(Dan Tri) - 2023 marks 10 years since the education sector implemented Resolution 29 on fundamental and comprehensive innovation in education and training.
After 10 years of implementing Resolution No. 29-NQ/TW "On fundamental and comprehensive innovation of education and training, meeting the requirements of industrialization and modernization in the context of a socialist-oriented market economy and international integration" (Resolution 29), the education and training sector has gradually overcome difficulties and challenges to develop and achieve many important achievements. In 2023, the education sector will pay special attention to developing and caring for the teaching staff, from professional quality to quality of life, understanding the aspirations of teachers to find answers to the problem of fundamental and comprehensive innovation of the country's education. This is also one of the 10 outstanding policy highlights summarized by the Ministry of Education and Training in 2023. 10 years of education and training innovation in the spirit of Resolution 29 On December 14, the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) held a review of 10 years of implementing Resolution 29. The draft project summarizing Resolution 29 clearly identified the important achievements of fundamental and comprehensive innovation in education and training over the past 10 years. In the context of the country facing many difficulties and limited investment resources for innovation, the education and training sector has made outstanding developments, contributing greatly to improving people's knowledge, developing human resources, and nurturing talents; making important contributions to the country's socio-economic development and international integration.
A Vietnamese class for students in the highlands (Photo: Thanh Hang).
The draft also fully assesses the difficulties, obstacles, existing limitations and proposes orientations for education and training development in the next period in accordance with the international context and the socio-economic development conditions of the country. The Ministry of Education and Training consults with the Politburo to issue a directive document to create a breakthrough in fundamental and comprehensive innovation of education and training by 2030, with a vision to 2045 in the spirit of the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress. Organizing 6 conferences on education and training development in 6 socio-economic regions In 2023, the Ministry of Education and Training will organize 6 conferences on education and training development in 6 socio-economic regions to implement the Resolution of the Politburo on socio-economic development and ensuring national defense and security in the regions to 2030, with a vision to 2045 in the six socio-economic regions nationwide and the Government's Action Program. The conferences discussed in depth, correctly assessed the situation, and agreed on solutions for education and training development in the regions, thereby making an important contribution to implementing the goals and tasks set out in the Resolution of the Politburo. Thousands of delegates attending the conference discussed and identified the educational picture of each region; exchanged and shared experiences on what has been done in the past and proposed solutions to develop regional education to 2030, with a vision to 2045.
Dialogue conference with businesses investing in education in Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: Nguyen Huyen).
Along with the 6 conferences, the Ministry of Education and Training also issued 6 Action Plans to identify tasks and solutions for education and training development in 6 socio-economic regions. Mid-term assessment of the implementation of the 2018 General Education Program In 2023, the Ministry of Education and Training chaired the development of a mid-term assessment report on the implementation of the 2018 General Education Program to review the results achieved, advantages, difficulties, obstacles, causes and propose solutions to improve implementation efficiency in the following years. Halfway through the journey, it is shown that the implementation of the innovation of the general education program and textbooks has initially created very positive changes. The program has shifted from content-based education to students' competency-based education, changing teaching methods, testing methods, and assessment of learning outcomes. The 2018 general education program has initially demonstrated its suitability to practical conditions regarding the teaching staff, school facilities, techniques, and students' ability to absorb knowledge through more than four years of teaching and learning in grades 1, 2, 3 (Primary), 6, 7 (Middle School), and 10 (High School). "Promoting achievements and persevering with the goal of innovation" is considered by the Ministry of Education and Training as an important keyword in the next half of the 2018 general education program implementation. In particular, 4 groups of solutions have been specified in the mid-term assessment report of the Ministry of Education and Training, including: Continuing to develop the 2018 general education program; continuing to implement solutions to improve the quality of textbooks, ensuring enough textbooks; focusing on training and fostering to improve the quality of teachers and education managers at all levels; Ensure funding for investment and regular expenditures for education according to regulations. Approval of new textbooks: ensuring quality, appraisal according to plan By the end of 2023, the task of approving new textbooks according to the 2018 General Education Program has been completed by the Ministry of Education and Training. Up to now, textbooks implementing the 2018 General Education Program have been fully ensured according to the prescribed roadmap. The content and quality of textbooks meet the requirements, have been innovated in the direction of streamlining, increasing practice, and applying knowledge to practice.
New textbooks for grade 4 according to the 2018 General Education Program (Photo: My Ha).
