Illustrative image (Source: danviet.vn) Hanoi (VNA) - Inpoor, remote, mountainous areas, teachers are going up hills and down dales,knocking on students’ doors to try and get them return to school.
They say that this has become aregular post-Tet (Lunar New Year) task.
Nguyen Thi Hue, a teacher at theNung Moi Village School in Hoang Su Phi district, Ha Giang province, said that whenthe school re-opened after Lunar New Year holiday, only seven of 13 studentsattended class.
“The weather is very cold andrainy here, so parents hesitate to let their children go to school, althoughteachers have contacted everyone and reminded them, often going to their houseto convince them.”
In previous years, students havereturned to school as late as the middle of the first lunar month.
“After each long holiday,students do not want to return to school, and teachers must work hard toencourage them,” said Hue.
Tran Thu Ha, a primary schoolteacher in Dien Bien province’s Tuan Giao district, said that before and afterthe Tet holiday, ethnic minorities had a lotof festivals of their own.
Besides, many parents want theirchildren to quit school and work to earn some money for the family, she said.
Nguyen Sy Huan, director of theDak Rong district Division of Education and Training in the central province ofQuang Tri, told the Nong ThonNgay Nay (Countryside Today)newspaper that about 90 percent of the students in primary schools and juniorsecondary schools in the province returned school after the holiday.
Many students in the province whobelong to the Van Kieu and Pa Ko ethnic minorities, have the customs ofvisiting other families in different communes or districts or even Laos, forseveral days. This was one of the reasons they don’t return to school at thistime, he said.
Another reason is that some poorfamilies let their children quit school to work and earn money.
Nguyen Van Duc, director of theHuong Hoa district Division of Education and Training in Quang Tri, said about97 per cent of students in the district had returned to school and the teacherswere trying hard to encourage more of them to attend classes.
Also in Quang Tri, Do Thi Xoai, ateacher of the Ta Long Primary School in Dak Rong district, was going tostudents’ houses to persuade children to attend school despite the hot weather.
Xoai said that after the holiday,all teachers of the school had to do this.
Every time she visits a student’shouse, Xoai asked other students to go with her, so parents could see thatother children were going to school happily, and their children should do thesame
Xoai also asked village heads andpatriarchs to help her in convince the parents.
Le Thi Thuy Linh, another teacherin the district, offers sweets to her students.
Every weekend, Linh prepares abig pack of confectionery to keep her students happy at school.
The Tram Tau district Division ofEducation and Training in Yen Bai province ran an awareness campaign about theimportance of going to school before the holiday began.-VNA
They say that this has become aregular post-Tet (Lunar New Year) task.
Nguyen Thi Hue, a teacher at theNung Moi Village School in Hoang Su Phi district, Ha Giang province, said that whenthe school re-opened after Lunar New Year holiday, only seven of 13 studentsattended class.
“The weather is very cold andrainy here, so parents hesitate to let their children go to school, althoughteachers have contacted everyone and reminded them, often going to their houseto convince them.”
In previous years, students havereturned to school as late as the middle of the first lunar month.
“After each long holiday,students do not want to return to school, and teachers must work hard toencourage them,” said Hue.
Tran Thu Ha, a primary schoolteacher in Dien Bien province’s Tuan Giao district, said that before and afterthe Tet holiday, ethnic minorities had a lotof festivals of their own.
Besides, many parents want theirchildren to quit school and work to earn some money for the family, she said.
Nguyen Sy Huan, director of theDak Rong district Division of Education and Training in the central province ofQuang Tri, told the Nong ThonNgay Nay (Countryside Today)newspaper that about 90 percent of the students in primary schools and juniorsecondary schools in the province returned school after the holiday.
Many students in the province whobelong to the Van Kieu and Pa Ko ethnic minorities, have the customs ofvisiting other families in different communes or districts or even Laos, forseveral days. This was one of the reasons they don’t return to school at thistime, he said.
Another reason is that some poorfamilies let their children quit school to work and earn money.
Nguyen Van Duc, director of theHuong Hoa district Division of Education and Training in Quang Tri, said about97 per cent of students in the district had returned to school and the teacherswere trying hard to encourage more of them to attend classes.
Also in Quang Tri, Do Thi Xoai, ateacher of the Ta Long Primary School in Dak Rong district, was going tostudents’ houses to persuade children to attend school despite the hot weather.
Xoai said that after the holiday,all teachers of the school had to do this.
Every time she visits a student’shouse, Xoai asked other students to go with her, so parents could see thatother children were going to school happily, and their children should do thesame
Xoai also asked village heads andpatriarchs to help her in convince the parents.
Le Thi Thuy Linh, another teacherin the district, offers sweets to her students.
Every weekend, Linh prepares abig pack of confectionery to keep her students happy at school.
The Tram Tau district Division ofEducation and Training in Yen Bai province ran an awareness campaign about theimportance of going to school before the holiday began.-VNA
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