HanoiOn the afternoon of April 4, as soon as she opened the door to the house, Ms. Van was hugged by her daughter and said loudly with a happy face, “I’m going to school soon, I’ll see you guys”.
Before leaving work, Ms. Hai Van, living in Nam Tu Liem district, heard the news Students in grades 1-6 in Hanoi will return to school from 6/4. But the 35-year-old mother also couldn’t fully imagine the excitement of her third-grader daughter. She quickly showed off more stories she announced during her afternoon online class; and then busy preparing books and uniforms for the first day of class in this almost ending school year.
After dinner, without asking her children to do their homework like every other day, Ms. Van reminded her to check her school supplies in time to buy additional missing items. Her daughter, newly admitted to the Team last week, did not remember how to wear a red scarf, so she sat down to guide her step by step. She also asked her mother to buy stickers to give to two best friends on the first day back to school.
“Although it is more convenient than other families because I have a grandmother at home to take care of their children studying online, I have been looking forward to this day for a long time,” said Ms. Van. For her, online learning is only a temporary solution and has many potential negative effects related to mental health and children’s learning. She hopes her 4-year-old son can also go to school in person from next week.
In the same mood, after finishing the dinner, Ms. Le Thuy Lieu, 33, excitedly took her third grade daughter to buy more pants and clothes to wear to school. In the 11 months at home, the girl has grown and grown, so the clothes are tight and much shorter. Having just bought new clothes, and about to go to school, she was busy all the way. I plan to bring some pictures, “results” of days at home, to show off to three of my close friends during the first lesson.
“Seeing my children happy, I am also very excited, so happy that I cry,” said Ms. Lieu. Earlier in the school’s survey, Ms. Lieu also quickly chose “Yes” when asked about direct education.
For nearly a year, preschool children and students in grades 1-6 in the inner city stopped going to school, her two daughters, aged 4 and 3, just hung around the house, with no entertainment other than phones and tablets. . “The children are secretive, bored and often have negative moods and emotions. Therefore, when I received the notice to go to school, I was also relieved. I hope the youngest child can also go to class soon”, Ms. Lieu said.
In two days of April 2-3, the Department of Education and Training held a survey of parents of grades 1-6 about sending their children back to school. As a result, more than 75% of opinions agree, many districts have a consensus rate of over 90%. According to the Department, currently the Covid-19 situation in the city has changed positively, the number of F0 students and teachers has decreased sharply.
On the afternoon of April 4, Deputy Minister of Education and Training Hoang Minh Son said that, as of April 6, the primary level in all 63 provinces All over the country, students are allowed to go to school directly. Hanoi is the locality that keeps children under 12 years old at home the longest. The long wait (since April 2021) multiplies the joy of going back to school for Hanoi students and parents.
Lieu’s daughter plans to show her pictures to her friends in the first class. Photo: Parents provide
Not only students and families, schools are also excited by the city’s decision.
Right on the afternoon of April 4, Nguyen Quang Tung, principal of MV Lomonosov Middle School and High School, said a series of messages were shared at the same time in the group of teachers. At afternoon online classes, when the teacher announced, the 6th graders “jumped for joy”. Parents excitedly discuss in groups.
“It’s been a long time since joy has spread so widely from students, parents and teachers. We have been looking forward to this day for a long time because the 6th graders are new students who have not been able to meet face-to-face in class. ever meet friends and teachers,” said Mr. Tung.
Previously, when the Department of Education and Training asked schools to survey their opinions about allowing students in grades 1 to 6 to study directly, 72% of grade 6 parents and 77% of Lomonosov primary school parents agreed. Mr. Tung believes that this rate will increase after the first 2-3 days of school, because the majority of people going to school will have a good effect. With the current 7-12th grade, the daily attendance rate is now 94%.
At Khuong Thuong Primary School, Dong Da District, principal Nguyen Thi Thanh Ha said that nearly 85% of parents agreed to let their children learn directly.
For more than 11 months the students were at home, she still went to school to run and arrange work. “It’s been too long,” she said. “I kept walking, wandering around in the empty school yard. Just thinking about tomorrow when I can pick up my children, the school will be bustling again, I’m really happy.”
To welcome students back, on April 5, all teachers at Khuong Thuong School will clean and disinfect the campus. Ms. Ha said that since the end of March, the management board had rehearsed and prepared medical supplies, so today’s workload was slightly reduced.
During the first 3-4 days of school, the school focuses on helping students settle down and get acquainted with friends and teachers. The management board also plans to soon deploy boarding meals, creating favorable conditions for parents to pick up and drop off their children.
With Lomonosov school, a system of equipment and transmission lines serving the combined online and offline teaching model has also been installed, serving F0 students who do not want to go to school. Medical preparations are also adequate. In addition to the body temperature monitor and disinfectant solution, the school has invested in a vital index meter, from body temperature to blood pressure, blood oxygen index so that when students have symptoms, they will be measured immediately.
“The school intends that, at the first lesson, grade 6 will arrive a little later than other grades. The seniors will stand in the hallways and applaud the children entering the school and leading them to class. , because they are not welcome in the opening ceremony like every year,” said Mr. Tung.
Thanh Hang – Duong Tam
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