Thai Nguyen school 'struggles' in flood

Unusual heavy rain, traffic paralyzed

According to records at 3:00 p.m. on October 7, the water level at Gia Bay station was 29.05 m, 2.05 m higher than alarm level 3, and the flood is still continuing to rise.

Heavy rain not only caused traffic congestion and isolated many residential areas, but also directly affected teaching and learning activities at educational institutions in the province.

Heavy rains in a short period of time have caused many roads to be deeply flooded and landslides, making it impossible for students to get to school safely. In this situation, a series of schools from kindergarten to high school have proactively given students emergency days off to ensure safety.

Na Ri Ethnic Boarding School (Na Ri commune) is deeply submerged in water.

In Quan Trieu ward, many schools were seriously affected. Quang Vinh Kindergarten was one of the facilities that suffered major damage when floodwaters rose, inundated the school yard and broke a section of the fence.

The rushing river water rushed through the school grounds, posing a great danger to students and teachers.

Ms. Trinh Thi Thanh Binh, the school principal, said: “We have urgently moved documents and equipment such as computers and printers to a safe area. The school also informed students to stay home early in the morning to avoid risky situations.”

Tan Thinh Secondary School (Phan Dinh Phung Ward).

Tan Long Primary School (Quan Trieu ward) the entire first floor was flooded.

Ms. Le Thi Anh Dao, Vice Principal of the school informed: “On the morning of October 7, 518 students were notified to stay home from school. We promptly moved equipment such as televisions, projectors, and computers to the second floor. However, many student desks and chairs were still soaked in water, and the risk of damage was very high.”

Education sector activates emergency response mode

At Tan Thinh Secondary School (Phan Dinh Phung Ward), prolonged heavy rain caused the entire first floor to be flooded. Ms. Nguyen Thi Tuyet Mai, Principal of the school, said: “As early as 5 a.m., the school decided to give 783 students an emergency day off. All desks, chairs, and teaching equipment were raised and moved to the upper floors. However, damage was inevitable because the water came in too quickly.”

At Na Ri Ethnic Boarding School (Na Ri Commune), more than 270 students were forced to stay at school and could not move outside. The school implemented a plan to move students to higher floors to avoid flooding.

Principal Nong Thi Tuyet shared: “We have mobilized all teachers to take care of and stabilize the students’ psychology. Food and basic necessities are provided by the locality, however, access is very difficult due to strong currents and cut-off roads.”

By 3:40 p.m. the same day, about 100 students had been moved to safety. Rescue and evacuation work is still being urgently deployed by functional forces under extremely difficult conditions.

Faced with the complicated developments of floods and rains, the Department of Education and Training of Thai Nguyen province has issued an urgent dispatch, requesting all educational institutions to be on duty 24/7 to closely monitor the weather situation and proactively update information to staff, teachers and students.

Schools are directed to urgently review their facilities, especially remote schools in remote areas where there is a high risk of landslides or flooding.
Equipment, files, and machinery need to be moved to a dry, safe place. At the same time, units need to be ready to deploy online teaching if the weather continues to worsen.

Source: https://giaoducthoidai.vn/truong-hoc-thai-nguyen-gong-minh-trong-mua-lu-post751538.html