Ho Chi Minh City: Only 28% of schools meet lighting requirements

Only 27/95 schools in Ho Chi Minh City meet lighting requirements, according to the Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control.

Dang Tran Con Primary School, District 4 is one of the few schools in the city surveyed to meet all three criteria: Light, noise and CO2 concentration. Photo: A class of students at Dang Tran Con Primary School - Photo: PTH

The City Center for Disease Control (Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health ) has just reported on classroom hygiene and hand hygiene monitoring in 2024.

The Center will conduct monitoring at 95 schools, with 3,355 classrooms and functional rooms (3,037 classrooms, 298 IT rooms and physics - chemistry - biology practice rooms) from September 23, 2024 to November 27, 2024.

The results are as follows: 27/95 schools meet lighting standards, accounting for 28%; 17/95 schools meet noise standards (accounting for 18%).

The report also said schools located near traffic routes or gyms near classrooms had noise levels higher than permitted standards.

27/95 monitored schools have _CO2 concentrations that meet the requirements, accounting for 28%. According to the report of the City Center for Disease Control, most schools use air conditioners but do not have exhaust fans. Therefore, _CO2 concentrations are higher than the allowable standard.

According to survey results, 46/95 schools did not meet the requirements of all three criteria: light, noise and _CO2 concentration in classrooms, a rate of 48.42%.

Only 7/95 schools meet the requirements of the above 3 criteria, a rate of 7.36%. Most schools only meet 1-2 criteria.

Through the results of monitoring schools in 2024, the City Center for Disease Control recommends that the Department of Education and Training, district and commune health centers and Thu Duc City coordinate to monitor classroom hygiene indicators of schools in the area every year.

"Schools need to increase lighting in classrooms that do not meet lighting requirements, increase air exchange in classrooms that do not meet _CO2 concentration requirements, and check and arrange enough handwashing faucets according to regulations, soap, and handwashing procedure charts" - the City Center for Disease Control recommends.

100% of schools have hand washing areas

According to the survey results, the majority of surveyed schools ensure hand washing facilities for students: 100% of schools have hand washing areas; 91% of schools meet the student/hand washing faucet ratio; 100% of schools have clean water in hand washing areas; 98% of schools have soap or hand sanitizer in hand washing areas; 99% of schools have hand washing instruction boards in hand washing areas.

98% of students have been informed about proper hand washing; The main sources of information about hand washing that students receive are: 80% from medical staff; 74% from the internet and social networks; 69% from homeroom activities; 65% from flag-raising activities.

Among the media sources that students like the most is the talk under the flag, with 26% liking it. In particular, 97% of students agree that washing hands with soap regularly is very important to protect health; 91% of students agree that the habit of washing hands with soap should be practiced from a young age...

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/tp-hcm-chi-28-truong-hoc-dat-yeu-cau-ve-anh-sang-20241217113602732.htm