Some 14,000 unable to get back to school after flood

About 14,000 students in the central province of Quang Binh are unable to return to school due to damages from the recent flooding.

100,000 students enjoy getting back to normal

Many other students are drying up their books and waiting to go back to school

These students have been stuck at home for 10 days now. Their schools have been ravaged by the flood and many had their school bags swept away.

According to the Department of Education & Training of Quang Binh Province, the latest flood claimed the lives of 5 school-aged people. Dozens of other students were injured and over 500 schools were submerged by the natural disaster.

When the flood was over, many affected schools mobilised parents, students and other volunteers to clean up the mess left behind in schools so that students could get back to studying.

From October 10 to 12, the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union of Quang Binh Province had appealed to 4,500 of its members to volunteer at schools.

On October 12, nearly 100,000 students in the province were able to return to school.

Hundreds of students in Quang Minh Commune, Quang Trach District, Quang Binh Province can enjoy their lives getting back to normal and returning to school. Most of them have only a few books and notebooks to brink with them for their studies.

Despite not having enough food to eat and other challenges in life after the flood, Nguyen Thi Nguyet, a student at Quang Minh Secondary School said that going to school was her happiness because she could meet her classmates and did not have to stay at home alone.

However, not every student of the flood-hit province can have this simple joy. About 14,000 students still cannot go back to school. Most of the affected schools are located at communes such as Lien Trach, Hung Trach of Bo Trach District or Cao Quang, Tuyen Hoa District or Ham Ninh, Duy Ninh, Quang Ninh Province or Tan Hoa, Minh Hoa District.

Tran Minh Tho, Principal of Duy Ninh Secondary School said with concern while cleaning up his office, “The flood has caused serious damage to all computers, teaching tools and nearly 1,000 books.”

Since October 11, with the help of volunteers, teachers and parents of students, the school has slowly been cleaned up.
Thousands of students books, notebooks and learning tools were swept away or wrinkled up and smeared.

The Department of Education & Training of Quang Binh Province has started a campaign to call for organisations to help them with books, notebooks and learning tools so that students can go back to school as soon as possible. On October 12, the first trip carrying school supplies donated by readers of DTiNews started heading towards Quang Binh and Ha Tinh provinces.