Improving the quality of preschool education in urban areas and industrial zones

Nâng cao chất lượng giáo dục mầm non ở địa bàn đô thị, khu công nghiệp- Ảnh 1. — Improving the quality of preschool education in urban areas and industrial zones

The objective of the Program is to support the improvement of the quality of preschool education in urban areas and industrial zones, helping children access quality, fair and equal preschool education services.

The program is implemented in urban areas as prescribed; areas with industrial parks, export processing zones, economic zones, high-tech zones, industrial clusters, and places with many workers as prescribed by law (hereinafter referred to as industrial parks). The subjects of application are preschool children; managers; preschool teachers and staff; parents or guardians of children (hereinafter referred to as parents of children); preschool educational establishments; and relevant organizations and individuals.

In areas with industrial parks, increase at least 10% of public kindergartens that organize groups for children under 24 months old.

The program sets out specific targets by 2035 as follows:

a) For children

In urban areas: 100% of children in preschools are nurtured, cared for, and educated in a safe manner, meeting the requirements of preschool education programs appropriate to practical conditions.

In areas with industrial parks: Strive for 100% of children from 6 months to 36 months old who are children of workers and laborers to be able to go to school and have access to quality preschool education services.

b) For managers, preschool teachers and staff

In urban areas: 100% of managers, preschool teachers and staff in preschool education facilities have access to documents on digital platforms.

In areas with industrial parks: Strive for 100% of managers, preschool teachers and staff in preschool education facilities to receive annual training to improve their professional and technical capacity.

c) For preschools

In urban areas: Strive for 50% of provincial-level units to build and deploy preschool education models suitable to local characteristics, gradually approaching advanced preschool education models.

In areas with industrial parks: Strive to increase the number of groups of children in preschools by at least 20% and increase the number of public preschools with groups for children under 24 months old by at least 10%; 100% of independent, non-public, and private preschools meet the standards of safe schools and accident and injury prevention as prescribed.

d) For parents of children: Strive for 100% of parents of children who are workers in industrial zones to be provided with knowledge and skills in raising, caring for, and educating children.

The program aims to strengthen and continue improving the quality of preschool education in urban areas and industrial zones by 2045. At the same time, replicate quality and effective preschool education models, ensuring fairness and suitability to the characteristics of urban areas and industrial zones nationwide.

06 tasks and solutions

To achieve the set goals, the Program has proposed the following tasks and solutions:

1. Perfecting mechanisms and policies for developing preschool education in urban areas and industrial zones

a) Review and complete the system of legal documents on preschool education to meet the requirements of preschool education management and development according to the Party's policies, the Government 's development strategies and plans, and the Program's goals.

b) Research and propose amendments and supplements to mechanisms and policies to continue promoting the socialization of education, creating the most favorable conditions to attract investors to participate in investing in the construction of kindergartens for children of workers and laborers in industrial parks.

c) Develop local specific policies for preschool education in industrial zones where there are many workers: policies for management staff, teachers, and employees directly raising, caring for, and educating children of workers and laborers, policies for preschools accepting children from 6 months to 36 months old, and policies for children of workers and laborers suitable to actual conditions.

2. Diversify preschool education models suitable for the characteristics of urban areas

a) Arrange land funds for the construction of preschool education facilities according to approved planning, especially in new urban area projects; prioritize the use of surplus state agency headquarters after the reorganization of the local administrative apparatus for preschool education; continue to promote the development of non-public preschool education facilities.

b) Provide preschool education support services without using the state budget at public preschools according to the provisions of law to meet the needs of parents, along with policies to support managers, teachers, and staff working overtime.

c) Apply a cooperation model between the state and non-public preschool education service providers in the form of Operation and Management Contracts (O&M) according to the provisions of law on investment in the form of public-private partnerships with tuition fees suitable to the income of workers and laborers.

d) Build and develop preschool education models in local social housing projects suitable to the needs of workers and laborers.

d) Selectively apply advanced preschool education models through learning and sharing preschool education experiences from countries in the region and the world.

