By 2020, Nghe An will be the education and training center of the North Central region.

Comrades: Nguyen Xuan Son - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Member of the Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department; Le Minh Thong - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired the conference.

Attending the conference were members of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, leaders of departments, branches and localities in the province.

Over the past 5 years, the study and implementation of Resolution No. 29-NQ/TW has been of interest to the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, Party committees, authorities, departments, branches, unions at all levels and people in the whole province. Thanks to that, the quality of comprehensive education and training has been continuously improved, achieving many important results.

Comrade Nguyen Xuan Son speaks at the conference. Photo: Thanh Chung

The school system and scale meet the requirements for universal education. Teaching methods that promote students' positivity, initiative, creativity and application of knowledge and skills are widely used. Educational management has many positive changes.

The training level of teachers and educational management staff has been improved (100% of teachers have met the standards or higher). The work of building schools that meet national standards has mobilized the participation of a wide range of social forces. In the past 5 years, the whole province has recognized 228 more schools (bringing the total number of schools that have met the standards to 1,043, reaching a rate of 68.66%).

A class at Na Ngoi Boarding Secondary School for Ethnic Minorities, Ky Son District. Photo: Thanh Cuong

The overall quality of education in the province has been stable and improved; the work of universalizing primary and secondary education, and eliminating illiteracy at levels 1, 2, and 3 has been completed. Universalizing preschool education for 5-year-old children has been completed ahead of schedule. For many consecutive years, the results of the high school graduation exam and the average scores of university and college entrance exams of Nghe An students have always been among the top provinces in the country.

There are many students from Nghe An who have achieved high and excellent results in studying, training, researching, and creating science domestically and internationally; they are talented students in many fields. The province has paid attention to the work of encouraging learning, encouraging talents, and building a learning society, and has achieved many outstanding results.

The Provincial Party Standing Committee awarded certificates of merit to 14 collectives with outstanding achievements in implementing Resolution No. 29-NQ/TW. Photo: Thanh Chung

At the conference, delegates discussed and focused on analyzing and clarifying the issues arising in the implementation of Resolution No. 29-NQ/TW, pointing out limitations, difficulties, and obstacles, and proposing tasks and solutions to continue leading and directing the fundamental and comprehensive innovation of education and training in the coming time.

Concluding the conference, comrade Nguyen Xuan Son - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council suggested: All levels, sectors and localities need to continue to promote innovation in educational management, increase autonomy and self-responsibility of units; strengthen inspection and examination work, promptly detect, correct and overcome violations and negativity in educational activities; overcome the disease of achievements and formalities in leadership, direction and organization of educational and training work.

Awarding certificates of merit to 8 individuals. Photo by Thanh Chung

Implement specific solutions and direct resolutely to build a team of teachers with quality and appropriate structure; maintain and improve the quality of comprehensive education at all levels, the quality of universal education, and the classification of students after graduating from junior high school; improve the quality of care, nurturing, and education of children; strengthen legal education, ethics, personality, and life skills for students; coordinate well the implementation of the three educational environments of school, family, and society.

Attach importance to the work of encouraging learning and talent, building a learning society; strive to make Nghe An a bright spot and center of education and training in the North Central region by 2020.

On this occasion, the Provincial Party Standing Committee awarded Certificates of Merit to 14 collectives and 8 individuals with outstanding achievements in 5 years of implementing Resolution No. 29-NQ/TW./.