Education efforts paid off in mountainous district

Le Chuy Go and his friends walk 7km to school (Photo: VNA) Lai Chau (VNA) – Today, Ly Chuy Go, a seventh grader at the Pa Ve Su Ethnic Boarding School in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau’s Muong Te district and his schoolmates are eager to return to school after the weekend. It is a 7km stretch from his house, so Chuy Go and his friends have to depart from home on Sunday afternoon to get to school on time for the new week. For Chuy Go and his friends, travelling from home to their school is a difficult one. However, being aware of the importance of learning, they have now overcome the difficulty.   “Despite the long distance from home, I still want to go to school and learn how to become a helpful man,” Ly Chuy Go said.   Students at the Pa Ve Su boarding school (Photo: VNA) There have always been a number of challenges facing learners on their climb to success. However, these difficulties are incrementally harder for children in remote and disadvantaged areas. Pa Ve Su is a particularly disadvantaged commune of the border district of Muong Te. It is mainly home to Mang and La Hu ethnic people. The commune has a high poverty rate, up to 90 percent, with low perceptions of the importance of education being a significant barrier, hindering children from going to school. Teacher Quach Thi Dieu at Pa Ve Su Ethnic Boarding School said in the… [Read full story]