Join hands to prevent drowning for children

Children's drowning accidents in the summer are always worries of the branches and levels in the province. To prevent and avoid these unnecessary accidents, Binh Duong has always actively promoted the propaganda and universalization of swimming for students.

Ben Cat town students prepare for the universal swimming test in 2018-2019. Photo: Duy Thuy

Teaching swimming in schools

Last time, schools in Thu Dau Mot City have cooperated with Thanh Le Cultural Park to organize swimming lessons for students. At the beginning of swimming lessons, students were instructed by the trainers to get familiar with the water, breathing water and other basic movements according to the curriculum of the provincial Department of Education and Training. Each course has 12 sessions, but only through a few sessions, students have a good grasp of swimming techniques and handle situations when incidents occur.

Not only Thu Dau Mot City but also other districts and towns in the province also coordinate with some private swimming pools in the province to organize swimming lessons for students. Typical must include the model of teaching swimming between schools and businesses that Hoang Minh Sports Club - My Phuoc Pool is considered a typical model in swimming teaching, teaching skills for students. My Phuoc swimming pool is not only a favorite sports practice place of people in Ben Cat town but also a reliable address in teaching swimming for students. Here, an average of 3,000 swimmers are taught annually.

In addition to this model, Ben Cat town also builds a project and provides funding for children to participate in swimming lessons. Ms. Tran Thi Thao, Vice Chairman of Ben Cat Town People's Committee said: “The prevention of drowning accidents for children in the summer is considered an urgent issue, needs the concern of the whole society and should be developed. declare with the coordination of departments, unions, schools and families in propagating, educating and reminding children about the sense of prevention and drowning. More than ever, we need to strengthen management, enhance the roles and responsibilities of sectors and localities in preventing drowning for children.”

Awareness needs raising

Ms. Ngo Thi Xuyen, Head of the Dau Tieng Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs said: “There is Dau Tieng lake in the district, streams and dams. In recent years, local branches and mass organizations actively propagated the people, reminding parents to raise awareness of drowning and caring about children. However, in fact, many parents neglect, do not care, do not actively supervise the fun activities of children, especially the group of children ”.

Currently, in the universal swimming sessions in the summer, the province has organized thousands of students to participate. The provincial Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs has actively coordinated with agencies and departments to continue organizing free swimming classes for disadvantaged children in all districts, towns and cities. . Print leaflets, propaganda books for prevention of child drowning accidents. Ms. Nguyen Thi Thu Phuong, Head of the Department for Protection of Child Care and Gender Equality, the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, said: "There are many causes of child drowning accidents; In particular, the common cause of pitiful drowning accidents is the lack of supervision of adults and subjective parents so that children can freely play in dangerous areas such as rivers, streams, and ponds. lake. The drowning accident is also partly due to children not being able to swim, not being taught safety and handling situations when swimming and not having the skills to save. To prevent drowning for children, the first and most important thing is to teach children how to swim. However, the current teaching of swimming for children is difficult due to lack of pool ”.

Overcoming these limitations, over the past time, the provincial Department of Education and Training directed schools without swimming pools to coordinate with private swimming pools to contract swimming lessons for students, sending teachers to practice General training on drowning, instruction on how to teach swimming in schools and combine propaganda for parents and each student.

Reported by Kim Ha – Translated by Vi Bao