Bac Ninh aims to become a high-quality educational center

GD&TĐ - Bac Ninh promotes the strengths and traditions of Kinh Bac land's mandarin examinations towards becoming one of the high-quality educational centers of the country.

After the merger, the Education and Training sector of Bac Ninh has expanded its development space, the teaching staff and student population have increased, contributing to enhancing the position of the sector. Bac Ninh promotes the strengths and traditions of Kinh Bac education to become one of the high-quality educational centers of the country.

Many favorable conditions for breakthrough

According to the Department of Education and Training of Bac Ninh, after the merger, the whole province currently has 1,221 schools (of which, the old Bac Giang province has 759 schools, the old Bac Ninh province has 462 schools); 27,037 classrooms (of which, the old Bac Giang province has 15,430 classrooms, the old Bac Ninh province has 11,607 classrooms); 910,563 preschool children and students of all levels (of which, the old Bac Giang province has 520,477 preschool children and students; the old Bac Ninh province has 390,086 preschool children and students).

The whole Bac Ninh province has 14 Vocational Education and Continuing Education Centers; 2 Continuing Education Centers; 1 Provincial Center for Continuing Education, Foreign Languages, and Information Technology; 1 Provincial Center for Specialized Education and Social Protection. Along with that are 3 ethnic boarding schools; 3 colleges (Bac Ninh Pedagogical College, Bac Ninh Medical College, Bac Ninh Industrial College); 2 intermediate schools (Bac Ninh Intermediate Culture, Arts and Tourism, Thuan Thanh Vocational College of Economics and Handicrafts). By July 2025, the whole Bac Ninh province has 1,153 types of educational centers and community learning centers in 99 communes/wards in the province.

Regarding staff, Bac Ninh province currently has 46,846 educational managers, teachers and school staff; the quality of staff at all levels continues to improve to meet the requirements of educational innovation. The rate of qualified qualifications is 97.7%; the rate of above-standard training is 40.8%. The quality of teachers and educational managers continues to improve in both quantity and quality.

Before the merger, Bac Ninh and Bac Giang were localities with a strong educational movement in terms of scale, quality and educational structure. The indicators of access and universal education of the two provinces were among the leading groups in the country, and the two provinces had synchronously implemented goals and output standards for all levels of education.

For Bac Ninh province (old), in the 2020 - 2025 term, the Bac Ninh education sector achieved and exceeded 6/6 targets and was one of the Party Committees to finish early in implementing the Resolution of the 20th Bac Ninh Provincial Party Congress. For the Bac Giang education sector (old), it was honored to receive the Emulation Flag from the Government for 2 consecutive years (2023, 2024).

According to statistics, the entire Bac Ninh province has only 97.7% of schools meeting national standards level 1 (level 2 is 67.9%); the rate of solidifying public school classrooms is 98.8%. Notably, in the national and international competitions for excellent students, the two provinces of Bac Ninh and Bac Giang (before the merger) have achieved many impressive results.

At the National Excellent Student Competition for the 2024-2025 school year, the old Bac Ninh province had 81/86 prize-winning candidates with 12 first prizes, 34 second prizes, 24 third prizes, and 11 consolation prizes - reaching a rate of 94.19%, ranking first nationwide; the old Bac Giang province had 99/120 prize-winning candidates, with 5 first prizes, 14 second prizes, 45 third prizes, and 35 consolation prizes - reaching a rate of 82.5%, ranking fourth nationwide.

In the 2025 regional and international Olympic competitions, Bac Ninh has 5 students from Bac Ninh High School for the Gifted participating in 6 international and regional competitions in 3 subjects: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. By July 15, 2025, 2 students had won Gold Medals (Ngo Quang Minh - Gold Medal of the International Chemistry Olympiad - ICho 2025 and Nguyen Cong Vinh won Gold Medal of the Asian Physics Olympiad - AphO). This is an encouraging result, demonstrating the determination to improve the comprehensive quality of education at all levels and sectors in recent times.

Continue to develop comprehensive education

Entering a new development stage (after the merger), the Bac Ninh Education and Training sector has overcome some difficulties in terms of facilities and a lack of teachers. In addition, the number of students, children/class, and groups of children in some localities and units still exceeds the regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training...

Speaking with GD&TĐ Newspaper, Mr. Ta Viet Hung - Director of the Department of Education and Training of Bac Ninh province said that the whole sector is preparing and implementing effectively and qualitatively the plan and tasks for the 2025-2026 school year.

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Mr. Ta Viet Hung also emphasized the effort to spread reading culture throughout the industry, a key task contributing to the aspiration of turning Bac Ninh into a centrally-run city with high-quality human resources.

“Right after the merger, the whole province had a widespread network of 1,221 educational institutions. All schools had libraries or reading corners. This was a solid foundation for us to implement reading promotion activities in a synchronous and effective manner.

We pay special attention to high school students, encouraging them to read publications with profound knowledge and educational orientation. In particular, prestigious publications such as Education Newspaper and Times are considered by us to be important sources of documents for the industry, helping teachers update the policies of the Party and State; and the direction of the Ministry of Education and Training. News, events, typical examples; students are broadened in knowledge and form critical thinking.

To keep up with the trend, reading is not limited to print only, the Department of Education and Training of Bac Ninh province has advised the Provincial People's Committee to approve the Online Library Management project to serve the needs of schools. At the same time, it has directed schools to increase the application of information technology in developing a reading culture.

In addition, schools are instructed to effectively exploit the electronic newspaper version of Education and Times Newspaper and other reputable news sites. Many libraries have become open reading spaces, equipped with computers connected to the Internet, and at the same time use the school's website and fanpage to introduce and share good articles, creating a diverse, modern and attractive reading ecosystem.

We believe that strongly spreading the reading culture, including reading books and newspapers, will help students have self-study methods and is the shortest way to enrich knowledge, foster personality for the young generation, creating a solid foundation for the remarkable development of education in the province..." - Mr. Ta Viet Hung said.

Previously, at the conference summarizing the 2024-2025 school year, Mr. Mai Son - Standing Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Bac Giang province (now Standing Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Bac Ninh province) emphasized that the 2025-2026 school year opens a new period, a new opportunity but also poses great requirements and challenges. The merger of Bac Giang and Bac Ninh provinces sets the task of building an education sector that promotes the strengths and academic traditions of both localities, creating the strength to break through to become one of the high-quality educational centers of the country.

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