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| Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son met with teachers, managers and employees in the education sector. (Source: VGP) |
Let's review the milestones of the education industry in 2023:
1. Foreign language - optional subject in the 2025 high school graduation exam
On November 28, the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) issued a Decision approving the "Plan to organize the Exam and consider recognizing high school graduation from 2025".
Accordingly, candidates must take compulsory exams in Literature, Mathematics and 2 subjects that candidates can choose from the remaining subjects studied in grade 12, including: Foreign Language, History, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, Economic and Legal Education, Information Technology, and Technology.
According to the official plan of the Ministry of Education and Training, although they are compulsory subjects at the high school level according to the 2018 general education program, Foreign Languages and History are classified as optional subjects. The high school graduation exam from 2025 will still be held nationwide with the same questions, same exam sessions, and same time according to the regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training.
2. The painful problem of school violence
The year 2023 marked many innovations and achievements in the education sector, but school violence is still a painful situation, causing public outrage. A series of cases of violence between students and students and teachers have been named.
Some of the cases include the case of a female teacher in Tuyen Quang who was insulted by her whole class and had sandals thrown at her face; a 7th grade male student in Vung Tau stabbed a female classmate and then committed suicide; an IT student stabbed two female high school students to death; a 7th grade male student at Dai Dong Secondary School, Thach That District, Hanoi was beaten by a group of friends to the point of having to be hospitalized for treatment of mental disorders; or an 8th grade male student whose private parts were touched by friends in Ung Hoa, Hanoi.
According to statistics from the Ministry of Education and Training, from September 2021 to early November 2023, there were 699 school violence cases nationwide, involving 2,016 students, including 854 female students. On average, there is one school violence case for every 50 educational institutions. Notably, school violence cases involving a large number of students are increasingly high. School violence occurs both inside and outside of schools...
3. "Impressive" achievements in the international arena
According to the representative of the Ministry of Education and Training, 2023 is a year of many outstanding achievements of the teams participating in the International and Regional Olympics and the International Science and Technology Competition. Specifically, Vietnam has 7 student delegations with 36 students participating, including 1 Informatics delegation participating in the Asia-Pacific Olympics, 1 Physics delegation participating in the Asia Olympics and 5 delegations participating in the International Olympics including Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology, Physics and Informatics.
Vietnamese student delegations achieved excellent results with 8 Gold Medals, 12 Silver Medals, 12 Bronze Medals and 4 Certificates of Merit. Vietnamese student delegations participating in the competition were continuously in the top 10 countries with the highest results and many Vietnamese students achieved the highest scores.
In order to recognize and commend the efforts of teachers and students of the teams, the Minister of Education and Training signed a decision to award Certificates of Merit to 5 students, 5 groups and 37 teachers.
3. Organizing a conference to summarize 10 years of implementing Resolution No. 29-NQ/TW
In mid-December 2023, the Ministry of Education and Training held a conference to review 10 years of implementing Resolution No. 29-NQ/TW on fundamental and comprehensive innovation of education and training, meeting the needs of industrialization and modernization in the context of a socialist-oriented market economy and international integration.
According to the Report of the Ministry of Education and Training, after 10 years of implementing Resolution 29, the education sector has achieved a number of important results such as: the system of leadership documents, instructions, and implementation guidance has been issued relatively comprehensively and comprehensively; the national education system has been basically completed in an open direction, the scale of education and the network of educational institutions have developed, better meeting the lifelong learning needs of the people; promulgating and organizing the implementation of the new General Education Program, shifting from focusing on knowledge transfer to comprehensive development of students' qualities and abilities; implementing a program of many textbooks and socialization in compiling and publishing textbooks has initially created positive changes; innovation in exams, tests, and assessments, especially high school graduation exams and university, college of education, and vocational education admissions are increasingly more substantial and effective...
Besides the achieved results, after 10 years of implementing Resolution 29, there are still shortcomings and limitations such as the propaganda and dissemination work to implement Resolution 29-NQ/TW in some places is still formalistic and not very effective.
The institutionalization of Resolution 29-NQ/TW is still slow, lacking in synchronization and connectivity between related policies and new policies on education and training; lacking mechanisms and policies that prioritize education and training, failing to demonstrate the viewpoint that "Education and training are the top national policy". The effectiveness and efficiency of state management of education and training are still limited; the implementation of autonomy in education and training institutions still faces many difficulties.
