Will the Ministry of Education and Training 'upgrade' 15 subjects at specialized schools?

The draft circular includes advanced education programs of 15 subjects taught at specialized high schools.

Accordingly, the draft Advanced Education Program for specialized subjects is built on the principle of improving from the subject program. The content contains topics that approach national and international content of interest, meeting the requirements of key training, selecting talents, and meeting the requirements of national and international excellent student competitions.

The time for teaching advanced education content in specialized subjects is specifically regulated: Literature and Mathematics: 70 periods/school year; History, Geography, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Informatics: 52 periods/school year; Foreign languages: English, German, Russian, French, Chinese, Korean and Japanese: 70 periods/school year.

Students of Chu Van An High School for the Gifted ( Hanoi ). (Photo: Hoang Manh Thang)

Advanced education programs in specialized subjects with compulsory content and elective content account for about 20% of the duration of the advanced education program.

Strengthening practical and experimental content for natural science subjects in each topic, promoting the exploitation of information technology and orienting students to specialize in exploiting and using AI technology.

The program facilitates teachers to plan their lessons. Knowledge in the core curriculum, learning topics (specified in the 2018 General Education Program) and advanced education topics are connected, inherited, innovated, and synchronized; creating novelty and appeal for both teachers and learners when conquering increasingly higher levels of knowledge.

High requirements for specialized school teachers

According to the Ministry of Education and Training, for teachers, the advanced program is academically and in-depth oriented, thus requiring the teaching staff to improve their professional capacity, have broad and deep knowledge of the subject; be proficient in active teaching methods, integrated teaching, scientific research, and student capacity development; be able to guide students in carrying out learning projects, research, and participate in excellent student competitions and international competitions.

For gifted students, the program creates an advanced academic environment, develops logical thinking, creativity, critical thinking, self-study, research, and academic presentation skills; ensures the ability to participate in excellent student competitions at all levels, international competitions, and scientific and technical research for high school students.

The draft Circular creates a foundation for early training of potential human resources in key areas such as science and technology, innovation, social research, economics and finance, diplomacy, and elite education. Standardizing advanced education programs contributes to guiding students to careers that match their abilities and development trends; increasing the competitiveness of Vietnam's human resources.

The Ministry of Education and Training believes that in the context of the country promoting innovation, digital transformation and deep international integration, the development of high-quality human resources, especially talented and highly qualified human resources, is becoming increasingly urgent.

Specialized high schools are places to train students with outstanding abilities, capable of participating in domestic and international intellectual playgrounds. The issuance of advanced education programs is the foundation to ensure quality, consistency and long-term strategic orientation for key education, meeting the requirements of developing key education in the context of innovation and integration.