The Department of Education and Training of Hoa Binh province organised a conference to review its performance in 2023 and the first semester of the 2023 - 2024 school year as well as launch tasks for 2024 and the second semester of the 2023 – 2024 school year. Nguyen Van Chuong, Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee attended the event.

Photo: On behalf of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh,
Nguyen Van Chuong, Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee presents
the Prime Minister's certificates of merit to individuals.
In 2023 and the first semester of the 2023 - 2024 school
year, the province's education and training sector focused on fulfilling
assigned tasks and education quality was maintained.
The primary completion rate of students reached 99.5% while
the percentage of students passing junior and senior high school graduation
examinations amounted to 99.37% and 99.31%, respectively. In the national
competition for excellent high-school students in the 2022-2023 academic year,
local students got 28 prizes.
Hoa Binh has continued to satisfy standards in
universalisation of preschool education for five-year-old children,
universalisation at level 3 for primary education, level 2 for junior high
school education, and completed Phase 2 of the illiteracy eradication
programme.
Discipline and order in education and training
establishments have been strengthened along with the implementation of
solutions to improve the quality of education at all levels. Due attention has
been paid to education for ethnic groups. Facilities and equipment for teaching
and learning have been upgraded, contributing to increasing the rate of schools
meeting national standards.
Addressing the conference, Vice Chairman Chuong lauded the
achievements that the education and training sector obtained in 2023 and the
first semester of the 2023 - 2024 school year.
He suggested that the sector continue to improve the quality
of education, management staff and teachers, renovate teaching methods and exam
forms, and make good preparation for the senior high school graduation exam in
2024. The official also underlined the need to promote digital transformation
and mobilise resources to invest in education and training.
On this occasion, two individuals from the province's
education and training sector were awarded the Prime Minister's certificates of
merit while 14 collectives and 45 individuals received the Ministry of
Education and Training's certificates of merit. The provincial People's
Committee also awarded certificates of merit to some collectives and
individuals in the sector.
More than just an information technology teacher, Bui Van Nien is an inspiring figure who has nurtured the scientific curiosity and creative spirit of students in Vietnam’s ethnic minority communities.
Da Bac is the most disadvantaged mountainous district in Hoa Binh province, with ethnic minorities accounting for about 90% of its population. Over the past years, the district has mobilised resources to implement ethnic policies to improve the quality of life of local people.
In recent years, Hoa Binh province has consistently prioritised the protection, care, and education of children, particularly those from ethnic minorities and disadvantaged backgrounds, by creating a safe, healthy, and nurturing environment for their all-round development.
The Steering Committee for Tobacco Harm Prevention and Control of Hoa Binh province, in coordination with the Tobacco Harm Prevention and Control Fund, held a ceremony on May 28 in response to the World No Tobacco Day (May 31) and the National No Tobacco Week (from May 25 to 31). The event was chaired by Nguyen Van Toan, Standing Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee and head of the Steering Committee.
Since 2021, the Center for Industrial Promotion and Industrial Development Consulting (CIIDC) under the Department of Industry and Trade has been implementing a school lighting model as part of the plan for using energy efficiently and economically in Hoa Binh Province in the pẻiod of 2021 - 2025. This model not only aims to improve the learning conditions and enhance the education quality, but it also promotes the message of energy saving, energy security, environmental protection and contributes to the goals of socio-economic development.
In the 2024 - 2025 school year, the entire Hoa Binh provincial education sector includes 520 educational institutions and schools. Among them are 13 ethnic boarding schools with 153 classes and 4,487 students. Four of these schools have met national standards, reaching 30.7 percent.