Summary of the 2023-2024 school year for secondary education and continuing education

September 10, 2024 - 13:04 https://www.vietnam.vn/en/tong-ket-nam-hoc-2023-2024-doi-voi-giao-duc-trung-hoc-giao-duc-thuong-xuyen/ Director of the Department of Secondary Education Nguyen Xuan Thanh reported at the conference

Develop school scale and improve the quality of teaching and learning

Reporting on the results of the 2023-2024 school year for secondary education, Director of the Department of Secondary Education Nguyen Xuan Thanh said: In the 2023-2024 school year, secondary education will implement the 2018 General Education Program for for grades 6, 7, 8, 10, 11 and the 2006 General Education Program for grades 9 and 12; continue to prepare conditions to implement the 2018 General Education Program for grades 9 and 12 from the 2024-2025 school year.

This is also the school year to continue implementing the Supervision Program of the National Assembly Standing Committee implementing Resolution 88 on general education programs and textbooks; Carry out mid-term evaluation of the implementation of the 2018 General Education Program of the Ministry of Education and Training.

The 2023-2024 school year will see an increase in the number of students at both levels. The number of secondary school students is 6.550.552, an increase of 472.852 students compared to the previous school year. The number of high school students is 2.993.731, an increase of 106.166 students compared to the 2022-2023 school year.

Regarding universal education, 63/63 province meets the universal secondary education standard at 1 level; 2 level accounts for 23,8% and 3 level accounts for 12,69%. 100% rate of districts and communes achieving universal secondary education.

Regarding career guidance education and student stream orientation, most educational institutions have proactively developed plans and streamed students in general education in an open direction, implementing goal innovation, The content and form of vocational education in the current general education program are consistent with the 2018 General Education Program.

In the 2023-2024 school year, at the middle and high school levels, the total number of teachers, administrators, and staff increased by 2.641 and 1.803 teachers respectively compared to the 2022-2023 school year. Localities have organized training for teachers and administrators of core and mass general education establishments. One of the new points in the training and professional development of teachers in this educational innovation is the strengthening of teachers' self-training and self-training abilities.

The implementation of "one program, many textbooks" has been implemented effectively, promoting outstanding advantages that help change the fundamental shift from teaching to impart knowledge to teaching to develop qualities and abilities. student power. Difficulties and obstacles in assigning teachers and organizing teaching of new subjects have basically been resolved.

The work of innovating educational methods is carried out in all educational institutions. Students promote initiative and creativity, teachers play the role of organizer, checker, and orientator. Diverse forms of teaching organization, gradually applying advanced technology. The quality of key education achieves good results; National teams participating in regional and international Olympic competitions in 2024 achieved high results.

The method of testing and quality assessment has gradually shifted from testing knowledge to assessing the capacity and qualities of learners; Measure students' progress in the learning process and the degree to which they meet the requirements of subjects and educational activities, ensuring reliability, fairness, and objectivity.

The results of the program show that students are bold, confident, dare to express their opinions and have many outstanding skills, especially proactively accepting teachers' tasks, and their ability to work in groups has improved. improve and help students apply the knowledge they have learned into more practice.

Awareness of continuing education and lifelong learning has changed positively

Reporting on the results of implementing tasks for the 2023-2024 school year for continuing education, Director of the Department of Continuing Education Hoang Duc Minh said: The scale and network of continuing education establishments in localities about basically remained stable during the past school year. The network of continuing education establishments has contributed to promoting community learning and building a learning society from the grassroots up. In the 2023-2024 school year, the total number of continuing education establishments is 19.055 centers, an increase of 498 centers compared to the 2022-2023 school year.

Director of the Continuing Education Department Hoang Duc Minh informed at the conference

State management of continuing education in this school year has been renewed direction to promote decentralization, enhance autonomy and governance for the grassroots, along with that Strengthen the accountability of facility heads; inspection, inspection and supervision work Monitoring is concretized and specialized in each specific field; quality, efficiency Continuing education programs are emphasized.

Every year, the Departments of Education and Training have issued documents directing, inspecting and supervising the entire system of continuing education centers and vocational education centers - continuing education to operate properly. . Instruct the Department of Education and Training to direct community learning centers to evaluate and classify according to the guidance of the Ministry of Education and Training.

The activities of community learning centers have initially contributed to raising people's awareness in complying with the state's guidelines, policies and laws; contributing to the implementation of the local socio-economic development plan goals: reducing poor households, increasing average income, and stable security order.

