Publicize national science and technology competition projects to increase social supervision

The Ministry of Education and Training requires that science and technology projects for high school students selected to compete at the national level must be made public for social supervision.

Students present their projects for the national science and technology competition - Photo: VINH HA

The national science and technology competition projects must be made public for social supervision, which is a notable content in Circular No. 24/2025/TT-BGDDT amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Regulations on the National Science and Technology Research Competition for middle and high school students that has just been issued.

In this circular, the Ministry of Education and Training adjusts a number of contents such as the method of selecting projects to compete in national competitions and issues related to organizing competitions at the level of participating units.

To improve the integrity of scientific research, participating units must publicly declare the projects selected to participate at the national level and clarify the responsibilities of scientific research instructors.

Although it has been previously regulated, according to the Ministry of Education and Training, in the revised and supplemented circular, this content is more emphasized and included in specific subjects to enhance scientific integrity in scientific and technical research.

Competition projects are selected to participate at the national level when they are publicly announced, ensuring social supervision and ensuring honesty in research.

The new circular also adjusts the calculation of the number of competing projects towards fairness. Specifically, the revised and supplemented circular stipulates the calculation of the number of competing projects participating at the national level based on the ratio of the number of projects participating at the Department of Education and Training level compared to the total number of competing projects of the Departments of Education and Training nationwide. This regulation aims to make the competition more fair.

Accordingly, departments of education and training with good scale and competition movement will be assigned a proportionate number of projects to compete in national competitions, avoiding leveling and not really encouraging the movement.

Departments that do not have a widespread movement and want to increase the number of projects competing at the national level will have to consider encouraging and promoting the movement to have more representatives at the national level.

The amended and supplemented circular also stipulates that small-scale competition units are allowed to nominate a maximum of 3 projects to compete at the national level.

Larger units, with a project participation rate at the unit level greater than 1% and less than or equal to 5%, will be allowed to register a maximum of 6 projects; with a project participation rate greater than 5% and less than or equal to 10%, will be allowed to register a maximum of 9 projects; with a project participation rate greater than 10%, will be allowed to register a maximum of 12 projects.

For the participating units being general schools under ministries and ministerial-level agencies, universities, colleges, institutes and academies, each unit can register a maximum of 3 competition projects, an increase of 1 project compared to the previous regulations in Circular 06.

In order to encourage the movement of localities, the amended circular supplements the regulation that the participating unit is allowed to send one more project to the competition for each project that won fourth prize or higher at the international competition in the previous consecutive year.

To ensure stability, the amended and supplemented circular has transitional conditions for the 2025-2026 school year competition. The number of competition projects of the competition units is the Department of Education and Training after the merger of provinces and cities. The maximum number of competition projects is the total number of competition projects of the competition units before the merger.

VINH HA

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/cong-khai-du-an-khoa-hoc-ky-thuat-du-thi-cap-quoc-gia-de-tang-giam-sat-xa-hoi-20251201132115225.htm