3. Improve the quality of care and education for children from 6 months to 36 months old who are children of workers and laborers in industrial zones.

a) Diversify forms of capacity building guidance for management staff, teachers and staff in preschool education facilities

- Develop and digitize a set of documents guiding the care, nurturing and education of children from 6 months to 36 months old.

- Organize training, professional development; seminars and workshops on education, nutrition, health care and child safety every year.

- Building a network of experts and volunteers to support, provide professional advice and apply digital transformation to improve the quality of operations of independent, private preschools.

- Review and supplement teacher training programs in pedagogical schools, train managers, teachers and staff in professional skills, focusing on skills in nurturing, caring for and educating children from 6 months to 36 months old and suitable to the characteristics of preschool education in industrial parks.

b) Ensure conditions for receiving children from 6 months to 36 months old at preschools

- Arrange enough teachers and invest in facilities, equipment, supplies, and toys for children in public kindergartens to meet the needs of workers and laborers.

- Arrange funding from the local budget to support preschool teachers in private preschools in industrial zones, where there are many workers trained to meet the required standards.

- Mobilize resources from Programs, Projects, non-governmental organizations, and non-refundable aid sources to support facilities, equipment, supplies, toys, and quality assurance conditions for independent, non-governmental, and private preschools.

- Exploit and use available local facilities (public works such as playgrounds, cultural and sports facilities...) for independent, private preschools to organize educational activities for children.

- Encourage businesses to fulfill their social responsibilities by building non-profit preschools, attached to housing areas in industrial parks to serve the children of workers and laborers.

c) Develop and disseminate guidance documents on nutrition, health care, and child education for parents; organize propaganda and dissemination of knowledge and parenting skills in forms appropriate to the characteristics of workers and laborers.

4. Mobilizing social resources associated with corporate responsibility and promoting international cooperation

a) Mobilize coordination and participation from programs, projects, non-governmental organizations, businesses, organizations, and individuals to support the implementation of preschool education models suitable for urban areas and industrial parks.

b) Encourage enterprises that employ a large number of workers to fulfill their social responsibilities through investment or financial contributions to build preschool facilities for workers' children and pay part of the childcare costs for workers with preschool-age children.

c) Mobilize resources from international organizations to provide financial and technical support to improve professional capacity and expertise in childcare and education for teachers and staff at preschools.

5. Strengthen management, inspection, supervision and inter-sectoral coordination

a) Strengthen the leadership and direction of Party committees and authorities in developing preschool education; incorporate the goal of developing preschool education in urban areas and industrial zones into local socio-economic development plans and programs.

b) Strengthen inter-sectoral coordination; develop and promulgate inter-sectoral coordination regulations between the sectors of Education, Home Affairs, Health, and the Fatherland Front, along with socio-political organizations, in the inspection and supervision of the activities of preschools in urban areas and industrial zones.

c) Strengthen inspection and supervision of the implementation of arrangement and reorganization of preschool education facilities; inspect the responsibility of investors of new urban area projects in allocating land and constructing preschool education facilities according to approved planning.

d) Develop software on preschool education database in urban areas and industrial zones and monitor and evaluate the implementation of the Program.

d) Guide independent, private preschools to self-inspect and evaluate safety standards, and regularly update information and operational status of the facility on local database management software.

6. Strengthen communication work

a) Carry out propaganda and dissemination work on the necessity, goals, tasks and solutions for implementing the Program to raise awareness and responsibility of Party committees at all levels, local authorities, parents, managers, teachers, staff and the community in investing in and caring for the development of preschool education in urban areas and industrial parks.

b) Develop specialized pages and columns to promote the Program to improve the quality of preschool education in urban areas and industrial zones on central and local mass media.

c) Disseminate and popularize knowledge and skills on nurturing, health care, ensuring safety and comprehensive development for preschool children on mass media.

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