The Provincial People's Committee gives feedback on the draft plan for reforming and developing the education and training system.
On the afternoon of March 23, the Provincial People's Committee held a meeting to give feedback on the draft plan for reforming, developing, and improving the effectiveness of the education and training system to meet the development requirements of Hung Yen province in the period 2026-2030, with a vision to 2045. Mr. Pham Van Nghiem, the Provincial Party Committee’s Member and Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, chaired the meeting. In the attendance were Mr. Pham Dong Thuy, Member of the Standing Board of the Provincial Party Committee and Director of the Department of Education and Training, along with leaders of relevant departments and agencies.
The delegates attend the meeting.
Accordingly, the development of the plan is necessary in the context of education continuing to be identified as a top national priority, strongly impacted by digital transformation and the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Following the administrative merger of Hung Yen and Thai Binh provinces, the scale of the education system has rapidly increased, creating an urgent need for network restructuring, quality improvement, and narrowing the gap between regions.
Currently, the province has 498 preschools, 720 general education institutions with over 577,000 students; 48 vocational education institutions and 7 universities. The annual high school graduation rate is over 99%. However, the Education and Training sector still faces difficulties such as teacher shortages, inconsistent infrastructure, disparities in quality between regions, and low effectiveness of vocational education.
The plan sets the overall goal for 2030 to develop the education and training system towards an open, modern, synchronized, interconnected, and high-quality direction; ensuring equity in access to education and lifelong learning opportunities; building an advanced, integrated education system that meets the requirements for developing high-quality human resources.
Specifically, by 2030, Hung Yen province strives to complete the planning of a streamlined and rational network of educational facilities; firmly maintain universal education at all levels; ensure a high rate of school attendance at the appropriate age; develop a teaching staff that is sufficient in quantity and balanced in structure, with 100% meeting the required training standards. Educational infrastructure is invested in comprehensively, ensuring 100% of classrooms are solid; the percentage of schools meeting national standards reaches approximately 95%, including 100% of public schools; digital infrastructure is completed, with 100% of educational institutions connected to high-speed internet, gradually building a digital education ecosystem. The quality of education is comprehensively improved, with the high school graduation rate exceeding 99.5%; the percentage of students with good academic results increases; and emphasis is placed on developing foreign language, technology, artificial intelligence, and digital skills for students. Vocational and higher education develops in an applied direction, linked to the needs of businesses; the percentage of trained workers with degrees and certificates reaches over 40.5%.
The vision for 2045 is for the province to build a modern, internationally integrated, high-quality education system; to become a center for training and developing high-quality human resources for the region and the whole country; and to identify education and training as a truly important driving force for rapid and sustainable socio-economic development.
At the meeting, delegates focused on discussing and contributing ideas on the legal basis, assessing the current situation, objectives, and implementation solutions, emphasizing the need to forecast student numbers, improve the quality of vocational and higher education, and enhance the effectiveness of educational management…
A representative of the Provincial Public Security speaks at the meeting.
Mr. Pham Dong Thuy, Director of the Department of Education and Training, speaks at the meeting.
Leader of the Department of Internal Affairs speaks at the meeting.
Leader of the Department of Finance speaks at the meeting.
Leader of the Department of Construction speaks at the meeting.
Leader of the Department of Health speaks at the meeting.
Leader of the Provincial People's Committee’s Office speaks at the meeting.
Concluding the meeting, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Pham Van Nghiem requested the Department of Education and Training to fully incorporate the opinions, finalize the Project; supplement the legal basis; conduct a more in-depth assessment of specialized education, vocational education, and higher education; and update the data on the workforce, especially in the university sector, as a basis for a comprehensive assessment of the current state of education and training in the province.
The Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee delivers the concluding remarks at the meeting.
The Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested that the Project include a forecast of student numbers to proactively arrange and expand the school network accordingly. To clearly define the objectives of educational governance in accordance with the spirit of Resolution No. 71-NQ/TW dated August 22, 2025, of the Politburo on making breakthroughs in education and training development; and simultaneously research and develop a system of specific and feasible solutions associated with each specific project and plan within this draft.
Regarding each content of the draft, he assigned the Department of Education and Training and the Office of the Provincial People's Committee to coordinate in reviewing and advising, ensuring quality and progress for submission to competent authorities for consideration and approval.
