Politburo: Bring Vietnam's education system into the world's top 20 by 2045

General Secretary To Lam signed and issued Resolution No. 71 of the Politburo on breakthroughs in education and training development.

General Secretary To Lam visited and presented gifts to students of Nguyen Dinh Chieu Secondary School and Xa Dan Secondary School in June. (Photo: VNA)

The Resolution clearly stated that our Party and State always consider education and training, along with science and technology, as the top national policy. Many major policies and guidelines have been issued, promoting innovation and strong development of education and training, achieving important results.

Vietnam is among the 21 countries that will soon achieve the United Nations' sustainable development goals by 2030 on quality education.

However, education and training still face many difficulties and limitations and have not really become the key driving force for the country's breakthrough development.

Access to education is still low compared to developed countries; there are large differences between regions and target groups. Teaching staff, facilities, and schools in many places do not meet requirements.

The Politburo stated that the university and vocational education systems are fragmented and backward, failing to meet the requirements of training high-quality human resources and scientific research, especially in some key sectors and fields. Negative phenomena and formalism in education are still widespread...

According to the Politburo, the main reason is the lack of awareness and drastic implementation of the viewpoint that education and training is the "top national policy" and "the cause of the Party, the State and the entire people".

In addition, the thinking on education management and development is slow to innovate, the concept of autonomy and socialization of education is not suitable. Investment resources for education are still low, policies on resource allocation and use are not effective. The regime and policies for teachers are still inadequate...

In the context of the world having comprehensive changes, especially digital technology and artificial intelligence are reshaping education, each country must redefine the vision and new strategy for the education system in the future. Vietnam is facing a historic opportunity for breakthrough development, the requirement to build people and human resources is very important and urgent. This requires a breakthrough in education and training development.

From the above reality, the Politburo directed to make a breakthrough in developing education and training.

At least 5 universities in the world's top 100

With a vision to 2045, the Politburo sets the goal of Vietnam having a modern, equitable and high-quality national education system, ranking among the top 20 countries in the world.

All people have the opportunity to learn throughout their lives, improve their qualifications and skills, and develop their personal potential to the fullest. High-quality human resources, scientific and technological talents become the driving force and core competitive advantage of the country, contributing to making Vietnam a developed, high-income country.

Strive for at least 5 higher education institutions to be among the top 100 universities in the world in a number of fields according to prestigious international rankings.

The more immediate goal is that by 2030, the whole country will complete universal preschool education for children aged 3-5 and compulsory education after secondary school; at least 85% of people of the right age will complete high school or equivalent, with no province or city achieving less than 60%.

Achieved initial results in improving technological capacity, artificial intelligence and English proficiency at secondary level. The education index contributing to the human development index (HDI) reached over 0.8, in which the education inequality index decreased to below 10%.

At the university level, human resource training needs to meet the requirements of Vietnam becoming a developing country with modern industry and high average income.

The network of higher education and vocational education facilities is appropriately arranged and invested in upgrading; striving for 100% of higher education facilities and at least 80% of vocational education facilities to meet national standards, 20% of facilities to be invested in modernly equivalent to developed countries in Asia.

The Politburo requires that the proportion of people of the age group studying at post-secondary levels reach 50%. The proportion of workers with college or university degrees or higher reach 24%. The proportion of people studying basic sciences, engineering and technology reach at least 35%, including at least 6,000 postgraduate students and 20,000 people studying in talent programs.

Another goal is to elevate universities to become centers of research, innovation, and entrepreneurship for the country and regions; recruiting at least 2,000 excellent lecturers from abroad. Universities need to increase by an average of 12% per year in the number of international scientific publications, revenue from science, technology, and innovation; and 16% in the number of patent registrations and patent protection certificates.

Strive for at least 8 universities to be in the top 200 universities in Asia, and at least one university to be in the top 100 universities in the world in some fields by 2030.

By 2035, the Politburo requires the completion of universal high school education and equivalent; the education index contributing to the HDI index reaching over 0.85; the human capital index and research contributing to the GII index reaching above the average of upper middle-income countries.

Strive for at least 2 higher education institutions to be among the top 100 universities in the world in a number of fields according to prestigious international rankings.

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