Minister Nguyen Kim Son: The opening ceremony of the new school year demonstrates unity and national spirit

On the morning of September 5, speaking at the ceremony to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the education sector, Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son emphasized: The opening ceremony and the ceremony to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the education sector's tradition is an activity to demonstrate unity and national spirit in education.

Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son speaks at the 80th Anniversary of the Education Sector's Tradition.

80 years of glorious history

On September 5, in harmony with the heroic atmosphere of the activities celebrating the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day September 2, educational institutions and everywhere in the country celebrated the 80th anniversary of the tradition of the education and training sector, opening the new school year.

Speaking at the event, Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son said that on this day 80 years ago, just a few days after Uncle Ho read the Declaration of Independence, he wrote a letter to students on the first school opening day of the new Vietnam. The letter was a declaration on education and training, expressing a vision for the future development of the country with education. September 5 has become the traditional day of the sector, the day the whole country opens the school year, the day the whole nation takes children to school.

80 years ago, the Ministry of National Education, a member of the Provisional Government , was established. Since then, the Ministry of Education and Training has managed and led the entire sector, experienced 80 years of striving to grow and contribute to the development of the country.

Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son spoke at the ceremony.

This year's opening ceremony was held in a special form, with the connection via online transmission and live television of VTV, all educational institutions across the country attended and witnessed the celebration and opening ceremony, listened to the advice and congratulations for the new school year from General Secretary To Lam, and listened to the sound of the school drum. Millions of hearts shared the same sacred, excited, and proud emotions.

This year's opening ceremony was held with the special attention of the Party and the entire people to education and training: The Politburo has just issued Resolution 71 on breakthroughs in education and training development; The National Assembly has a Resolution on universalizing preschool education for children from 3 to 5 years old; Preschool and primary school students are exempted from and supported with tuition fees; 248 boarding schools in border communes are under construction; Many subjects are supported with lunch; General schools organize two sessions a day; Many new breakthrough policies on developing the teaching staff are codified by the Law on Teachers... and many other new policies.

Today's opening ceremony and celebration, more than an event or ritual, is an activity that demonstrates unity and national spirit in education.

Delegates attending the ceremony.

The head of the education sector said: "At this sacred moment, let us remember President Ho Chi Minh, with infinite gratitude, remember and pay tribute to the heroic martyrs, generations of teachers and students who sacrificed for the independence and freedom of the nation. The 80-year journey of the education sector has been guided by the vision and educational ideology of President Ho Chi Minh. Right from the beginning of independence, he not only cared about improving people's knowledge, immediately eliminating illiteracy, but more importantly, he revived people's spirit, encouraged their will, passed on his mission and responsibility, and created great inspiration for generations of young people. Every time we recall his teachings, we are filled with emotion, excitement, and sense of responsibility, feeling ourselves renewed, stronger and greater."

Over the past 80 years, through many glorious historical periods, from the Ministry of National Education to the Ministry of Education; from the two Ministries of Education and the Ministry of Universities and Vocational Secondary Schools to the Ministry of Education and Training today. The education and training sector has undergone 3 major educational reforms, 2 profound and revolutionary innovations.

Under the leadership, ideological orientation and educational guidelines of the Party, the entire sector has gradually built and perfected the educational policy institutions; completed the national education system; created educational facilities and infrastructure, gradually developed the team of teachers, scientists, and educational managers; developed educational science, teaching and learning methods, testing and evaluation; built a system of textbooks, curricula and learning materials; developed educational management models, and promoted international cooperation. Over the past 80 years, education and training have developed in the direction of both inheriting traditions and integrating internationally, creating Vietnam's own identity and values.

Over the past 80 years, from a country with 95% of the population being illiterate, the intellectual class as sparse as autumn leaves, the number of higher education schools counted on the fingers, and going through decades of war, with many hardships and difficulties,... today, the whole country has completed universal education from 5-year-old kindergarten to the end of junior high school. The quality of general education has been gradually improved. Vietnam is internationally recognized as a group of countries with good general education in the world. For many consecutive years, Vietnam has been in the group of 10 countries with the best results in Olympic competitions around the world.

