Sunday, 13/08/2017 10:36 (GMT+7)
More than 30,200 poor ethnic minority students in the Central Highland province of Dak Nong have been given free textbooks for the 2017-2018 school year.
Illustrative image (Source: VNA)
The provincial School Equipment & Book Co. Ltd coordinated with the Departments of Education and Training and school administrations carried out the programme with a total cost of about VND14.4 billion (USD633,600) sourced from the local budget.
Director of the company Ngo Xuan Ha said the programme is to implement a resolution issued by the provincial People’s Council on supporting ethnic minority students from poor and near-poor households from the 2016-2017 to 2020-2021 school years.
Dak Nong is now home to 40 ethnic groups.
In the 2017-2018 school year, the province has over 125,000 students, including 42,000 from ethnic minority groups./.
CPV/VNA