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| Teacher Pham Thi Thanh Thuy with her students. |
4. Increase teacher salaries
From July 1, 2023, the basic salary for officials, civil servants and public employees will increase to 1.8 million VND/month. Therefore, teachers' salaries have also been adjusted from this time.
Current salaries of teachers are as follows: At primary, secondary and high school levels, the lowest salary is 4,212 million VND and the highest is 12,204 million VND. For preschool teachers, the lowest salary is 3,780 million VND and the highest is 11,484 million VND.
Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra informed the National Assembly that teachers' salaries will be given top priority in the salary scale of the administrative and career sector when reforming salaries. Overall, teachers' current income includes salary plus professional title allowances. Overall, teachers' salaries have improved but are still low.
5. Digital transformation in education and training
By 2023, the Ministry of Education and Training will have collected information from 100% of schools (about 53,000 schools) at preschool and general education levels: with 1.6 million records of teachers and education managers; 2.4 million records, student learning outcomes, student physical information; Connection (API) with more than 17,083 schools....
In particular, the Ministry of Education and Training has deployed the Higher Education Database (HEMIS): Collecting and digitizing data of 442 training institutions, 152,470 lecturers, 2,102,165 students. At the same time, collecting data on scientific research, facilities, finance, cooperation with enterprises, and international cooperation.
In addition, the Ministry has also had many solutions to promote the application of information technology and digital transformation in management and operation; promote administrative reform in the education sector. Regarding digital transformation in teaching and learning, the Ministry of Education and Training has implemented more than 7,000 E-learning lectures and video lectures, and implemented electronic versions of all general education textbooks.
Regarding higher education, the Ministry and universities are building a shared open online training platform for universities (MOET-MOOC).
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| The education sector in 2023 will reap many successes and innovations, supported by teachers, students, parents and experts. (Photo: Pham Thi Thanh Thuy) |
6. Eliminate exams for promotion to teacher professional titles
In 2023, the Government issued Decree 85/2023/ND-CP amending a number of articles of Decree 115/2020/ND-CP dated September 25, 2023 on recruitment and management of civil servants, including amending the standards and conditions for registration for consideration of promotion to professional titles.
With this Decree, the civil servant promotion exam will be officially abolished, and instead, promotion will be considered. Civil servants can register for promotion to the next higher professional title when meeting all standards and conditions.
Accordingly, civil servants must be classified as having completed their tasks well or better in the year of work immediately preceding the year of consideration for promotion to professional title; have good political qualities and professional ethics; not be subject to disciplinary action; and not be subject to disciplinary regulations as prescribed.
Previously, in August, thousands of teachers in Hanoi and several provinces across the country submitted a petition to abolish the promotion exam and the 9-year university requirement. Immediately after the decision was made to abolish the promotion exam for professional titles, teachers across the country happily supported it.
7. Compile a set of textbooks
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha recently signed and issued Directive No. 32/CT-TTg dated December 25, 2023 of the Prime Minister on continuing to promote fundamental and comprehensive innovation of general education.
The Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Education and Training to summarize the implementation of the innovation of general education programs and textbooks in 2018, on that basis propose a plan and report to the Government to submit to the National Assembly the organization of compiling a set of textbooks according to the provisions of Resolution No. 88/2014/QH13 of the National Assembly in 2025; issue documents guiding the method of pricing textbooks, ensuring strict control of production and distribution costs to reduce textbook prices; promote propaganda work, strengthen inspection and examination of the implementation of innovation of general education programs and textbooks.
8. For the first time, the Minister of Education and Training met with teachers, managers and employees of the education sector.
On August 15, 2023, the Ministry of Education and Training coordinated with the Vietnam Education Trade Union to organize the event "Minister of Education and Training meets with teachers, managers and staff of the education sector".
The event was held online so that all teachers, managers, and employees of the education sector nationwide could attend. The main bridge was located at the headquarters of the Ministry of Education and Training, connecting with provinces and cities through 63 bridges of the Departments of Education and Training and more than 400 bridges of universities and colleges.
At the program, teachers had the opportunity to share and make many recommendations related to the mentioned 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, etc.
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