Improving the quality of education for ethnic minority students

Over the past 16 years, Krong Klang Town Primary School (Huong Hiep Commune) has implemented many positive and effective solutions in innovating and improving the quality of education in difficult areas, with many students of Van Kieu and Pa Ko ethnic groups studying; the staff and teachers are always dedicated and devoted to the cause of educating people and wholeheartedly support and empower students with practical work; generations of students know how to strive to overcome difficulties, are studious... With the results achieved in education, the school has increasingly affirmed its reputation, receiving many certificates of merit and many other noble awards from all levels and sectors.

Students of Krong Klang Town Primary School actively use Vietnamese and are more confident in communication.

Improve Vietnamese language skills

On June 23, 2025, Krong Klang Town Primary School was awarded a certificate of merit by the Chairman of the People's Committee of Quang Tri province for its outstanding achievements in implementing the project "Enhancing Vietnamese language for primary school students in ethnic minority areas in the period 2016-2020, with a vision to 2025". This is a worthy recognition for the school's continuous efforts in synchronously implementing solutions to support ethnic minority students to improve their Vietnamese language skills - an important tool to help them better access the general education program.

Principal of Krong Klang Town Primary School Hoang Tuan Kiet said that for ethnic minority students, Vietnamese is not their mother tongue, so they often have difficulty in listening, speaking, reading and writing. In particular, students entering grade 1 have very limited Vietnamese. This directly affects their knowledge acquisition, communication skills and learning outcomes. Therefore, enhancing Vietnamese is not only an important task but also the responsibility of the school and the teaching staff. We have proactively developed a specific plan, suitable to the actual conditions of the school and the students for each school year.

Main activities include: Organizing training sessions to implement tasks, concretizing decisions and plans from superiors; developing teaching plans, timetables, selecting Vietnamese teaching methods suitable for ethnic minority students; enhancing vocabulary teaching and pronunciation practice, effectively applying technology and visual aids; building "Vietnamese Corners" at schools and classrooms to create a rich Vietnamese environment for students.

The school takes advantage of the available facilities at school and in the classroom to assign tasks and encourage children to communicate and interact in Vietnamese according to the topics "Our Vietnamese", "Vietnamese Speaking and Writing Club"; create the habit of using the common language in the family and community as well as encourage teachers to self-study ethnic languages to serve teaching... These activities are built in the direction of fun learning, creating opportunities for students to use Vietnamese in the most friendly and natural environment. In particular, the most successful and effective solution is to enhance Vietnamese through organizing Vietnamese language exchanges for ethnic minority students and organizing reading activities in the primary school library.

With over 29 years of experience in mountainous education, teacher Hoang Thi Nhat Thu has a good understanding of the customs, practices, and lives of ethnic minorities, and the difficulties in life and communication of Van Kieu and Pa Ko children. “Having been a homeroom teacher for many years, I have noticed that the Vietnamese language proficiency of students is very low, making it difficult to acquire knowledge. Thanks to my fluency in the ethnic language, I have been able to play the role of a bridge with students in explaining new concepts and guiding initial lessons in their mother tongue. After that, I gradually switched to using Vietnamese in communication and learning to create a rich language environment for students,” said Ms. Thu.

Thanks to the enhancement of Vietnamese language teaching in an integrated manner and the practice of integrating listening, speaking, reading and writing skills into the regular teaching process, students are exposed to Vietnamese in a more natural and lively way, are more confident in communication, and are proactive in using Vietnamese in their studies and daily activities. Their vocabulary is also significantly expanded, especially words about life. Listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in Vietnamese are improved for students in grades 1 and 2. From there, a positive and regular reading habit is formed, contributing to strengthening the friendly relationship between students and teachers in the school.

Krong Klang Town Primary School - a bright spot in improving the quality of education for ethnic minority students.

Reap many "sweet fruits"

The 2024-2025 school year marked the success of Krong Klang Town Primary School in many aspects. Notably, the effective implementation of the work of improving the quality of mass education is outstanding. The school has implemented many synchronous solutions in tutoring weak students; giving gifts and support to poor students; arranging teachers to visit each house to mobilize and help students at risk of dropping out to attend school regularly...

Thanks to that, the learning results of students clearly affirm their substance. In addition to improving the general quality, the school has organized emulation movements to increase the quality of key subjects; focused on helping the teaching staff quickly approach modern teaching methods; and improve professional expertise.

Last school year, the completion rate of the class program reached 99.14%. Student achievements in playgrounds, such as: Participating in the provincial Vietnamese Champion playground, 56 students won prizes; participating in the provincial online IOE competition, winning 18 prizes; 1 student participating in the national IOE competition, winning a bronze medal; winning first prize in the "STEM Product Display" competition at the district level; winning first prize in the "School Culture" competition at the district level...

On June 16, 2025, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor awarded a certificate of merit to the Trade Union of Krong Klang Town Primary School for its outstanding achievements in trade union activities and emulation movements in the 2024-2025 school year. Last June was also a special time when the school continuously reaped many "sweet fruits".

Principal of Krong Klang Town Primary School Hoang Tuan Kiet proudly said: “Krong Klang Town Primary School is recognized as a national standard primary school level 2. This event marks an important milestone in the process of building, striving and developing the collective of cadres, teachers, staff and students. The school has also been awarded the title of advanced model for “Having outstanding achievements in the patriotic emulation movement of the Education and Training sector in the period of 2020-2025”. The joy continues to come to teachers and students when the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee awarded the emulation flag for excellently completing the task, leading the patriotic emulation movement in the 2024-2025 school year. These "sweet fruits" are the motivation for us to continue to make more efforts to improve the quality of education, adding to the rich tradition of the school in this difficult land”.

Minh Duc

Source: https://baoquangtri.vn/nang-cao-chat-luong-giao-duc-cho-hoc-sinh-dong-bao-dan-toc-thieu-so-195535.htm