Ministry of Education proposes to amend science and technology exam regulations: No equalization, increase integrity

The Ministry of Education and Training proposed to amend the regulations on science and technology research competitions for students, thereby increasing scientific integrity and not equalizing the number of competition projects of departments.

Two students won first prize in the 2024 National Science and Technology Competition, Le Tuan Hy and Nguyen Le Quoc Bao of Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted, Ho Chi Minh City, and teacher Do Quoc Anh Triet - Photo: HOANG HUONG

The Ministry of Education and Training has just announced a draft Circular amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Regulations on the national science and technology research competition for secondary and high school students, issued together with Circular No. 06/2024/TT-BGDDT dated April 10, 2024 of the Minister of Education and Training to solicit comments.

Accordingly, the projects selected to compete at the national level will be announced publicly, with supervision from the whole society, ensuring honesty in research. This is to enhance integrity in scientific research.

The draft also changes the calculation of the maximum number of competition projects for each unit. Specifically, the number of competition projects belonging to the Departments of Education and Training is based on the percentage of competition projects at the department level compared to the total number of competition projects at the department level of provinces and cities nationwide. This is to ensure fairness when selecting competition projects.

Departments of Education and Training with good scale and competition movement will be assigned a proportionate number of participating projects, avoiding leveling and not really encouraging the movement.

Small-scale competing units may register up to 3 national-level competition projects. Larger provincial-scale units with a ratio greater than 1% and less than or equal to 5% may register up to 6 projects. Units with a ratio of competing projects greater than 5% and less than or equal to 10% may register up to 9 projects. Units with a ratio of competing projects greater than 10% may register up to 12 projects.

This regulation is suitable for the context of merging and streamlining administrative boundaries; at the same time, it maintains encouragement, motivation and arouses the movement of scientific and technical research.

For the participating units being high schools under the Ministry 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 regulations in Circular 06.

The draft Circular also adds a provision: Units with each project winning a fourth prize or higher at an international competition in the previous year are allowed to send one more project to the competition. This provision is intended to prioritize and encourage units with projects winning national prizes.

To ensure stability, the draft also stipulates transitional conditions for the National Science and Technology Research Competition for middle and high school students in the 2025-2026 school year. Accordingly, the maximum number of competition projects of the Departments of Education and Training after the merger of provinces and cities is the total number of competition projects of the competition units before the merger.

VNA

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