Currently, the country has over 52,000 schools, with enough space for 26 million students, of which 65% are standard schools, many of which are spacious and modern. Vietnam has a force of 1.6 million well-trained teachers, among whom there are elite groups that are not inferior to any teaching force in the world.

Vietnam has 243 universities, more than 800 colleges and vocational schools, both public, private and international. Although not all of them are of high stature or high quality, there are fields and higher education institutions in the top 500 schools in the world, training in most fields and professions that the world has, contributing 75% of the country's scientific research products and inventions.

The number of scientists is also large, including many talented people who have made many contributions to the country and the world. Our country has the foundation and potential as it is today, thanks to the important contribution of education and training. Compared to the world's leading advanced education systems, the education sector still has many things to strive for and do better...

"But with such a starting point, such circumstances, such conditions and costs... what the whole country and the education sector have achieved in the past 80 years is truly a great and proud achievement, if not a miracle," Minister Nguyen Kim Son emphasized.

The school year of "implementation"

The Minister of Education and Training said: "Our country is facing a historic opportunity to develop a breakthrough, successfully implementing the two 100-year goals. The requirements of building people and developing high-quality human resources are very urgent, requiring strong development of education and training. Resolution 71 on breakthrough in education and training development has just been issued by the Politburo, in which the education and training sector is honored to be identified as the top national policy, the decisive factor for the future of the nation, placing education and training development in the thinking of national governance, social governance, making the goals and tasks of education and training development the focus in strategies, planning, policies, programs, and plans for the development of national sectors. Setting a big goal, by 2045: Vietnam will have a modern, equitable and high-quality national education system, ranked in the top 20 countries in the world. This is a special opportunity, "Unprecedented for the education sector, it is the mission, responsibility and great honor of the sector. Resolution 71 has the meaning of opening and guiding the new revolution in education."

According to the Minister, Resolution 71 demonstrates a far-sighted vision, high action and practicality. The Resolution reflects the direction of the Party Central Committee and the Politburo, but first of all, the special concern, concern, expectation and affection of General Secretary To Lam. The entire education sector deeply remembers and expresses its infinite gratitude to the Party, headed by General Secretary To Lam, to the State, the National Assembly, the Government, and to Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, who has always paid attention to direct, close, timely and effective direction.

The Ministry of Education and Training and the entire sector vow to promote the thousand-year-old fine tradition and 80 years of achievements, to devote all our intelligence, determination, creativity, enthusiasm and noble spirit of the profession to excellently fulfill our responsibility to the country, and to start implementing Resolution 71 of the Politburo right from the first days of the new school year.

First, the entire industry must thoroughly study and understand the Resolution, unify perceptions and actions, fully understand the requirements, tasks, responsibilities and new ways of doing things, and create new momentum and motivation. It is necessary to immediately review, self-examine, self-correct, clearly recognize and resolutely overcome shortcomings. Overcoming cannot be done overnight, but must be done immediately and every morning and every afternoon.

Immediately institutionalize the guiding viewpoints of Resolution 71; submit to the National Assembly for approval 3 laws, Resolution on special policy mechanisms to implement Resolution 71, Resolution on the National Target Program on modernization and improvement of education quality; urgently complete the assessment of the implementation process of the 2018 general education program; develop new plans for textbooks and e-textbooks, e-learning materials; promulgate and implement the new preschool education program; implement on schedule the construction of boarding and semi-boarding schools in border communes, solidify classrooms; rearrange the network of colleges and universities and vocational schools, reduce the number; improve quality, restructure within universities and colleges, implement smart digital governance models, eliminate intermediaries; build a national scholarship fund and support policies for learners; Strongly deploy AI strategy in education, digital transformation and smart school development, connect and exploit the lifelong learning records database of learners from the beginning of 2026.

Minister Nguyen Kim Son emphasized: "The road ahead is very long, the burden on our shoulders is very heavy, I hope all teachers, education staff and students, we have been creative - need to be more creative, have made efforts need to make more efforts, act faster and stronger to overcome our own limits, take advantage of all opportunities and conditions, and complete the new glorious mission".

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