Excellent student results in Ho Chi Minh City: Affirming the quality of leading education and training of elite human resources

(NLDO) - In the 2024-2025 school year, Ho Chi Minh City achieved 166 national excellent student awards, continuing to affirm the quality of key education and the goal of training elite human resources.

On August 15, the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City held a ceremony to honor and reward excellent students of the 2024-2025 school year.

Maintain the number 2 position nationwide in the number of excellent students

According to Mr. Nguyen Bao Quoc, Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City, in the 2024-2025 school year, the education and training sector has completed the task of training and fostering excellent students. Excellent student competitions at all levels are organized creatively, seriously, objectively, and in accordance with regulations.

According to the leader of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training, in the 2024-2025 national excellent student exam, the Ho Chi Minh City delegation won 166 prizes, maintaining the 2nd position, the number of first prizes increased in all subjects, including 1 student winning the valedictorian position in English. Ba Ria - Vung Tau province (old) won 56 prizes, ranked 27th out of 63 provinces and cities (old); Binh Duong province (old) won 46 prizes, an increase of 2 second prizes and 2 consolation prizes compared to the 2023-2024 school year.

The project to develop artificial intelligence applications by students of Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted won first prize at the national level and fourth prize at the 2025 International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF). Student Le Phan Duc Man (Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted) won a silver medal in mathematics at the 66th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) in Australia.

Vice Chairwoman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Tran Thi Dieu Thuy (middle) and Mr. Nguyen Van Hieu - Director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training, awarded a certificate of merit to Le Phan Duc Man, (Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted), who won a silver medal in mathematics at the 66th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) in Australia.

At the city-level excellent student competition, Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted won 308 prizes, Tran Dai Nghia High School for the Gifted won 177 prizes, maintaining the leading position. At the secondary school level, the (old) Departments of Education and Training with the highest number of students winning prizes were Go Vap, Tan Phu, Binh Thanh, Tan Binh.

Region 2 has 251 students winning prizes at the junior high school level and 333 students winning prizes at the high school level; Region 3 has 409 students winning prizes at the junior high school level and 884 students winning prizes at the high school level...

Leaders of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training awarded certificates of merit to students with achievements at the commendation and reward ceremony for excellent students on August 15.

Speaking at the ceremony, Ms. Tran Thi Dieu Thuy, Vice Chairwoman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, affirmed that this excellent result was achieved first and foremost thanks to the efforts of the students themselves, the dedication of teachers, the care of their families, and the support of the school and friends.

This is also a testament to the effective leadership and direction of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee - People's Council - People's Committee for the education and training sector, creating motivation to continue promoting key education , helping gifted students to best develop their abilities, contributing to nurturing talents for their homeland and country.

The Vice Chairwoman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee said that after the merger, the scale of Ho Chi Minh City expanded, the number of students increased, but the number of specialized schools in the area was not many. Ho Chi Minh City also did not have a specialized school for training gifted students in arts subjects. Therefore, Ms. Tran Thi Dieu Thuy said that the Department of Education and Training should pay attention to, advise on building and developing more schools to become specialized schools; at the same time, research and propose the establishment of specialized schools for gifted students in culture and arts.

"This will be a step in line with Ho Chi Minh City's role towards the goal of becoming the center of cultural industrial development of the whole country" - Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee expressed.

5 orientations for training excellent students in Ho Chi Minh City

The leaders of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training said that the 2025-2026 school year brings new expectations, new challenges and also an opportunity for the education sector to continue affirming the city's educational quality. The education sector has set out the following orientations for nurturing excellent students:

- Strengthen facilities, equipment, and teaching aids to meet the requirements of innovative teaching methods; continue to implement preferential policies and attract and recruit excellent teachers. Inspire, encourage, and motivate students to take the entrance exam for the teaching profession to improve the quality of the team and gain experience through excellent student exams.

Vice Chairwoman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Tran Thi Dieu Thuy said that the education and training sector needs to pay attention to and advise on building and developing more schools to become specialized schools; at the same time, research and propose the establishment of specialized schools for cultural and artistic talents.

- Raise awareness of managers and teachers of educational institutions about the implementation of training excellent students. Be proactive, flexible, creative, diversify teaching and learning methods; promote digital transformation in education...

- Continue to innovate the content and organization of excellent student exams in the direction of early detection of talented students to proactively select, review, foster, and train excellent student teams.

- Specialized high schools continue to promote their leading role in training and nurturing excellent students, guiding students in scientific research; enhance professional activities to improve the quality of staff and students participating in exams.

- Proactively exploit social resources for education and training; strengthen and build family-school and social relationships in comprehensive student education...

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