2025-2026 School Year: Special Opening Ceremony on an Unprecedented Scale

This is the first time in history that nearly 1.7 million teachers and 30 million students from all educational institutions nationwide will salute the flag and sing the national anthem to open the new school year.

Students sing the national anthem at the opening ceremony. (Photo: VNA)

This morning, September 5, the education sector nationwide enthusiastically held the opening ceremony of the new school year 2025-2026. Notably, in addition to the opening ceremony of each school, for the first time in history, nearly 1.7 million teachers and 30 million students nationwide will attend the opening ceremony in person and online, combined with the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the education sector's tradition organized by the Ministry of Education and Training .

This is the first time that all educational institutions nationwide will salute the flag and sing the national anthem at the same time during the opening ceremony of the new school year.

The ceremony to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the education sector's tradition and the opening of the 2025-2026 school year will take place from 8:00 to 9:30 a.m., broadcast live on VTV1 (Vietnam Television), connecting online to all educational and training institutions nationwide.

As expected, the ceremony was attended by General Secretary To Lam, President Luong Cuong, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man , leaders and former leaders of the Party and State; leaders and former leaders of the Ministry of Education and Training through different periods...

According to the scheduled program, at the ceremony, General Secretary To Lam will deliver a speech congratulating the 80th anniversary of the education sector and opening the new school year. Also within the framework of the ceremony, Party and State leaders will present the First Class Labor Medal to the Ministry of Education and Training, give a speech and beat the drum to open the 2025-2026 school year.

People study by lamplight in the early days of the country's independence. (Photo: VNA)

Over the past 80 years, the education and training sector has constantly strived to overcome difficulties and innovate itself to contribute to the innovation and development of the country.

Immediately after the success of the August Revolution, the Ministry of National Education was established (August 28, 1945) with the mission of building a completely new education system, of the people, by the people and for the people. During the period 1945-1954, the Popular Education and Complementary Education movements were a miracle, eliminating illiteracy for millions of people and improving people's knowledge. The school system was constantly expanded to train key human resources for the cause of "resistance and nation building".

Inheriting the achievements of the previous period, in the period 1954-1975, the North basically eliminated illiteracy. Tens of thousands of cadres, intellectuals, engineers, doctors, and teachers were trained both domestically and sent to socialist countries for training, becoming the key force in building the North and supporting the South. In the South, in the liberated areas, revolutionary education proved its flexibility and persistence, building a network of democratic schools, and training cadres to serve the resistance.

The most outstanding achievement of education in the period 1975-1986 was the successful unification of the national education system. The network of schools from kindergarten to university was maintained and expanded; success was achieved in eliminating illiteracy and improving people's knowledge. This was also the period of building a comprehensive system of educational guidelines and policies, which became the guiding principle for the sector's activities for a long time.

The 2018 General Education Program marks a major step forward in implementing the policy of fundamental and comprehensive innovation in education and training. (Photo: Hoai Nam/Vietnam+)

Since 1986, the system of policies and laws on education has been continuously improved, clearly demonstrating the viewpoint that "education and training are the top national policies". In particular, Resolution No. 29-NQ/TW dated November 4, 2013 determined fundamental and comprehensive innovation in education and training, shifting from mainly equipping knowledge to comprehensively developing learners' qualities and capacities. The 2018 General Education Program marks a major step forward in implementing the policy of fundamental and comprehensive innovation in education and training.

Vietnam's universal education results have been recognized and highly appreciated by the international community. The school network has been completed; educational equity has been ensured; resources for education have been maintained at a high level. More and more higher education institutions are present in prestigious international rankings. International cooperation; application of information technology, digital transformation have been promoted...

With such important contributions, the Ministry of Education and Training was honored to be awarded many noble titles: 1 Gold Star Order, 3 Ho Chi Minh Orders, 3 Independence Orders, 3 Labor Orders, 1 Fatherland Protection Order...

On the threshold of the new school year 2025-2026, the education and training sector is facing a historic opportunity when it receives great attention from the Party and the State with a series of unprecedented preferential policies, especially Resolution 71 on breakthroughs in education and training development recently issued by the Politburo. The Resolution has set very great goals and many breakthrough solutions to bring Vietnamese education on par with the world powers, meeting the country's need for high-quality human resources in the new era, the era of national development./.

According to Vietnam+

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