Capital strives to raise quality of public schools

This is part of a goal recently issued by the municipal People's Committee in a bid to increase the number of national standard schools and reduce the disparity in the proportion of standard schools between districts.

Under the plan, more public schools will be built at all levels to ensure universal education in the capital.

The city will have 130 more national standard public schools by 2023, including 46 kindergartens, 53 primary schools, 28 junior high schools, and three senior high schools.

The number of public schools meeting national standards by the end of 2023 is 1,730, or 75.5 percent (the number of new public schools is expected to increase to 42).

In addition, Ha Noi's education sector will work to maintain the quality of existing national standard schools.

As of this June, Ha Noi had 2,900 schools with more than 70,200 classrooms for nearly 2.3 million students and about 140,000 teachers.

About 73 percent of the city's schools, including private schools, met national standards. However, the ratio of national-standard schools to public schools in the city varies considerably from district to district.

Specifically, 16/30 localities had a higher proportion of national standard schools than the city average. In particular, Bac Tu Liem District currently has the highest proportion in the city with more than 90 percent, Ba Vi District has the lowest with more than 42 percent.

Therefore, increasing the number of national standard schools and reducing the difference in the proportion of standard schools among districts is Ha Noi's goal for 2023 to create an equal educational environment for all students, said Deputy Director of Ha Noi Department of Education and Training Pham Xuan Tien./.