Ministry of Education and Training prepares for major restructuring of educational institutions

(Dan Tri) - "Similar to the previous merger of provinces and cities, we do not need to ask the question "should or should not" but must definitely rearrange educational facilities, this is an order."

Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son emphasized the above content at the 2025 Higher Education Conference held this morning (September 18), before the policy of rearranging educational institutions in the coming time.

According to the Minister of Education and Training, the Ministry will develop a plan and report to the Prime Minister on this policy. The restructuring will be carried out with a high spirit of determination.

The head of the Education sector believes that, similar to the reorganization of provinces and cities, the reorganization of educational institutions must certainly be carried out; it is an order, and there is no need to ask the question "should or should not".

According to the Minister of Education and Training, the rearrangement of educational facilities is an order that must be carried out (Photo: Nguyen Manh).

Sharing about this policy, the Minister said that the education sector is facing many problems and changes, including preparing for a major restructuring of educational institutions.

However, the education sector is also facing many opportunities for development. This is the opportunity, the time, the moment for higher education to make a breakthrough. "If we do not seize the opportunity, seize the power, it means we are at fault," the Minister emphasized.

According to the head of the education sector, many new policies in education have just been issued, certainly many worries and confusion are completely real because the sector is facing many changes.

In the university sector, after the major restructuring, there will be designated units that will not be selected for integration and restructuring.

“There will be a scenario for each educational institution, to have the best personnel plan. The Ministry of Education and Training is proposing that, for each specific case, it will assign personnel.

Although the educational institutions have just finished their congress, I think that facing the new situation, this is the time for a breakthrough.

Schools must prepare to be "happy in all situations", leaders of educational institutions must be impartial and not ask "where am I sitting", said the Minister of Education and Training.

Some small universities will merge into large universities (Photo: Document).

According to the head of the education sector, he called on teachers to think together about how to develop their units within the next 3 months, take advantage of the great opportunities that the Party and Government have given them, and prepare for the future, not just look at each other and worry about fighting.

The second concern is how educational institutions will be organized to reduce the number of connections. Non-public schools will handle it themselves, while public security and military educational institutions will follow the vertical management of their ministries and branches.

Subtracting these numbers, there are now a total of about 140 public universities. “We cannot announce how much the number will decrease or what percentage will remain, but it will definitely decrease deeply in the coming time.

It is possible that schools under central management will be managed locally. It is possible that schools under local management will be merged into the central government. It is possible that schools under central management will merge with each other or some schools will be dissolved. In particular, some schools that are close to each other in terms of fields will merge to reduce fragmentation and develop better.

According to the planning of the network of higher education and pedagogical institutions for the 2021-2030 period previously issued by the Ministry of Education and Training, large higher education centers will be formed, with about 50 to 60 higher education institutions training to the doctoral level.

In particular, a number of public universities will be reorganized; and pedagogical universities in physical education, sports, and arts will be reorganized.

Restructure and develop technical pedagogical universities into multi-disciplinary, multi-field higher education institutions with a focus on technology and engineering.

For pedagogical colleges, the direction of arrangement and organization is to merge with a pedagogical university or a multi-disciplinary, multi-field higher education institution (with a school, faculty of pedagogy or basic sciences);

Merge into a local or regional higher education institution. Merge or consolidate with several other local educational institutions.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/giao-duc/bo-gddt-chuan-bi-cuoc-dai-sap-xep-lai-cac-co-so-giao-duc-20250918151236830.htm