The fact that localities have done well in universalizing primary and secondary education, along with local socio-economic development, has led to the number of students studying the continuing education program at secondary level in the 2023 school year. -2024 decreased compared to the previous school year. Many localities have actively directed the Steering Committee for universal education and literacy in communes to promote propaganda, mobilization, and mobilization of people who cannot read, know, and people who do not meet literacy standards to participate in education. literacy classes.

Departments of Education and Training have focused on directing and guiding the implementation of new continuing education programs at middle and high school levels. Some centers have also proactively advised on building facilities, purchasing equipment, and preparing teacher resources to be ready for the implementation of the new high school continuing education program. Many centers have closely followed the direction of innovating the High School Continuing Education Program to proactively recruit missing teachers or send teachers for training, refresher training, and additional training ready to implement the Program. Quality and effective continuing education at secondary and high school levels.

Coordinate smoothly, smoothly and effectively

Deputy Minister Pham Ngoc Thuong, Director of the Department of Secondary Education, Director of the Department of Continuing Education chaired the discussion

Evaluating the implementation of the 2018 General Education Program in the locality, Director of the Department of Education and Training of Thua Thien Hue province, Nguyen Tan, commented: The Ministry of Education and Training has worked closely with the grassroots and localities during the implementation of the program. That is reflected in making timely adjustments during the implementation process. Especially solving difficulties in implementing integrated teaching and lack of teachers in new subjects. Mr. Nguyen Tan also proposed some solutions to address the shortage of teachers and facilities to implement the new general education program effectively and synchronously.

According to Director of the Department of Education and Training of Quang Tri province Le Thi Huong, in the 2023-2024 school year, Quang Tri province has achieved remarkable results with the efforts of the entire education sector and localities. However, besides the achieved results, there are still many shortcomings and difficulties in the implementation process. Therefore, the Director of the Department of Education and Training of Quang Tri province proposed that the Ministry of Education and Training should organize a conference to summarize the implementation of the 2018 General Education Program, creating conditions for sharing experiences, solutions as well as removing difficulties for students. localities and discuss orientations and plans in the coming period.

Speaking at the conclusion of the conference, Deputy Minister Pham Ngoc Thuong commented: The results achieved in the last school year for secondary education and continuing education are common results, demonstrating the great efforts of the schools. unit under the Ministry of Education and Training and the education sector of 63 provinces and cities. With different socio-economic conditions and circumstances, localities have made efforts, overcome difficulties and overcome themselves to achieve good results and complete the set school year goals.

Director of the Department of Education and Training of Quang Tri province Le Thi Huong discussed at the conference

Besides the achieved results, the Deputy Minister also pointed out some limitations in the process of implementing the school year's tasks, including inspection and examination work. “If we don't have our own inspections, the inspectors will give up their own strength. For units and localities whose apparatus does not comply with regulations, there needs to be written requests for proper implementation of regulations, even inspections and specific, practical instructions," Deputy Minister speak.From the opinions exchanged by the localities, the Deputy Minister requested units under the Ministry of Education and Training to synthesize, absorb and complete the report, and select appropriate ones to include in the next school year's tasks.

The Deputy Minister requested the Departments of Education and Training to seriously evaluate themselves and overcome weaknesses. It is necessary to carry out self-inspection, regular assessment and proper inspection of the problem.

Noting that Departments of Education and Training continue to focus on improving the quality of teaching and learning, the Deputy Minister emphasized: This is not a new task, but there must always be solutions and flexibility by organizing conferences and seminars. Discussions and programs to solve difficult problems so that the quality of education is improved.

Deputy Minister of Education and Training Pham Ngoc Thuong delivered a concluding speech at the conference

According to the Deputy Minister, during the implementation process, we need to pay attention to inspiring and passion for learners. “That is the role of the teacher and the educational environment. We must let students enjoy learning and then discuss learning methods and learning styles. Teaching must be individualized, average students must be educated to become good students, weak students must be developed into average students, gradually improving the quality of education. Inspection and assessment work needs to be done regularly, especially inspection and assessment at the beginning and end of the level. Proactively familiarize yourself with methods and forms so that teachers and students are not surprised," the Deputy Minister directed.

In addition, the Deputy Minister also noted to localities about building learning programs and building a reading culture in schools, communities and society; develop emulation movements that are practical and effective at all levels throughout the education sector; Managing extra learning and teaching at localities...

Entering the 2024-2025 school year, the Deputy Minister hopes that units under the Ministry of Education and Training, Departments of Education and Training, educational institutions, and teaching staff will continue to promote the results achieved and connect more closely. between the Ministry of Education and Training and the Departments of Education and Training and localities to have smooth, smooth and effective coordination in education and training.