Lao Cai moves students from schools at high risk of landslides to safety

For the past week, all 67 kindergarten students of Nam Det village, Nam Det commune, Bac Ha district, Lao Cai province have been moved to study temporarily at the Nam Cai village cultural house. To organize teaching, teachers have to divide students into 2 classes, in cramped conditions, lacking equipment and playgrounds. However, both teachers and students are trying to overcome this, because when the village kindergarten is at high risk of landslides, this is the optimal solution to ensure safety.

lao cai chuyen hoc sinh tu truong hoc co nguy co sat lo cao ve noi an toan hinh anh 1 — Behind Nan San Secondary School, Nan San Commune, Si Ma Cai District, there are landslides and long cracks, posing a safety risk.

Teacher Lam Thi Thanh, Nam Det Kindergarten said: "2-year-old children cry a lot when they first come to class, which affects the 4-5 year-old group. Despite the difficulties, we still encourage and take care of the children to ensure the learning program."

lao cai chuyen hoc sinh tu truong hoc co nguy co sat lo cao ve noi an toan hinh anh 2 — The landslide area has been cordoned off with safety warning ropes.

After the flood, the hill behind Nan San Secondary School, Nan San Commune, Si Ma Cai District, appeared to have landslides and long cracks, posing a safety risk. All 243 students were moved to study at the commune's Primary Boarding School for Ethnic Minorities.

lao cai chuyen hoc sinh tu truong hoc co nguy co sat lo cao ve noi an toan hinh anh 3 — The local education sector has moved students from schools at high risk of landslides to safe schools.

Teacher Nguyen Duc Luu, the school's principal, said: "Since the storm, we have stopped classes for the first week to move as instructed and take a break due to moving to a new school location. We will arrange make-up classes and extra classes to ensure we follow the school year plan."

lao cai chuyen hoc sinh tu truong hoc co nguy co sat lo cao ve noi an toan hinh anh 4 — Maintaining learning while ensuring student safety

In Simacai district, the floods caused landslides, flooding and damage to 20 schools and school sites. Currently, 36 schools and school sites have resumed teaching and learning activities. Only 1 main school and 2 school sites with more than 380 students are still unable to attend school.

lao cai chuyen hoc sinh tu truong hoc co nguy co sat lo cao ve noi an toan hinh anh 5 — Students are arranged to study at schools that ensure safety.

"For schools that can arrange on-site learning, we will organize teaching in safe locations and classrooms. For schools and school sites that cannot, we have lent them to other schools. If the school sites are far from each other, we will direct schools to borrow people's houses to organize learning," said Ms. Nguyen Thi Kieu Oanh, Head of the Department of Education and Training of Si Ma Cai district, Lao Cai province.

lao cai chuyen hoc sinh tu truong hoc co nguy co sat lo cao ve noi an toan hinh anh 6 — And maintain cooking for boarding students

The recent historic floods have caused serious consequences for the education sector in Lao Cai. The whole province has more than 140 schools and school sites that have been eroded, flooded and affected. With the view of resuming teaching and learning activities but ensuring absolute safety, many flexible solutions are being implemented by the local education sector such as: temporarily borrowing cultural houses, old schools or private houses, arranging to study 2 official sessions a day... Teachers and students in the flood-affected areas of Lao Cai are making efforts to overcome difficulties and strive to complete the tasks of the 2024-2025 school year.

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