response to national industrialisation and modernisation and the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
He called
on the sector to bolster the teaching of Vietnamese history and culture as well
as morality and soft skills education for students while embracing a safe and
friendly educational environment.
Parents should
also continue cooperating with the sector to provide their children with the
best conditions to pursue their education, he said.
He said he hopes that
teachers, educational workers, and students will post even more accomplishments
in this new school year./.