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The Ministry’s document said clearly that there has been incidents for students while using the pick-up service especially the death of a six-year-old schooler who was neglected in school bus for hours causing public concerns. To remedy the issue for students’ safety in using pick-up school bus offered by schools, directors of departments of education and training must direct preschool and high schools to organize fresh courses of traffic safety for teachers and students with the emphasis on safety regulations and emergency skills while on vehicle. Additionally, schools offering pick-up service should select certified transportation companies and drivers must be good ethical person and skillful in communicating with students and parents. Schools and students’ families must sign contract of the service in which write clearly schools’ responsibilities to students’ health and safety. Schools must assign experienced teachers to pick up schoolers. Moreover, … [Read more...] about Ministry orders to tighten student pick-up service

Head of the Department of Preschool Education Nguyen Ba Minh said that, the number of preschoolers is expected 5,473,223. In the school year 2018-2019, 107 additional preschools had been built, bringing up the number of preschools countrywide to 15,501 including 3,036 private daycare centers. Statistically, there are around 447,065 teaching staffs in preschools, lacking 49,177 teachers much less than the real demand. To solve the problem, the Ministry of Education and Training last year petitioned to the Prime Minister to recruit additional 20,300 kindergarten teachers for 17 provinces that have an increase in preschoolers and five highlands provinces. However, Mr. Minh admitted that there has remained difficulties in the preschool education including the dearth of schools in crowded residential quarters, industrial parks and export processing zones. Still 1,695 privately-run daycare centers have been operated without permission and some other facilities have low quality. Since the … [Read more...] about Vietnam battles preschool teacher shortage crisis

The government headquarter office yesterday sent the document to the ministries. PM Phuc requested the Ministry of Public Security with competent agencies to probe responsibility of each individual in the incident to impose punishment on them. The PM ordered the Ministry of Education and Training to increase measures to ensure students’ safety in school as well as issue guidelines on student pickup service to prevent similar incident. In a yesterday press briefing, Cau Giay District’s investigative police announced to take legal action following the death of the kid, treating it as an unintentional murder according to the Penal Code's Article 128. The police have summoned all people involved to verify their responsibilities in the incident to start criminal proceedings against defendants when enough evidence has been collected.By PHAN THAO – Translated by DAN THUY Tags: PM stiff penalty death incident of first-grader died neglect in school bus penal code … [Read more...] about PM orders stiff penalty on death incident of first-grader

He chaired a national teleconference to review the 2018-2019 academic year and launch tasks for the new school year in Hanoi yesterday organized by the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET). The PM put forward solutions including responsibilities of local governments in checking schools especially preschools, and high schools to facilitate children and residents. According to him, local governments pay less attention to building schools in industrial parks and export processing zones while workers and laborers have difficulties in finding educational facilities for sending their children. Another problem as he said is low human resource quality in the field of agriculture and organic farming. He stressed training is for the country’s growth. He asked the ministry to arrange higher education institutions especially pedagogy schools and satellite schools which train teachers to meet local demand, emphasizing that higher education institutions must be self-financing and … [Read more...] about PM requests allocation of land for education purposes

Police are working with those involving in the incident to verify each person’s responsibility for unintentionally killing the student as per the Penal Code's Article 128. Head of the Administrative Department of the People’s Committee of Cau Giay District Phan Thu Ha said at the press briefing that contracted driver of Ngan Ha Bus Company Doan Quy Phien and employee of Gateway school Nguyen Bich Quy picked up 13 students including first-grader L.H.L on August 6. After Ms. Quy and students got off the vehicle, driver Phien parked the vehicle in the Press Institution’s parking lot and left the bus without checking. Until 3.30PM on the same day, driver Phien drove the vehicle to pick up children again, Ms. Quy didn’t see student L; therefore, she asked teachers to look for the kid. When she opened the vehicle’s door discovering the kid laying upside in the vehicle floor, she shouted for help and then rushed the kid to the E Hospital for emergency treatment … [Read more...] about Police bring prosecution against those involving student’s death