Nghe An Provincial Party Committee deploys General Secretary To Lam's article 'Lifelong Learning' with high determination

On the morning of May 8, as assigned by the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, comrade Ngoc Kim Nam - Member of the Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department directly conveyed the content of the article "Lifelong Learning" by General Secretary To Lam.

This is one of the important activities to concretize the Central Committee's direction and promptly deploy the General Secretary's direction to all cadres, party members and people of Nghe An province.

The article "Lifelong Learning" by General Secretary To Lam was widely published in the media from March 2, 2025, including 5 main parts.

Lifelong learning is an essential requirement

In the introduction, the article deeply analyzes the context and practical requirements of lifelong learning. Accordingly, three main factors are mentioned:

The context of the scientific and technological revolution on a global scale and its impacts on social life and each Vietnamese citizen, especially on cadres and party members of the political system on the path of building and defending the socialist Fatherland.

Building and developing the country to "firmly enter the era of development, prosperity, and standing shoulder to shoulder with the world" requires making the most of opportunities, forging ahead, and taking the lead.

From the requirements of national development and socialism building, it requires every cadre, party member, and citizen to study throughout their lives to become useful people (to dare to think, dare to speak, dare to do, dare to take responsibility, dare to sacrifice for the common good).

The article affirms that the idea of ​​lifelong learning is consistent and pervasive in the Party's guidelines. The General Secretary quotes many of Uncle Ho's sayings such as: "If you want to know, you must compete to learn. Learning never ends. Learn forever to progress forever. The more you progress, the more you see that you have to learn more"; "The more society advances, the more work there is, the more sophisticated the machines are. If you refuse to learn, you will fall behind, and if you fall behind, you will be eliminated, you will eliminate yourself."

The article emphasizes that Uncle Ho is a shining example of self-study: During 30 years of wandering to find a way to save the country, Uncle Ho always learned continuously through books, newspapers, practical work, from the people and international friends. The fact that Uncle Ho self-studied foreign languages ​​by writing words on scraps of paper, listening to the radio, and reading newspapers is a living proof of the spirit of lifelong learning.

Our Party has issued many important documents on education over the years, such as: Resolution 4 of the 7th Central Committee, Resolution 2 of the 8th Central Committee, Resolution No. 29-NQ/TW of the 11th Congress on fundamental and comprehensive innovation in education and training, and most recently, Resolution of the 13th National Congress clearly defining the policy of "promoting the building of a learning society and lifelong learning".

The article also summarizes the current state of education in Vietnam with many important achievements such as: The national education system has been fully built from preschool to post-graduate level. The method of providing and connecting between training levels has been improved, thereby expanding the scale and network of education across all regions. The emulation movement to study has developed strongly in clans, villages, hamlets, and villages, becoming an indispensable part of community life.

The awareness of lifelong learning has permeated every family, residential area, training facility and different regions. There have appeared many typical learning examples among the people, workers, cadres, teachers, especially the elderly who study to escape poverty and become rich legitimately.

However, through the article: The General Secretary also pointed out the following shortcomings: Training and development still focuses on quantity without really paying attention to quality; The problem of self-study and lifelong learning of cadres and party members is not effective; Chasing degrees, lacking connection with reality; Afraid to learn, lacking the spirit of advancement and creativity; Limitations in capacity and thinking of a part of cadres and party members; Satisfied with old knowledge, lacking the spirit of lifelong learning; Lack of adaptability and innovation in the 4.0 environment.

On that basis, the article emphasizes three issues: Lifelong learning is an inevitable requirement for national development; the urgent need to adapt to the fourth industrial revolution; the need to improve the knowledge and moral character of each cadre and party member in the new situation.

To successfully build a learning society and lifelong learning, in the article, General Secretary To Lam made requirements for each subject: Citizens; cadres, party members; party committees, party organizations and the Party and State.

For citizens:Every citizen is aware of his or her own responsibility for lifelong self-learning; continuously learning about political theory, expertise, profession, methods, work experience and the ability to coordinate in a collective to improve organizational discipline, labor productivity and promote overall strength.

For cadres and party members,The General Secretary has much higher requirements: Every cadre and party member must always be aware that lifelong learning is a revolutionary task with a serious attitude and high self-awareness. It is necessary to learn about the qualifications of a revolutionary cadre, learn from books, learn from each other and learn from the People; constantly self-study, self-update new knowledge, actively participate in the "Digital Learning" movement, popularize and improve knowledge of science and technology, digital knowledge; actively propagate and mobilize relatives, family and clan to self-study for life. Through lifelong learning, we can complete all tasks assigned by the Party, the revolution and the People.

For each Party Committee, socio-political organization, and professional association:It is necessary to clearly perceive the main goal of lifelong learning as developing socialist human beings, thereby determining lifelong learning contents for cadres, party members, and members associated with launching emulation, evaluation, commendation, and rewards. Monitor, inspect, and supervise the process of piloting innovative and creative proposals.

For the Party and State:Quickly summarize, evaluate, research and issue regulations and procedures, innovate assessment perspectives, screening and planning of staff, in order to build a complete, clean and strong public authority apparatus, wholeheartedly serving the people; protect staff who are ready to be pioneers, ready to "break through barriers" for the common good. Continue to perfect the education system in an open, flexible and interconnected direction, creating lifelong learning opportunities for all citizens and implementing training according to the needs of the labor market.

At the same time, there are specific solutions to raise social awareness of the role and significance of lifelong learning and its contribution to improving the quality and competitiveness of national human resources. Monitor, inspect, and supervise the implementation of pilot projects on innovative and creative proposals; proactively detect emerging problems, promptly encourage, support, and remove difficulties and obstacles, or review, adjust, and make decisions appropriate to the actual situation; have a policy of exempting responsibility for officers who implement the pilot project but the results do not meet or only partially meet the set goals, or encounter risks and losses due to objective reasons.

Nghe An implements seriously and synchronously

Implementing the direction of the Central Committee, on April 3, 2025, the Standing Committee of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee issued Official Dispatch No. 3502-CV/TU on studying and thoroughly understanding the article of General Secretary To Lam, requesting: Organize research and thoroughly understand the article to all cadres, party members and people of all walks of life in many appropriate and practical forms such as seminars, thematic activities, professional conferences, etc. Thereby, raising awareness of the whole society about the role of lifelong learning and its contribution to improving the quality and competitiveness of national human resources.

Concretize into programs and action plans of agencies and units; clearly define lifelong learning content associated with emulation movements, rewards, evaluation, inspection and supervision of the implementation process.

The Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department, the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee, socio-political organizations, the Association for Promotion of Education, press agencies, etc. are assigned to promote the content of the article, spread the spirit of lifelong learning, and encourage good examples of learning among cadres and people.

In which, comrade Ngoc Kim Nam - Member of the Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department emphasized: The most important content is to raise the self-study awareness of each cadre, party member and each citizen, to master knowledge, improve capacity, adapt to the digital age and serve the common development of the province and the country.