The selection of textbooks is guided and adjusted by the Ministry of Education and Training according to the provisions of the 2019 Education Law. Localities deploy and apply flexibly according to the conditions of each locality, ensuring publicity and democracy in the selection of textbooks. At the same time, localities coordinate closely with publishers to promptly provide the number of textbooks for each school year. Determining the plan for high school graduation exams from 2025 On November 28, the Ministry of Education and Training issued Decision No. 4068/QD-BGDDT approving the "Plan for organizing the Exam and considering recognition of high school graduation from 2025". According to the plan, the content of the High School Graduation Exam from 2025 will closely follow the content of the 2018 General Education Program. Candidates will take compulsory exams in literature and mathematics along with 2 elective subjects from the remaining subjects studied in grade 12 (foreign languages, history, physics, chemistry, biology, geography, economic and legal education, information technology, technology). Along with the exam plan, the Ministry of Education and Training has also announced the exam format structure of the High School Graduation Exam from 2025 as a basis for schools, teachers, and students to refer to in the teaching and learning process. In the coming time, the Ministry of Education and Training will continue to implement the work and tasks according to the plan so that the implementation of the High School Graduation Exam Plan from 2025 ensures the requirements and progress set out. Policy innovation, staffing, attention and care for teachers' lives Caring for teachers' lives is a prominent mark of the education sector in 2023. The National Assembly's resolution on implementing the new salary policy from July 1, 2023 - raising the basic salary for cadres, civil servants and public employees to 1.8 million VND/month has helped improve teachers' salaries and incomes, thereby helping teachers to partly ensure their lives and feel secure in their profession. On September 25, the Government issued Decree 85/2023/ND-CP amending a number of articles of Decree 115/2020/ND-CP on recruitment and management of civil servants. Accordingly, the professional title promotion exam was officially abolished and replaced with promotion consideration. The abolition of the civil servant promotion exam has helped eliminate practical shortcomings and is in line with the aspirations of the majority of teachers. Also in 2023, the Ministry of Education and Training issued Circular No. 08/TT-BGDDT amending and supplementing a number of articles of Circulars No. 01/2021/TT-BGDDT, 02/2021/TT-BGDDT, 3/2021/TT-BGDDT and 04/2021/TT-BGDDT dated February 2, 2021 of the Ministry of Education and Training regulating codes, professional title standards and appointment and salary arrangement for teaching staff in public preschool and general education institutions. Many new points of Circular 08 have overcome previous limitations, creating convenience and motivation for the teaching staff. Continuing to implement the Politburo's Decision on assigning additional teacher positions to localities in the 2022-2026 period, in 2024, localities will continue to be assigned to add 27,800 teacher positions, contributing to solving the shortage of teachers in preschools and general schools. In particular, on July 7, the Government issued Resolution No. 95/NQ-CP; in which the Ministry of Education and Training was assigned to coordinate with ministries and branches to submit to the National Assembly for promulgation of the Law on Teachers, creating conditions for creating and developing the teaching staff, enhancing the position of teachers and the education sector. Currently, the Ministry of Education and Training - the assigned unit - is actively coordinating with relevant ministries, branches and agencies to draft the Law on Teachers, ensuring progress and quality. Minister meets over one million teachers nationwide On August 15, Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son had an online meeting with over one million teachers nationwide. This is the first time this activity has been organized. Before it took place, through the channel of the Vietnam Education Trade Union, more than 6,300 questions were sent to the Minister.
Minister Nguyen Kim Son at the event meeting with more than 1 million teachers nationwide (Photo: MOET).
At the meeting, the Minister discussed and answered a series of opinions and questions related to teacher policies such as standards, salaries, and allowances for teachers; regulations on retirement age for teachers; specific policies for preschool teachers; policies and job positions for staff in schools; regulations on university autonomy; policies on investment in scientific research; university education infrastructure, etc. Sharing at the meeting, Minister Nguyen Kim Son affirmed: The leaders of the Ministry of Education and Training determined that developing the teaching staff is the most important, fundamental, sustainable, and decisive factor to complete the task of innovation and improve the quality of education. Developing the teaching staff is the solution of all solutions. Teachers are the most valuable asset of our industry. The leaders of the Ministry will try to do everything and take every measure to improve the position, develop the teaching staff, and innovate the teaching staff. Fully digitize the education sector database and connect with national databases In 2023, the education sector will put into operation the higher education database (HEMIS) for the first time, including online enrollment on HEMIS. The Hemis system has been seamlessly connected to the national insurance database and synchronized data on workers and jobs. The Ministry of Education and Training has synchronized data on workers and jobs of over 97,000 students who graduated in 2022 and nearly 7,400 students who graduated in 2023. Previously, the databases on preschool education, general education, and continuing education were reviewed, fully collected, cleaned, and connected with national databases on population, insurance, civil servants, and public employees to serve national digital transformation. To date, the Ministry of Education and Training has authenticated and identified nearly 24.21/25 million electronic records of citizens who are teachers and students; synchronized and enriched the population information data (specialized in education and training) of more than 24 million citizens who are teachers, managers and students. Launching the national movement to compete in building a learning society, promoting lifelong learning On June 10, the Ministry of Education and Training chaired and coordinated with the Vietnam Association for Promoting Education and relevant agencies to organize the launching ceremony of the Movement "The whole country competes in building a learning society, promoting lifelong learning in the period of 2023-2030". The launching ceremony aims to continue to promote the strength of the entire political system in propagating and raising awareness of all classes of people about the role, significance and necessity of lifelong learning, building a learning society. The Project "Building a Learning Society" was approved by the Prime Minister and implemented since 2005 in the periods of 2005-2010, 2012-2020 and 2021-2030. The implementation of these Projects has brought about many important results. However, in the actual implementation process, it has shown that there are still limitations and barriers to building a learning society in Vietnam. Maintaining the top 10 countries with the highest results in international Olympic competitions 2023 continues to mark a successful year for key education, when Vietnamese student teams participating in international and regional Olympic competitions continuously bring home high achievements. 7 student delegations participated in regional and international Olympics with 36 students participating, including: 1 IT delegation participating in Asia-Pacific Olympics, 1 physics delegation participating in Asia Olympics and 5 delegations participating in international Olympics: math, chemistry, biology, physics and IT.
Vietnam team at the 2023 International Chemistry Olympiad (Photo: MOET).
All the contestants won prizes, with 8 Gold medals, 12 Silver medals, 12 Bronze medals and 4 Certificates of Merit. Vietnamese student delegations competing in 2023 continued to maintain their achievements in the top 10 countries with the highest results, with many students achieving the highest scores. In the past 5 years, 174 students participated in international and regional Olympic competitions, bringing home 170 medals and certificates of merit. Of which, there were 54 Gold medals, 68 Silver medals, 40 Bronze medals and 8 Certificates of Merit.
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