Dong Nai’s Department of Education and Training sector ready for new school year

On the morning of August 26, the Department of Education and Training (DOET) of Dong Nai province held a conference to summarize the 2024-2025 school year and implement tasks for the 2025-2026 school year. The conference was connected online with 1,200 educational establishments from across the province.

Attending the conference were: Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairwoman of Dong Nai Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Thi Hoang; Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Deputy Head of the Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department of Dong Nai Provincial Party Committee Le Thi Thai; Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Dong Nai province Luu Thi Ha; Director of the Center for Educational Development, Chief Representative of the Ministry of Education and Training Agency in Ho Chi Minh City Le Thang Loi; Director of the Department of Science and Technology of Dong Nai province Pham Van Trinh and representatives of leaders of departments, agencies, and sectors.

Vice Chairwoman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Dong Nai province, Luu Thi Ha, presents a flower basket from the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, and Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the province to congratulate the provincial sector of the Department of Education and Training. Photo: Cong Nghia

Le Thang Loi, Director of the Center for Educational Development and Chief Representative of the Ministry of Education and Training Office in Ho Chi Minh City, presents flowers to congratulate the Dong Nai Department of Education and Training. Photo: Cong Nghia

According to the summary report of the DOET, the high school graduation rate in 2025 for the province reached 98.38%, a very encouraging result in the first year of the high school graduation exam under the 2018 General Education Program. Especially in the national excellent student competition in the 2024-2025 school year, students from the province excellently won 117 awards. Vocational education was emphasized, closely linked to the human resource needs of key projects, including the Human Resource Training Project for Long Thanh International Airport.

Immediately after the Politburo's policy in Conclusion Notice No. 81-TB/TW dated July 18, 2025, on investing in school construction in border communes, the DOET proactively surveyed and prepared conditions to invest in early school construction for border communes, demonstrating a consistent view of leaving no students behind.

Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairwoman of Dong Nai Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Thi Hoang delivers a directive speech at the conference. Photo: Cong Nghia

Speaking at the conference, Nguyen Thi Hoang, Member of the Provincial Party Committee and Vice Chairwoman of the Dong Nai Provincial People's Committee, praised the achievements of the provincial education sector during the 2024–2025 school year, affirming that these accomplishments will serve as a solid foundation for the continued development of education in the province in the new phase.

Vice Chairwoman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Thi Hoang emphasized: The 2025-2026 school year has special significance, as it is the year to continue widely implementing the 2018 General Education Program in the final grades, and also the first year to implement the policy of free tuition for general education students nationwide, a historic policy demonstrating the superiority of the Party and the State.

To achieve higher goals in the 2025–2026 academic year, the provincial People's Committee called on the education sector to strengthen career guidance and ensure effective, meaningful student streaming after lower secondary education. In particular, all available resources must be mobilized to implement the policy of investing in education for border areas, considered a strategic task tied to socio-economic development and the safeguarding of national sovereignty. Priority must be given to political, ideological, ethical, lifestyle, and life skills education for students, alongside efforts to build a positive school culture and a truly transparent and healthy pedagogical environment.

Vice Chairwoman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Thi Hoang emphasized the need to focus on building and developing a teaching and educational management workforce that is both sufficient in number and strong in quality to meet the demands of innovation. She also called for further promotion of comprehensive and substantive digital transformation in education. It is essential to maximize the effectiveness of sector databases, management software, and digital learning resources while equipping both teachers and students with digital skills, turning technology into a powerful tool for innovating teaching and learning methods and improving education quality.

Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Director of the Department of Education and Training of Dong Nai province, Truong Thi Kim Hue, presents certificates of merit from the Chairman of the Dong Nai Provincial People's Committee to outstanding students in the 2024-2025 national outstanding student competition. Photo: Cong Nghia

Director of the Department of Science and Technology of Dong Nai province, Pham Van Trinh, presents certificates of merit to outstanding students in the national outstanding student competition. Photo: Cong Nghia

Delegates and representatives of departments, agencies, and sectors shake hands after the signing ceremony of the coordination regulation for student education in the 2025-2026 school year. Photo: Cong Nghia

At the conference, many collectives and individuals with excellent achievements in the 2024-2025 school year received certificates of merit from the Chairperson of the Provincial People's Committee, including many students who won high prizes in the national outstanding student competition, the national high school science and technology competition...

As the provincial education and training sector prepares to enter the 2025–2026 academic year, the Department of Education and Training launched an emulation movement across the entire sector and signed a coordination agreement on student education with relevant departments, agencies, and sectors.

By: Cong Nghia

Translated by: Mai Nga-Minho