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Vietnam’s education keeps international rankings despite COVID-19: Deputy PM

The education sector has maintained its international rankings, and further overhauled the general education curriculum and textbooks in the 2021-2022 academic year despite serious COVID-19-induced difficulties, said Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam.
Vietnam’s education keeps international rankings despite COVID-19: Deputy PM ảnh 1Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam speaks at the conference (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The education sector has maintainedits international rankings, and further overhauled the general educationcurriculum and textbooks in the 2021-2022 academic year despite seriousCOVID-19-induced difficulties, said Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam.

Dam made the comment at a conference held by the Ministry ofEducation and Training in Hanoi on August 12 to review outcomes of the pastacademic year and deploy tasks for the coming one.

The official requested that the sector continue with comprehensive reforms to enhance the quality of teaching and learning activities.

He noted there is a need to review and proactively propose amechanism on tuition fees, ensure an adequate number of teachers and schoolfacilities, and promote digital learning materials and the online learningmethod.

The spending on education must increase to ensure the quality ofeducation, but the contribution of students' families should not increase, the Deputy PM said.

Vietnam’s education keeps international rankings despite COVID-19: Deputy PM ảnh 2At the event (Photo: VNA)
According to Minister of Education and Training Nguyen KimSon, in the 2022-2023 academic year, the sector prioritises completingmechanisms and intuitions; improving the quality of teachers, particularly atkindergartens and high schools; modernising educational infrastructure; and attractingresources for development; among other works./.

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