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Students learn how to swim at a pool in HCMC. Photo courtesy of the HCMC Department of Education and Training

 

While the high rate of drowning deaths is attributed to the lack of swimming lessons at schools, the fact is that most lack the resources to provide the lessons.

 

Designating swimming as an elective course in schools has led to many people regarding it as "unimportant," many physical education experts point out.

 

"Swimming as a school subject is not well respected because achievements in it are not cherished unlike other subjects," Nguyen Van Hoa, founder of the Nguyen Binh Khiem-Cau Giay School in Hanoi, said.

 

Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/kids-drowning-deaths-schools-lack-wherewithal-for-swimming-lessons-4453889.html

 

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