The Role of the Department of Education and Training in Mobilizing Resources to Build National Standard Primary Schools

Firstly , clearly define the scope of responsibility and authority of all levels in building and developing primary education.

Second, promote the autonomy and self-responsibility of primary schools in school development.

Third, accept the struggle, accept the union of forces to develop the school.

Fourth, education fosters ideals for the masses, creating opportunities for them to study and improve their qualifications in all aspects to ensure that the masses "know, discuss, do and check" are well implemented.

Fifth, reduce unnecessary meetings, save time for schools and teachers to do their jobs well, and seek help from organizations and individuals outside the school to develop the school.

The principle of democratic centralism has rich content and plays an important role in resource mobilization. Implementing this principle not only promotes the responsibility of the individual in charge, but also promotes the ownership of workers and social forces outside the school, avoids bureaucratic centralism, avoids factionalism, ensures unity of will and action, and increases the strength of the organization in mobilizing resources for school development.

* Principle of ensuring harmonious combination of interests: Harmonious combination of interests must be considered and proposed right from the planning stage to organizing, directing, inspecting and evaluating activities, and mobilizing resources for school development.

In planning: The assignment of responsibilities goes hand in hand with the economic and political interests of members in the educational organization. The assignment must be based on the capacity, quality and prestige of the individual.

Always pay attention to the needs and interests of learners. The interests of learners must be the starting point of the entire educational management process. Only then can we attract investment contributions from social forces in education.

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Always consider social requirements for the scale, structure and quality of education. Based on those needs, plan, implement and evaluate educational work.

Reward and punish promptly, objectively and fairly members who have achievements or violate school rules and regulations.

Ensure timely and fair policies for teachers and students to create conditions for the management system to operate smoothly and effectively.

* Principle of continuous improvement:

Society is constantly moving and developing, and at the same time always promoting

set new requirements for education and for schools, requiring education to constantly innovate to improve the quality of education and the educational resources of the school to be constantly improved to improve the quality of education. A primary school that meets national standards does not mean that it has stopped mobilizing resources, but requires that resource mobilization be carried out regularly, continuously and standards must be raised.

1.3.4. The role of the Department of Education and Training in mobilizing resources to build primary schools that meet national standards

The Department of Education and Training advises the District People's Committee on the program of building national standard schools in each specific stage, for each specific school, so that there is a plan to mobilize resources to focus on building schools that are in the process of building national standard schools to use capital sources reasonably: target programs, projects of non-governmental organizations, lottery capital for construction, solidification, other sources of the province, district, locality, organizations and people...

Regularly coordinate with local authorities and businesses to request resource support for local schools.

Direct schools to organize propaganda work well, encourage schools to promote the strengths of each school to mobilize resources to build national standard schools.

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The basic difficulties in building schools that meet national standards are the funding for building facilities in schools. The Department of Education and Training directs schools to make plans to mobilize resources to build standard schools, focusing first on some basic construction items:

- Renovate and repair old, degraded classrooms.

- Build new classrooms, teachers' offices, and functional rooms.

- Fences, sanitary facilities for teachers and students.

- Equipment and furniture of the rooms.

Based on the basic construction items required for building a standard school, the Head of Department directs schools to develop plans and budget estimates for construction items, mobilized funding resources, and completion time to have specific measures and solutions in directing schools to mobilize resources.

Based on the Project to build schools that meet national standards of the province and district; Based on the current situation and strengths of each school, the Department of Education and Training will direct specific schools in the roadmap to build schools that meet national standards.

Propaganda work aims to raise awareness and ideology about the importance of building national standard schools. Regular coordination with

District and local organizations and departments to organize propaganda about the idea.

Meaning and importance of building a school that meets national standards: The district's radio and television station regularly reports on the progress of building good models; organizations and departments of the district such as: Fatherland Front, Women's Committee, People's Mobilization Committee, Propaganda Committee, Department of Culture and Information...

The Department of Education and Training needs to make timely recommendations on the construction of national standard schools for localities with difficult socio-economic conditions and difficulty in mobilizing resources: The Government should continue to implement the program of consolidating schools and teachers' housing.

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For the Provincial People's Committee: There should be directive documents to have a mechanism to mobilize resources contributed by the people.

There is a budget plan to invest in schools that are on the path to building national standard schools.

Based on the Project and plan for building national standard schools of the schools. The Department of Education and Training assigns specific tasks to each school, directs the plan for building standard schools for each school year and each specific stage. Special attention is paid to directing the standards for building facilities and mobilizing resources for building facilities.

The Department of Education and Training assigns specific tasks to the functional departments of the Department of Education and Training and assigns 01 Leader in charge of the school level (Deputy Head of Department) to regularly monitor the reports of the results of the schools. Advise the Head of Department to decide to establish an inspection team on the work of building schools that meet national standards. In particular, pay special attention to mobilizing resources, evaluating the mobilization of resources of schools through the Project and implementing the project of the school. The project needs to be developed in detail, evaluating the current situation of the school. How many years to implement? A specific plan must be developed for each school year. Especially the expected resources

Capital needs to be mobilized from what sources, those sources need to be feasible, should not make plans with general solutions.

How much money is needed to build a standard school facility? In which, the expected source is the district, the local investment source? The source of savings from the allocated budget? The source of tuition fees? From parents' contributions? From support from businesses and philanthropists? Provide specific solutions to approach each agency and organization to advise on investment funding. Clearly define the time needed to implement and complete each content, which should be done first, which should be done later, specify the work for each week, month, period, year. On that basis, the department

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The Department of Education and Training inspects and evaluates the mobilization of resources for each school year and each specific stage according to the school's Project. Each semester, the schools report the results achieved, difficulties, solutions, and recommendations to the superior management agency to continue consulting with the school to remove difficulties and gain experience so that the mobilization of resources is truly effective.

