Enhancing key education quality to develop high-quality workforce

Along with the innovation and expansion of mass education, Binh Duong province’s education and training sector has placed particular emphasis on improving the quality of key education. As a result, the province’s education sector has achieved impressive accomplishments, marking its presence on the national education map. These efforts have driven significant progress in education and training, contributing to the development of the local high-quality workforce.

"Sweet success"

In the 2024-2025 academic year, Binh Duong's key education sector has continued achieving remarkable results. Specifically, the province’s team won 46 awards at the National Competition for Excellent Students, an increase of 4 compared to the 2023-2024 academic year. With this achievement, Binh Duong province has maintained a three-year streak of increasing the number of awards each year. The Robocon team from My Phuoc Secondary School advanced to the World Robot Olympiad finals in Turkey and secured a spot in the Top 27. Additionally, for several consecutive years, students from Binh Duong have advanced to the quarterly rounds of the "Road to Mount Olympia" competition and have achieved high rankings in other intellectual contests.

It is evident that achievements in national and regional academic competitions have been a highlight of Binh Duong's education sector for many years.  In addition to Hung Vuong Specialized High School, which has become a well-established training ground for academic competitions, the number of students winning national awards has been increasing across schools in different localities. This "sweet success" is the result of the relentless efforts of teachers and students as well as the province's strong support through open policies and special mechanisms for key education.

According to provincial Department of Education and Training (DOET), these accomplishments have confirmed the effectiveness and stability of the province’s approach to selecting, training and nurturing talented students. These results haved served as motivation for Binh Duong province’s education sector to continue refining its plans for selecting and training outstanding students for national competitions in the following years.

These achievements have also reflected the continuous efforts of students, the dedication of teachers, the support of families and the sector’s strategic direction in training excellent students.

Solutions implemented

Over the past years, the province’s key education sector attained significant achievements, contributing to raising intellectual standards, fostering talents and developing an increasingly high-quality workforce to support the local industrialization and modernization. Although the number and quality of national awards have increased annually, the number of students selected for international Olympiad teams remains limited. Therefore, the education sector has identified innovation and quality enhancement in key education as one of its important tasks in each academic year. In addition to investing in infrastructure and improving the quality of staff and teachers, provincial DOET implemented various measures to promote the "Good Teaching - Good Learning" movement and focused on nurturing excellent students to enhance the quality of key education in schools.

As one of the province’s key institutions for key education, Hung Vuong Specialized High School has been a major contributor to the province’s academic teams, with many students achieving high rankings in national and regional competitions. Pham Van Tung, Vice Principal of Hung Vuong Specialized High School stated that each year, the school implements a selection and training plan, identifying outstanding students as early as 10th grade. Multiple assessments and mock exams are conducted to track the progress and quality of competition teams. Additionally, students participate in competitions to gain experience and compete against teams from other provinces and cities. The school also provides opportunities for teachers to enhance their skills in training excellent students.

The education sector has consistently innovated its student selection and training processes at all levels to maintain achievements and further improve results. To develop key education, all nine districts and cities in the province have secondary schools designated as high-quality institutions. So far, these high-quality secondary schools have become pioneering models for educational innovation across the province.

Furthermore, provincial DOET has focused on improving the organization of excellent student competitions at all levels, including the Mathematics Olympiad – Luong The Vinh Award, the Literature Olympiad – Sao Khue Award, the Olympiad for Natural and Social Sciences. Through these competitions, the education sector has identified talented students in schools and provided further training for them to attend provincial and national contests. These competitions have also created opportunities for students to interact, learn and exchange knowledge, contributing to overall development in teaching and learning quality within the province’s educational institutions.

Nguyen Thi Nhat Hang, Director of provincial DOET emphasized that with education recognized as a top national priority, Binh Duong’s education sector has been implementing breakthrough solutions to innovate and enhance the quality of key education. These include the effective implementation of policies supporting the training and development of high-quality human resources. The sector has continued collaborating with relevant units to advise provincial leaders on issuing policies to attract talents in the field of education and training.

According to Nguyen Thi Nhat Hang, Director of provincial DOET, in addition to attracting talents, Binh Duong province has focused on developing the local workforce, particularly high-quality human resources to support support the local new phase of development. Provincial People's Committee has also implemented policies to sponsor high school graduates for specialized training programs in fields needed by the locality. In addition, the education sector is investing in the development of smart schools, integrating STEM technology and scientific research into teaching, thereby contributing to cultivating a high-quality workforce at the local development needs.

Reported by Hong Phuong-Thang Tuyen-Translated by Kim Tin