The above content was stated by the General Secretary at a meeting with representatives of teachers and education managers on the occasion of Vietnamese Teachers' Day this morning, November 18.
General Secretary To Lam affirmed that education is always the top national policy and the future of the nation, so the Party and State always give priority to this field.
In the context of the world in a period of epochal change, competition in human resource quality is identified as a core development opportunity, the General Secretary suggested three major issues for the education sector.
General Secretary To Lam speaks at the event.
Firstly, the highest goal now is to complete the cause of innovation, creating human resources for building and defending the Fatherland in the era of national development. This is a difficult and challenging task, but the "popular education" movement has reinforced the firm belief that we will succeed when we have clear goals, smart policies and creative ways of doing things.
The education sector must prioritize human development with personality, lifestyle, legal knowledge and civic awareness; strongly innovate educational content and methods towards streamlining, modernity, increasing practice, focusing on real learning, avoiding the disease of achievement. With university education, it is necessary to strongly shift from equipping knowledge as the main goal to teaching skills, teaching how to learn and how to think.
"Strive to increase Vietnam's education ranking on the regional and international map, specifically by 2030, Vietnam will be among the top three ASEAN countries in terms of the number of international publications and the impact index of scientific research works, with universities in the top 100 universities in the world," the General Secretary directed.
Over the past three years, with about 18,000 international publications each year, Vietnam has been in the top 50 countries leading in this activity. In terms of university rankings, the highest position a Vietnamese university has achieved is in the top 400-500 in the world, according to THE.
Second, the General Secretary pointed out a number of things that the education sector needs to do immediately, such as finding solutions to completely eliminate illiteracy; launching a "popular digital education" movement to popularize digital transformation knowledge for the entire population. The education sector needs to focus on reviewing and completely resolving the shortage of schools and classrooms in some big cities, industrial parks, densely populated areas, and mountainous areas, solidifying schools and classrooms, and ensuring accommodation for teachers in remote areas and ethnic minority areas.
At the same time, the education sector needs to ensure that the state budget for education accounts for at least 20% of the total expenditure in accordance with the Resolution set forth by the Party. There are mechanisms and preferential policies to attract non-state resources to invest in education and training development. Rely on the people, mobilize the people's strength, and organize the people to do education together with the lowest cost and maximum efficiency.
Third , is to develop the teaching force in both quality and quantity. The General Secretary requested the education sector to study mechanisms and policies to solve the shortage of teachers, attract talented people, develop a team of leading experts and scientists, and build a healthy learning environment.
At the same time, the education sector needs to research breakthrough solutions to develop a team of leading experts and scientists who work in the education sector and contribute to other sectors and fields. Build a truly healthy learning environment, with close and regular coordination between schools, families, authorities and local socio-political organizations; clearly define the responsibilities of the school, the responsibilities of the family and the responsibilities of society.
The General Secretary emphasized that we are standing at the door of history to realize the wish of the great President Ho Chi Minh, and can only successfully realize his wish when and only when we successfully complete the task of reforming education and training. The glorious responsibility requires great efforts, strong breakthroughs, and the united efforts of the entire Party, the entire people, and the entire army, first and foremost, the team of teachers and educational managers under the leadership of the Party.
"I believe that with a country and a nation that has a tradition of loving learning and respecting talents; a team of dedicated teachers who love their jobs, are willing to sacrifice and are committed to their profession; and with the decisive and synchronous participation of the entire political system, the entire education sector will overcome all difficulties, overcome all challenges, and successfully implement educational and training innovation," said the Party leader.
Previously, the General Secretary acknowledged the achievements that the education sector has made in recent times, such as completing universal education for 5-year-old children; the quality of general education (both mass and spearhead) has improved; international scientific publications have increased sharply. In addition, the General Secretary also said that it is necessary to "frankly acknowledge" the aspects that have not been done. Typically, education reform has been going on for decades, but basically there has not been any real change in quality, and has not met expectations.
The educational method has not promoted the positivity and creativity of learners, has not focused on training skills and qualities for learners; the effectiveness of educational investment is not commensurate with the policy of education as the top national policy. Or the situation of lack of schools and classes in some big cities, industrial zones, densely populated areas, mountainous areas, illiteracy, re-illiteracy in remote areas is very worrying. The teaching staff is still lacking in quantity, a part is weak in professional capacity, not actively innovating, a small part still shows signs of violating ethics, causing negative influence on public opinion.
The General Secretary also pointed out long-standing limitations that have not been completely resolved, such as the quality of education at all levels is generally heavy on theory and light on practice; tens of thousands of bachelors and masters graduates cannot find jobs, causing great waste.
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