The national teleconference summarizing the 2024-2025 school year and deploying tasks for the 2025-2026 school year

At the provincial bridge point, in the attendance were comrades: Nguyen Huu Nghia, Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Nguyen Khac Than, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Pham Dong Thuy, Member of the Provincial Party Committee’s Standing Board, Director of the Department of Education and Training; Pham Van Nghiem, Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; leaders of the provincial departments, branches and sectors.

Comrade Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Huu Nghia, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Khac Than and delegates attend the conference at the provincial bridge point.

In the 2024-2025 school year, the entire education sector has completed the plans and tasks assigned by the Party, the National Assembly, the Government and the Prime Minister, achieving a lot of important results. Notably, the Ministry of Education and Training advised the National Assembly to pass the Law on Teachers No. 73/2025/QH15; at the same time, issued 02 Resolutions on universalizing preschool education for children aged 3-5, exempting and supporting tuition fees for preschool children, general education students and people studying general education programs.

In the organizational arrangement, the Ministry has streamlined the structure from 23 to 18 units; carried out decentralization between the Central and local levels according to the direction of the Government, helping to manage education flexibly and effectively. The quality of education at all levels continues to be improved. By June 2025, many provinces and cities have achieved higher levels of primary and secondary education universalization and illiteracy eradication. The 2018 general education program has been implemented synchronously from grades 1 to 12. The 2025 high school graduation exam is the first exam under the 2018 general education program to be organized safely and objectively.

The key education has achieved impressive results, in which Vietnamese students won two second prizes, one third prize, three fourth prizes, and five special prizes at the International Science and Technology Competition. This is the highest result since 2013. In addition, 100% of contestants participating in international Olympics won medals, including 13 gold medals, 16 silver medals, and 8 bronze medals. In the International Mathematical Olympiad, Vietnam ranked 9/113 countries, and in the International Physics Olympiad it was in the top 10/94 countries and territories.

At the university level, many high-tech human resource training projects have been submitted to the Government; the enrollment scale of STEM majors has increased sharply. Notably, six Vietnamese training institutions are listed in the QS World Ranking and nine institutions in The World University Rankings 2025.

The teaching and education management staff has been supplemented, overcoming the shortage and imbalance in structure. Digital transformation has been accelerated with 24.55 million records connected to the national database. The online enrollment system has reached the "full process" level, allowing candidates to register for exams and admission completely online. Many localities have deployed AI in teaching and digitalizing electronic transcripts. The Ministry also submitted to the Government a plan to cut 30% of business investment conditions, processing time and the costs for administrative procedure compliance.

In the 2025-2026 school year, the education sector has identified the theme of the school year as "Discipline - Creativity - Breakthrough - Development", focusing on perfecting institutions, improving the effectiveness and efficiency of state management of education; innovating school governance; continuing to innovate and improve the quality of education levels, ensuring fairness in access to education for learners; mobilizing investment resources for education; promoting digital transformation associated with improving the quality of human resources in education and international cooperation...

Speaking at the conference, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh acknowledged and commended the results and achievements that the education sector reaped in the past school year; and emphasized as follows: The 2025-2026 school year is the first year of implementing the Resolution of the 14th National Party Congress, the Resolution of the National Assembly on the 5-year socio-economic development plan 2026-2030; at the same time, it is also the school year when the whole country implements the Resolution of the Politburo on making breakthroughs in education and training development, the Law on Education, the Resolution of the National Assembly on tuition exemption and support for preschool children, general education students and other important policies and guidelines. Therefore, the education sector needs to overcome difficulties and focus on solutions to successfully implement the set goals.

The Prime Minister outlines the limitations, shortcomings, difficulties and challenges for the education and training sector - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac

The Prime Minister requested the education sector, all levels, sectors and the entire political system to continue to focus on, thoroughly grasp and implement the key viewpoint of "students as the center and subject; teachers as the driving force; schools as the support; families as the fulcrum; society as the foundation"; at the same time, clearly defining the task of education as not only the task of the education sector but also the common task of the whole society. To continue to strongly innovate the education method in the direction that all citizens have equal access to education; equip modern and unified equipment, facilities and curriculum; combine learning with practice, in line with the country's development roadmap.

The Prime Minister also assigned ten specific tasks to the education sector and localities, focusing on preparing well the conditions for organizing the opening ceremony of the new school year, ensuring solemnity and innovation. Do not let students lack schools, lack teachers, lack food and clothing; continue to improve the state management system and prioritize resources for education; develop a team of teachers and educational managers to meet the requirements of the task; strengthen teaching gifted students...; continue to review and plan the education network at all levels in conjunction with the socialization of education for all people.