(VOVworld) – The 2014-2015 school year officially opened today. In a letter sent to teachers, students, and parents nationwide on the occasion, President Truong Tan Sang said the education sector needs to duplicate role models, focus on students’ morality and lifestyle, improve teaching quality, and implement the Government’s action plan on radical and comprehensive education and training reform. At Hau Nghia High School in the Mekong Delta province of Long An, President Truong Tan Sang cut the ribbon to inaugurate the school. The President and representatives from the State Bank of Vietnam and local businesses presented gifts and school supplies to the Vo Van Tan Learning Promotion Fund and local poor students with good academic records.
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| President Truong Tan Sang beats the drum at Hau Nghia High School. (Photo: dantri.com.vn) |
In Ho Chi Minh city, Chairman of the municipal People's Committee Le Hoang Quan visited Luong The Vinh High School.
Quan said at the opening ceremony: “The key task of the education sector in the 2014-2015 academic year will be to build advanced schools where students not only acquire knowledge, but are trained in Vietnamese cultural tradition, ideology, and lifestyle.”
In the central highlands province of Kon Tum, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Hung visited Kon Tum Pedagogical Practice Elementary School, the first local school to meet national standards.
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| Students of the Luong The Vinh High School attend the opening ceremony of 2014-2015 school year. (Photo: tienphong.vn) |
Hung talked to the teachers and students there: “We’re proud of Kon Tum Pedagogical Practice Elementary School. Students in remote areas of Kon Tum province still face a shortage of schools, school supplies, and clothes. Many students cannot go to schools because travel is too difficult. We’re luckier than they are so I hope the teachers and students here will work hard.”