The whole commune has only 1 middle school, how is the commune-level excellent student competition?

(Dan Tri) - When implementing two-level local government, many communes have encountered difficulties in organizing competitions for excellent students and excellent teachers in the locality.

Before implementing the two-level local government, regulations on excellent teacher competitions were implemented according to Circular 22 issued in 2019.

Accordingly, the competition will be held at 3 levels: school, district and province. The cycle is held every 2 years at school and district levels and every 4 years at provincial level.

However, the abolition of the district level from the 2025-2026 school year will lead to the elimination of the district-level excellent teacher competition. Similarly, the abolition of the district-level excellent student competition will be replaced by a commune-level excellent teacher competition and a commune-level excellent student competition.

At the discussion on the organization and management of commune-level education after reorganization and merger, many commune-level education managers expressed concerns about how to organize the above-mentioned exams and competitions in localities with only one school at each level.

A seminar on the organization and management of commune-level education after the reorganization of the local government apparatus took place on the afternoon of August 2 in Hanoi (Photo: Ministry of Education and Training ).

Ms. Phan Thi Viet Ha - Department of Culture and Society of Au Co ward, Phu Tho province - asked the Minister of Education and Training : "With a commune having only one school, how can we hold a competition for excellent students and excellent teachers at the commune level when there are only students and teachers from that school?"

Minister Nguyen Kim Son did not directly answer the question but cited Ho Chi Minh City's approach, which is to organize inter-commune and ward clusters to implement emulation movements.

Director of the Department of Education and Training Tran The Cuong also said that Hanoi has a similar approach. Although there is no longer a Department of Education and Training, Hanoi plans to organize emulation movements in clusters with cluster boundaries divided in a similar way to the previous district boundaries.

A representative of the Department of Education and Training of Ninh Binh province requested the Ministry to issue a guiding document to implement nationwide the method of dividing competition clusters as Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City plan to implement in the next school year.

In 46 questions sent to the Ministry from localities requesting answers related to state management of education when implementing two-level local government, the Department of Education and Training of Quang Ngai province also requested the Ministry to provide guidance and specific regulations on the maximum number of candidates for the excellent student team of each province after the merger.

Current regulations allow each provincial national excellent student team in each exam subject to have a maximum of 10 candidates (except Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City which have 20 candidates/team/exam subject).

However, when merging 2-3 provinces into 1, each province will have 2-3 specialized schools, whether the number of students in each provincial team will be increased accordingly is something that the Departments of Education and Training are waiting for instructions from the Ministry.

Speaking at the seminar, Minister Nguyen Kim Son commented that the role of the commune level in education management has changed from before, the direct impact is greater than the previous district level and therefore the responsibility is also heavier.

Therefore, focusing on supporting the commune level to overcome difficulties is an urgent issue that needs to be focused on. The Ministry highly values ​​the initiative of localities, especially in training and sending teachers to support education managers in this transitional period.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/giao-duc/ca-xa-chi-co-1-truong-thcs-thi-hoc-sinh-gioi-cap-xa-nhu-the-nao-20250802185416928.htm