Hermann Gmeiner Hanoi Private High School named after Dr. Hermann Gmeiner - founder of the international humanitarian organization SOS, with the noble purpose of taking care of orphaned and helpless children, regardless of skin color, origin, belief, religion...

Hermann Gmeiner School accepts Hanoi's homeless orphans currently being raised in the SOS Children's Village; Priority is given to accepting children whose parents and families are poor, children at risk of losing family care, and other students with learning needs.

Each recent school year, the school has had more than 1,000 students, including more than 100 students with special circumstances. Students from SOS Children's Villages Hanoi are given tuition money by SOS Children's Villages Vietnam. For students from poor families, near-poor households, and extremely difficult circumstances, the school provides Herman Gmeiner scholarships.

The Center for Inclusive Education Development Support under the Central Pedagogical College is responsible for training and fostering teachers for specialized schools, and directly educating deaf and mentally disabled students. autism spectrum disorder, training from high school to college level in sign language.

Every year, the Center receives and supports inclusive education for more than 200 students with learning disabilities at the preschool and general education levels, and welcomes 12 to 15 students with hearing and speaking disabilities to continue studying at the college level. . To date, the Center has graduated a college course of 8 students with disabilities.

On the occasion of International Children's Day June 1 and Action Month for Children 2023, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited teachers and students with special circumstances at Hermann Gmeiner High School and Development Support Center. develop inclusive education.

The Prime Minister expressed his joy and emotion to visit the two schools, listen to the teachers' speeches, share from the students, and enjoy the art performances showing the spirit of effort and creativity. your creation.

"We take care of and protect children not just for a day or a month, but over a long period of time, from month to month, from year to year, from stage to stage, in accordance with the needs of children. conditions and circumstances of the country and the needs of life, education and training," the Prime Minister said.

Recalling the verses of President Ho Chi Minh: "Children are like buds on a branch/Knowing how to eat, sleep, and study is good...", the Prime Minister emphasized that these verses always remind us of our responsibility towards children. with children - the future generation of the country.

Equal education for children with disabilities and children in special circumstances

In recent years, the Party and State have always paid special attention to the protection and care of children, creating the best conditions for children to develop comprehensively and have a joyful, safe and healthy living environment. ; consider this an issue that is both urgent, strategic, and long-term.

According to the Prime Minister, the work of education, protection and health care for children is taken care of by the entire political system, all levels, sectors, localities, social organizations, unions, businesses and people. worry, especially for poor children, children in extremely difficult circumstances, disabled children, orphans... in the spirit of great national solidarity, according to the principle of "good leaves protect others". torn leaves protect even more torn leaves" that from generation to generation, we always preserve, cherish and promote.

The work of educating, protecting and caring for children's health has achieved very basic, important, comprehensive and inclusive results, contributing to the cause of building a strong, prosperous country and its people. happiness, prosperity, so that our country has never had the same fortune, potential, position and prestige as it does today.

Under the Party's leadership, the State's management, and the people's participation and support, many schools and specialized vocational education establishments have been built and put into operation to improve conditions. learning and quality of life of children with disabilities and children in special circumstances, in the spirit of leaving no one behind.

The new stage of development poses many new difficulties and challenges for children's work in general, and the education of children with disabilities in particular. Barriers to accessing an equal, quality education for children with disabilities and children in special circumstances need continued attention and resolution.

The Prime Minister emphasized the need to build a healthy education and training environment and ecosystem, suitable to the conditions and circumstances of children, to care for and educate them to develop comprehensively both physically and intellectually. attitudes, ethics, aesthetics..., especially encouraging, inspiring, and motivating children to have low self-esteemn, bravery, self-reliance, self-reliance, desire to live, contribute...

Strictly handle child abuse and school violence

The Prime Minister noted a number of focuses, first of all continuing to improve institutions, mechanisms and policies in the spirit of education and training being the top national policy; arrange, mobilize and effectively use all resources; Effectively deploy mechanisms and policies to educate, protect and care for children in general and children with disabilities and special circumstances in particular.

In particular, focus on effectively solving a number of problems, such as the lack of educational facilities, especially in big cities and industrial zones; teachers resign, quit their jobs, lack of preschool and high school teachers; The phenomenon of teachers having inappropriate behavior, violence, abuse... towards children.

Along with that, we must overcome the situation where parents have to stand in long lines to buy admission documents for their children to enter public schools, grade schools in early grades...; The situation of textbooks is "both redundant and lacking", temporary schools, school locations are still far away, living, teaching and learning conditions for teachers and students are still difficult in remote, border, and island areas; ensure toilets, clean water, nutrition, and food safety in school kitchens.

The Prime Minister noted that it is necessary to prevent, promptly detect, and strictly handle child abuse, school violence, and discrimination; Strengthen education for children in life skills, equip them with the ability to protect themselves against dangers such as school drugs, drowning, violent games, fire and explosion prevention skills, accidents and injuries...

The Prime Minister also said that it is necessary to overcome the lack of safe and useful entertainment places, especially during the summer to keep children away from electronic devices, thereby preventing bad and unhealthy information. strongly in the online environment and foreign culture, causing great psychological and physiological effects on children.

Second, promote effective implementation of guidelines and policies on people with disabilities, including children with disabilities and students with disabilities. Soon submit for promulgation a planning system of specialized educational facilities for people with disabilities and a system of centers to support the development of inclusive education. There are solutions to improve specific facilities, regimes, and policies suitable for teachers of specialized schools.

Third, local governments at all levels need to promote public-private cooperation, attract social resources to invest in physical facilities and specific teaching and learning equipment such as Braille, hearing impaired support equipment, etc. Visual impairment, autism, intellectual disability... for students. Continue to pay attention to fully implementing policies for students with special circumstances.

Fourth, promote propaganda and education, calling for a sense of responsibility and concern from each person, each home, each community, benefactors, golden hearts... in protecting and taking care of children. Children, especially children with special circumstances, are at high risk of being hurt, so that there will be fewer and fewer unfortunate and heartbreaking cases.

The Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Education and Training and other ministries to summarize the model, research and develop the Center for Supporting the Development of Inclusive Education under the Central College of Pedagogy to become strong and have the role of leading the system. system of other local inclusive education development support centers.

Ministries, branches and localities must consider the care and protection of people with disabilities and vulnerable people, including children with special circumstances and children with disabilities, as an important task, in the spirit of "no one to be left behind".

Hong Son