The Ministry of Education and Training prescribes a unified program of 15 specialized subjects nationwide.

The newly issued circular of the Ministry of Education and Training includes the advanced education program of 15 subjects taught at specialized high schools.

The Ministry of Education and Training has just issued Circular No. 22/2025/TT-BGDDT regulating the advanced education program of 15 subjects taught at specialized high schools.

According to the Ministry of Education and Training, the advanced education program for specialized subjects is built according to the principle of improving from the subject program prescribed in Circular No. 32/2018/TT-BGDDT, not including expanded content beyond the subject knowledge content unit, international access, continuous innovation according to the world 's access trend. The subject content contains topics that approach national and international content of interest, meeting the requirements of key training, talent selection, and national and international excellent student competitions.

The time for teaching advanced education content in specialized subjects is stipulated as 70 periods/school year for Literature and Mathematics; 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. The advanced education program in specialized subjects has compulsory content and compulsory elective content accounting for about 20% of the time for the advanced education program.

The program enhances practical and experimental content for natural science subjects in each topic, promotes the exploitation of information technology and orients students to specialize in exploiting and using artificial intelligence (AI); enhances requirements for self-study guidance, creative problem-solving ability and focuses on skills aimed at developing students' thinking abilities according to subject specifics.

The advanced program is academically and in-depth oriented, requiring teachers to improve their professional capacity, have broad and deep knowledge of the subject. Teachers must also be proficient in active teaching methods, integrated teaching, scientific research, student capacity development, guide students to carry out learning projects, research, participate in excellent student competitions and international competitions.

The Ministry of Education and Training said that the 2019 Education Law and the General Education Program issued under Circular No. 32/2018/TT-BGDDT identify specialized education as an important part of the general education system to develop students' talents, create a source of talent training, and meet the country's development requirements. However, there is no separate legal document specifically regulating the content of the advanced program for specialized subjects to ensure consistency in teaching organization between localities and educational institutions.

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. Therefore, issuing an official program with clear orientation is a necessary step to standardize, improve quality and ensure fairness in specialized education nationwide.

The issuance of the circular regulating the program will create conditions for students to develop their ability to think logically, creatively, critically, develop their self-study, research, and academic presentation skills; ensure their ability to participate in competitions for excellent students at all levels, international competitions, and scientific and technical research for high school students. The program helps students determine their career path early and clearly through: extensive knowledge of the industry and field related to the subject; specialized career orientation studies.

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

According to VNA

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