Universal Journal of Educational Research 8(11): 5425-5432, 2020 http://www.hrpub.org DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2020.081145 Educating Children's Rights and Responsibilities for Elementary School Students of Tay-Nung Ethnic Groups in the Northern Mountainous Regions – Vietnam Nguyen Thi Ngoc * , Nguyen Thi Thanh Huyen Faculty of Psychology and Education, Thai Nguyen University, Vietnam Received July 23, 2020; Revised September 4, 2020; Accepted September 23, 2020 Cite This Paper in the following Citation Styles (a): [1] Nguyen Thi Ngoc, Nguyen Thi Thanh Huyen , "Educating Children's Rights and Responsibilities for Elementary School Students of Tay-Nung Ethnic Groups in the Northern Mountainous Regions – Vietnam," Universal Journal of Educational Research, Vol. 8, No. 11, pp. 5425 - 5432, 2020. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2020.081145. (b): Nguyen Thi Ngoc, Nguyen Thi Thanh Huyen (2020). Educating Children's Rights and Responsibilities for Elementary School Students of Tay-Nung Ethnic Groups in the Northern Mountainous Regions – Vietnam. Universal Journal of Educational Research, 8(11), 5425 - 5432. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2020.081145. Copyright©2020 by authors, all rights reserved. Authors agree that this article remains permanently open access under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 International License Abstract Educating children's rights and responsibilities for Tay and Nung elementary school students is an important educational content contributing to the implementation of comprehensive educational goals for ethnic minority pupils of primary schools who are living in the mountainous areas of Northern Vietnam. The rights and duties of students are mainly carried out in life and are greatly influenced by cultural characteristics of the nation such as customs, ways of life, communication, festivals, beliefs, spirituality, etc. The problem is to clarify the theoretical basis for using local knowledge in educating students' rights and responsibilities, analyzing the reality of exploiting local knowledge in educating Tay and Nung elementary school students. Since then some measures are proposed to educate children's rights and responsibilities through the use of local knowledge in the Northern Upland region. In this paper, the author has used a paper-based survey method and direct interviews with students and teachers in 6 mountainous provinces in Northern Vietnam. The survey was conducted by the support of 618 Tay-Nung ethnic minority students and 245 teachers and administrators. Through the results achieved in this study, we need to integrate the education of children in this mountainous area by incorporating real life. The habits and culture of mountainous children need to be emphasized in education because this combination makes sense for educating students' rights and obligations. Besides, we can preserve the cultural identity of the Tay and Nung ethnic groups. This is of great significance in designing a complete educational program that aims to educate the children. Keywords Local Knowledge, Education, Rights and Responsibilities, Elementary School Student, Tay and Nung Ethnic Groups 1. Introduction In the context of social life today, the issue of child rights violations is complicated in many countries around the world. Therefore, it is imperative to increase the education of children's rights and responsibilities for elementary school children. Elementary students in each ethnic minority community living in different localities enjoy children's rights and perform their duties with unique characteristics. These rights and duties must conform to the culture, customs, practices and lifestyles of the local ethnic community. Tay and Nung elementary school students in the northern mountainous areas of Vietnam enjoy a rich spiritual life with cultural values imbued with national characteristics. That is the local knowledge contained in customs, practices, ways of life, communication, festivals, beliefs, spirituality, etc. If we know how to exploit the local knowledge to apply to the teaching process education on