Situation response skills equipped are very diverse, such as traffic participation, drowning prevention, safety in cyberspace, handling situations during fires, or when violence occurs... Equipping life skills and safety skills for students is always a focus of implementation at Bế Văn Đàn Primary School (Điện Biên Phủ ward). For primary students, teachers implement many activities integrated into lessons and collective activity hours; focusing on basic life skills, safety when playing alone, behavior, communication with teachers and friends, traffic culture, escape route finding skills, body protection skills, avoiding abuse... Nguyễn Văn Dũng, Vice Principal of Bế Văn Đàn Primary School, said: “Along with proactive organization and implementation, the school regularly coordinates with students’ families, the health sector, the police... to educate them on necessary safety skills, suitable for their age, creating a toolkit for them to know how to protect themselves and behave safely in unexpected situations.”

Suitable for age and locality, schools equip students with many skills, and the methods of transmission and organization sometimes differ. A few years ago, Thanh Luông Secondary School (Thanh Nưa commune) had a case of a student suffering a serious accident while participating in traffic, so every school year, the school specifically equips students with traffic safety skills. At the beginning of the school year, the school coordinated with the Road Traffic Police Team No.2 under the provincial Police Department and Honda Nam A Company to organize a legal information dissemination program with the theme “Traffic safety for tomorrow’s smile.” All students and teachers participated and practiced handling situations. Here, traffic police officers integrated many practical contents such as: The traffic violation status of a segment of students; safe traffic participation rules; recognizing basic traffic signs... Students watched illustrative videos and participated in answering questions, thereby easily absorbing and mastering basic regulations in the Road Traffic Law. Notably, at the program, they practiced wearing helmets and sitting correctly and safely on motorbikes.

Lò Thị Quyên, an 8th-grade student, shared: “Through the program, I have gained more knowledge about the Road Traffic Law, types of signs, and safety skills when participating in traffic. When I go home, I will remind my parents and siblings to implement them together to travel safely.”

Nguyễn Đức Hồng, Principal of Thanh Luông Secondary School, emphasized: “This is a meaningful activity, helping them firmly grasp legal knowledge and train practical skills. The school will continue to coordinate with functional forces to maintain this regularly, creating a positive change in students’ awareness and behavior.”

At Ta Ma Ethnic Boarding Secondary School (Pú Nhung commune), students are enriched with many important knowledges and skills, helping them protect themselves. From the beginning of the school year until now, the school has coordinated with the police force, the health sector, area programs, Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation... to organize many skill education sessions for students. Equipped knowledge and skills include: Fire prevention and fighting, traffic safety, drug prevention, prevention of human trafficking and child labor, adolescent reproductive health, self-protection skills... Phan Văn Đạt, Principal of the school, shared: “In difficult areas, there is still a risk of students dropping out of school halfway due to child marriage or going to work. Therefore, the school always focuses on psychological counseling for students and building behavioral skills for them within the school and in society, to protect themselves in different situations and circumstances.”

Activities equipping life skills and safety skills have become an indispensable part of the modern education program, creating a solid “shield” to help students be confident, safe, and develop comprehensively in a volatile world.