1.3.5. The role of schools in mobilizing resources to build primary schools that meet national standards

Primary school resources depend on the school's ability to mobilize resources, and the head of the school, the primary school principal, has the following roles:

- Provide strategic direction and decide on plans to mobilize resources for school development.

- The person who decides on the human resource structure and other resources for mobilizing resources for school development.

- The person plays a central role in establishing and developing relationships with partners providing resources to the school.

- As a negotiator, investor, coach, reviewer, and controller of resources mobilized to build a national standard primary school.

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Chapter 1 Conclusion

National standard schools include quantitative and qualitative standards and criteria. To build a national standard primary school, the school needs to use resources such as human resources, material resources, financial resources and information resources. A national standard primary school is understood as a primary school that meets all standards set by the Ministry of Education and Training. These standards include: standards on organization and management; standards on teaching staff; standards on school facilities and equipment; standards on implementing socialized education work; standards on educational activities and quality.

Resources are available in and outside the school. To build a primary school that meets national standards, the school principal needs to be able to mobilize those resources effectively and know how to use them effectively. The resource mobilization process includes 4 steps: planning resource mobilization, organizing, directing resource mobilization, and checking and evaluating the results of resource mobilization.

The Department of Education and Training plays an important role in directing primary schools to develop resource mobilization plans, identify resources that need to be mobilized, and have resource mobilization strategies to build schools. Primary schools play an extremely important role in mobilizing resources to build primary schools that meet national standards, planning, organizing, directing, inspecting, and evaluating the results of resource mobilization.

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Chapter 2

CURRENT STATUS OF RESOURCE MOBILIZATION

CONSTRUCTION OF PRIMARY SCHOOL IN TRAN YEN DISTRICT TO MEET NATIONAL STANDARDS

2.1. Overview of natural, economic, social and primary education characteristics of Tran Yen district, Yen Bai province

2.1.1. Natural and socio-economic characteristics

Tran Yen is a mountainous district of Yen Bai province. The north borders Van Yen district, the south borders Ha Hoa district of Phu Tho province, the east borders Yen Binh district and Yen Bai city, the west borders Van Chan district. The total natural area is 62,859.54 hectares, accounting for 9.13% of the total area of Yen Bai province. The district center is 13.5 km from Yen Bai city. There is a system of roads, railways, and waterways that is very convenient for traveling and exchanging goods between localities inside and outside the district. The whole district is divided into 22 administrative units of communes and towns, including 7 highland communes, 3 extremely difficult communes, and 12 communes in area II with extremely difficult villages.

Tran Yen has a transitional terrain from the midlands to the mountains. In general, the terrain gradually increases from the Southeast to the Northwest. The southern communes have mostly flat hills, with gentle slopes, convenient for growing food crops and industrial crops. The communes located at the foot of Con Voi Mountain and Pu Luong Range have complex, fragmented terrain, with mountains and hills interspersed with deep valleys, with steep slopes, making it difficult to travel and exchange economically. However, there are favorable conditions for developing forestry and livestock farming. The district has 6 ethnic groups living there, of which: Kinh people account for 66.5%, Tay people account for 20.5%, Dao people account for 7.2%; Muong people account for 2.3%, Cao Lan people account for 1.2%, H'Mong people account for 1.9%, and other ethnic groups account for 0.4%. The natural population growth rate is 1.035%; population density 132 people/ km2 .

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Agricultural and forestry production in Tran Yen district has developed quite comprehensively, gradually shifting the internal structure towards reducing the proportion of cultivation and gradually increasing the proportion of livestock farming. Focusing on applying science and technology to production; overcoming difficulties in diseases and weather; maintaining and increasing the output value and efficiency of some key products with advantages of the district such as: Bat Do bamboo shoots, silkworm cocoons, high-quality tea, cinnamon, plantation wood materials, fresh meat products, and aquatic products. Industrial and handicraft production in the district is mainly processing agricultural and forestry products, producing construction materials, and exploiting minerals; contributing to solving employment for rural workers, stimulating the development of raw material areas, consuming agricultural and forestry products for farmers, promoting economic restructuring, and increasing the proportion of industry - construction.

The network of schools at all levels has been completed, in accordance with the educational development requirements of the district, attracting maximum school-age students. Universal education work has been maintained: 100% of communes and towns have achieved universal primary education for the right age, universal secondary education, and universal preschool education for 5-year-old children. The team of school managers, teachers, and staff has been arranged and supplemented in sufficient numbers, ensuring the subject structure and standardization. The education and training sector has received investment attention: in the 5 years 2011 - 2015, 68 new classrooms and 4 teacher service rooms were invested in. The rate of solidified classrooms by 2015 reached 92%.

2.1.2. Primary education situation in Tran Yen district, Yen Bai province

* About the scale, network of schools, classes, students

Table 2.1. School size, students by school year

2010 - 2011 to present

Level of education

2010 - 2011		2011 - 2012		2012 - 2013		2013 - 2014		2014 - 2015
TSHS	Number of classes	TSHS	Number of classes	TSHS	Number of classes	TSHS	Number of classes	TSHS	Number of classes
Kindergarten	5048	171	4930	170	4923	168	5025	175	4836	167
Elementary	6234	270	6625	275	6124	277	6112	275	6200	278
Secondary School	4127	134	4051	135	4011	132	3983	131	4022	133