Tu Ky breaks through in key education

The excellent 9th grade student team of Tu Ky district competing at the provincial level is mainly students of Phan Boi Chau Secondary School.

In this competition, the district team won 1 first prize, 12 second prizes, 22 third prizes and 21 consolation prizes. This is the highest achievement in the past 15 years of this locality.

Mr. Nguyen Cong Quang, Deputy Head of the Department of Education and Training of Tu Ky district, said that the above results were achieved because the department promptly advised on the issuance of the Project "Developing education and training in Tu Ky district for the period 2022-2025, with a vision to 2030", focusing on the quality of key education.

“To have good students, first of all, we must have good, dedicated teachers. The Department has directed schools to seriously implement and effectively carry out professional activities, thematic activities, training sessions, and seminars to improve teachers’ qualifications and encourage teachers to explore and innovate teaching methods,” said Mr. Quang.

The district Department of Education and Training has also strengthened the activities of core teacher groups to share subject documents and exchange expertise; focused on inspecting the teaching and learning of schools; selected managers and core teachers to build the structure of questions, supplement the question bank for excellent students in cultural subjects of grade 9; organized professional activities in a practical and effective direction, and replicated advanced models...

The Department also directed schools to increase review time for 9th grade students; coordinate with the Parents' Representative Board to promptly encourage and reward teachers and students with high achievements. In particular, actively exchange expertise, test and evaluate excellent student teams with districts in the province; develop a set of "Framework for training excellent students in grades 8+9 of Tu Ky district for the period 2022-2025" for 8 cultural subjects of grades 8 and 9... for schools to implement.

In the 2022-2023 school year, out of 80 students in the district's 9th grade excellent student team competing at the provincial level, Phan Boi Chau Secondary School has 77 students.

Tu Ky district's geography team ranked first in the province at the 9th grade excellent student competition for the 2022-2023 school year (Photo provided by Phan Boi Chau Secondary School)

Teacher Nguyen Nam Hung, Principal of Phan Boi Chau Secondary School, said that the school has a solution to train and create a source of excellent students from grades 6 and 7. The team of teachers training the team are experienced, have good expertise and have taught students from grade 6. The excellent student team is divided into 2 separate classes for more focused training. These 2 classes are also tested, evaluated separately, and rewarded promptly to encourage them.

To create resources, Phan Boi Chau Secondary School also consulted to transfer excellent students from other schools in the district to study at the school for further training. Organized for teachers and the team to exchange expertise, practice exams... with some high-quality schools in the province. From the second semester of grade 8, the school focused more on the team, inviting some excellent teachers from Tu Ky High School to exchange expertise and experience with teachers of the school.

“We work closely with parents to create the best learning environment for students, while creating favorable conditions for teachers to focus on training the team,” said Mr. Hung.

Teacher Phu Thi Huyen (Phan Boi Chau Secondary School), in charge of training the 9th grade English team, said that all teachers are very concerned when the district's excellent student achievements have not met expectations. In the 2022-2023 school year, teachers have actively researched and focused on training the team. "I think the most important thing is to instill a passion for learning English in students, train them to be self-studyers, make the most of information technology to serve their studies, and increase group learning. Especially, it is to practice skills and create uniformity in the team. In addition to professional knowledge, I also integrate social knowledge to bring novelty and effectiveness to each lesson," Ms. Huyen shared.

Vo Nguyen Ngoc Ha (Phan Boi Chau Secondary School) won first prize at the district and provincial levels in the 9th grade excellent student competition for the 2022-2023 school year, and along with her teammates, ranked first in the provincial team in geography. Ha said: “In addition to self-study efforts, the teachers' teaching methods are very important. Teachers have helped us develop a passion for the subject. To get high scores, in my opinion, test-taking skills are the key. It is necessary to read the questions carefully, and when presenting, in addition to the main idea, one must skillfully incorporate personal knowledge into the essay to make the answer deeper and make a difference.”

Mr. Quang affirmed that the strong breakthrough in the quality of the district's key education has demonstrated the right steps in directing and synchronously implementing solutions to improve the quality of general education in general and key education in particular. In the coming time, schools will continue to seriously implement the proposed solutions to maintain and sustain the achievements.

THE ANH