Gov’t sets up Steering Committee for building schools in border communes

Minister of Education and Training shall serve as deputy head of the Committee.

Members of the Committee include Deputy Minister of Education and Training Pham Ngoc Thuong, Deputy Minister of Finance Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc, Deputy Minister of Construction Nguyen Tuong Van, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Vo Van Hung, Deputy Minister of Ethnic and Religious Affairs Y Vinh Tor, among others.

The Committee shall be responsible for proposing effective solutions and implementation measures to the Government and the Prime Minister to achieve the goal of building 100 inter-level boarding schools at border localities prior to August 30 this year.

These schools will serve as model institutions for subsequent large-scale implementation, aiming to complete the construction of 248 schools within the next 2–3 years.

On November 9 last year, construction started simultaneously on 72 inter-level boarding schools in land border communes across 17 provinces and cities nationwide, as part of the nation's efforts to develop education in disadvantaged areas to promote socio-economic development and security – defense there.

The drive for building 100 inter-level boarding schools in border communes is an important step to carry out the Politburo and the Government's policy on educational development in disadvantaged areas, thereby contributing to social security, socio-economic development, and security – defense in border regions. It is invested with nearly VND20 trillion (US$760.1 million) in total.

As many as 248 inter-level primary and junior secondary boarding schools in 248 land border communes will be built during 2025–2028, according to the Politburo's Conclusion Announcement No. 81-TB/TW, dated July 18, 2025, on the school construction in border communes, and the Government's Resolution No. 298/NQ-CP, dated September 26, 2025, that issued an action plan for the policy implementation./.