Nghe An is one of 8 provinces and cities nationwide to receive the Emulation Flag for innovation and creativity in education.

Nghe An Department of Education and Training has just beenMinistry of Education and Trainingawarded the Excellent Emulation Flag for its outstanding achievements, leading the emulation movement "Innovation and creativity in management, teaching and learning" in the 2020-2021 school year. Along with Nghe An, there are 7 other departments of education and training that were also awarded in this period, namely Hanoi, Ninh Binh, Dak Lak, Lao Cai, Phu Tho, Tay Ninh, Ben Tre.

This is a recognized result for the provincial education sector after a school year with many outstanding achievements.

Although it was a school year influenced by manyCovid-19 epidemicHowever, with the motto "temporarily stop going to school but do not stop learning", Nghe An Education Department has implemented flexible teaching and learning with many separate plans, suitable for each context, each time and is the province with the largest number of students accessing online learning in the country. Actively coordinate closely with press and television agencies in the province, do a good job of information and propaganda, create trust and high consensus of the people with the policies of the industry; do not let "hot" issues arise in the area.

Thanks to proper training, Nghe An teachers were proactive in the first year of implementing the new textbook program with first graders. Photo: My Ha

In addition, the sector has effectively implemented many solutions to support and promote the building of an educational environment and improve the quality of comprehensive education and mountainous education, which is considered by the Ministry of Education and Training as a highlight of the national education sector in the 2020-2021 school year.

In the past school year, the sector has also effectively implemented the construction of new school models; educational activities approaching the development of qualities and capacities; regional and international integration. Specifically, it has piloted the construction of 14 key, high-quality secondary schools; successfully developed local educational materials, according to the 2018 General Education Program; enhanced STEM education in general schools; organized classes for admission according to certificates.Englishinternational, teaching enhanced programs, implementing projects to improve the quality of teaching and learning foreign languages...

Promoting the tradition of studiousness, hard work and good study of Nghe An students, in the 2020-2021 school year, Nghe An continued to maintain its leading position nationwide in excellent students; the quality of comprehensive education has been gradually improved. In the last school year alone, Nghe An students won 5 international and regional medals, including 1 Gold Medal at the Asia-Pacific Informatics Olympiad, 1 Silver Medal at the Asian Physics Olympiad, 2 Silver Medals at the International Informatics Olympiad and 1 Silver Medal at the International Physics Olympiad. The quality of universal education; the work of encouraging learning, encouraging talents, and building a learning society has changed positively. In particular, Vinh city is 1 of 2 cities in Vietnam recognized by UNESCO as a "Global Learning City".

Extracurricular activities of students at Chau Hoi Primary School (Quy Chau). Photo: MH

This is also the school year that for the first time, Nghe An students won the First Prize in the 16th National Youth, Adolescent and Children's Creativity Contest, 2020; 1 project won the Second Prize nationwide, the First Prize in the Voting round at the contest "Students with Startup Ideas in 2020". 2 projects won the Encouragement Prize at the National Science and Technology Competition for high school students; 1 student won the Second Prize in the 3rd Quarter of 2021, the 21st Road to Olympia.

Nghe An is also the leading province in the country in training teachers and managers, effectively and systematically implementing the 2018 General Education Program. Deploying for 100% of teachers and managers to self-train with the support of the core team on the LMS system; organizing direct training for 100% of primary school managers and teachers teaching grade 1 in the 2020-2021 school year (558 managers and 2,344 teachers), 100% of managers and secondary school teachers preparing to teach the 6th grade program, school year 2021-2022 (526 managers and 10,040 teachers). Nghe An also leads the country with 26 high school teachers out of a total of 33 high school teachers nationwide promoted to grade I professional titles.

In particular, during the time when the Covid-19 epidemic broke out and had extremely complicated developments, Nghe An successfully and safely organized the 2021 high school graduation exam for 34,478 candidates and was one of the few provinces to organize it for both F1 and F2 candidates to ensure the rights of all candidates./.