Will Ho Chi Minh City expand the specialized school model?

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

Ms. Tran Thi Dieu Thuy, Vice Chairwoman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee; Mr. Nguyen Van Hieu, Director of Department of Education and Training, awarded certificates of merit to students who won silver medals at the International Math Olympiad.

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Accordingly, at the ceremony to commend and reward excellent students in the 2024-2025 school year, the Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee awarded certificates of merit to 929 individuals with outstanding achievements in the 2024-2025 school year.

Of these, two students received certificates of merit for their outstanding achievements at the International Science and Technology Research Competition for high school students in the 2024-2025 school year and one student won a silver medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) in 2025.

In addition, there are 235 students with excellent results in the national high school student selection exam; 22 students with excellent results in the national science and technology research competition for high school students; 15 students with excellent results in the national student startup idea competition for the 2024-2025 school year.

At the city level, 401 students won first prizes in the 2024-2025 school year's excellent student competition; 40 students won first prizes in the handheld calculator math competition; 24 students won first prizes in the Science and Technology Research Competition for high school students; 7 students won first prizes in the handheld calculator math competition for continuing education ; 36 students won first prizes in the city-level excellent student competition for grades 9 and 12 of continuing education, and 10 students won first prizes in the student competition with startup ideas.

Also on this occasion, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee awarded certificates of merit to 22 teachers who won first prizes at the city-level competition for preschool teachers and teachers of Continuing Education and Vocational Training Centers for excellent teaching, and 114 teachers who directly trained and nurtured students who won prizes at national competitions in the 2024-2025 school year.

Mr. Nguyen Bao Quoc, Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City, awarded certificates of merit to students with high achievements.

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Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Nguyen Bao Quoc, Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City, said that the education and training sector identified the work of discovering and nurturing excellent and talented students as one of the particularly important tasks. At the same time, it is a key strategy contributing to improving the quality of human resources.

To carry out that task, educational institutions have enhanced innovation in teaching and learning methods, integrated information technology, improved the quality of comprehensive education; promoted the role of specialized schools, focused on developing the talents, qualities and outstanding abilities of students studying specialized subjects; created all favorable conditions for teachers to participate in nurturing excellent students.

However, the leaders of the Department of Education and Training also frankly admitted that the recent results of the excellent student exam showed a lack of uniformity between departments, units and regions, demonstrating the lack of sustainability in training excellent students.

Ms. Tran Thi Dieu Thuy, Vice Chairwoman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, spoke at the award ceremony for excellent students.

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With the achievements, Ms. Tran Thi Dieu Thuy, Vice Chairwoman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, assessed that the city's teachers and students have affirmed their reputation for quality education. It can be said that the strategy to turn Ho Chi Minh City into a high-quality education and training center of the country and Southeast Asia is on the right track.

In addition, Ms. Thuy said that the current number of specialized schools and gifted schools is not commensurate with the total student population in Ho Chi Minh City after the merger. She suggested that the education sector continue to pay attention, create conditions, advise and propose to the city's leaders to develop a number of schools following the specialized school model, especially in the fields of culture and arts, contributing to building the city into a cultural industrial center of the country.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/tphcm-se-mo-rong-mo-hinh-truong-chuyen-185250815143911593.htm