Realizing aspiration for literacy in Thanh Hoa’s border areas

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Despite numerous difficulties and shortages, teachers and students of Tam Thanh Primary School in Tam Thanh commune remain resilient and optimistic while awaiting relocation to the new school currently under construction. Photo: Khieu Tu – VNA
Temporary, under-resourced classrooms and the hardships faced by teachers stationed in remote villages are “gaps” that need to be addressed promptly so that literacy can take firm root in border areas. Photo: Khieu Tu – VNA
Amid numerous challenges, teachers and students at Me hamlet, Yen Khuong Primary School, Yen Khuong commune, quietly persevere in maintaining teaching and learning activities. Photo: Khieu Tu – VNA
A large volume of soil and rocks flooded into Yen Khuong Primary School in Xang Hang hamlet, Yen Khuong commune, causing severe damage to facilities during the 2025 floods. Photo: Khieu Tu – VNA
Cha Lung satellite campus of Tam Thanh Primary School in the highland border commune of Tam Thanh (Thanh Hoa) was devastated after the 2025 storms and floods, but teachers quickly restored conditions to stabilize teaching and learning. Photo: Khieu Tu – VNA
In 2025, Thanh Hoa province launched six inter-level boarding school projects in border communes, striving for completion before August 15, 2026, in time for the new academic year. Photo: Khieu Tu – VNA
After four months of construction, the inter-level boarding school project for primary and lower secondary education in Yen Khuong commune has reached about 25% completion, with structures gradually taking shape in the mountainous landscape, aiming for handover in the coming academic year. Photo: Khieu Tu – VNA
Realizing aspiration for literacy in Thanh Hoa’s border areas
Conclusion No. 81-TB/TW of the Politburo, approving the investment in building 248 inter-level boarding schools in 248 land border communes, demonstrates a direction that is both appropriate and responsive to practical needs. In Thanh Hoa province, construction projects have been launched simultaneously; many schools have risen from blueprints into reality amid the vast forests, with construction in full swing day and night to be completed in time for the 2026–2027 academic year. Photo: Khieu Tu – VNA