Amendment of the Regulations on the National Science and Technology Research Competition for Students

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 Junior High School 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 collect comments as prescribed.

Instructors and members of the IRONCORTEX robot team (Le Hong Phong High School, Dak Lak province) continue to research and develop products. Photo: Xuan Trieu/VNA

The amendment and supplement to Circular 06 focuses on three main contents: Methods of selecting projects to compete in the National Competition; issues related to the organization of the Competition and issues related to the organization of the Competition at the level of the participating unit.

Previously, on April 10, 2024, the Ministry of Education and Training issued the Regulations on the National Science and Technology Research Competition for Junior High School and High School Students in Circular No. 06/2024/TT-BGDDT. The Regulations have ensured that the competition is organized openly and transparently, properly evaluating students' projects and creating a strong scientific research movement in schools.

However, in the process of implementing Circular 06, some contents have not really met the requirements of practice or have not clarified the roles and tasks, so they need to be adjusted to improve the organization of the contest. The addition and amendment of Circular 06 is also to comply with the policy of streamlining and streamlining state management agencies and implementing the merger of provinces and cities.

The draft Circular amending and supplementing Circular 06 further emphasizes the need to improve integrity in scientific research by clearly defining specific subjects. The projects selected to participate in the national competition will be announced publicly, with supervision from the whole society, ensuring honesty in 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 the number 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 projects to participate, avoiding leveling and not really encouraging the movement.

Small-scale competition units are allowed to register a maximum of 3 national-level competition projects. Larger provincial-level units with a ratio of more than 1% and less than or equal to 5% are allowed to register a maximum of 6 projects. Units with a ratio of projects greater than 5% and less than or equal to 10% are allowed to register a maximum of 9 projects. Units with a ratio of projects greater than 10% are allowed to register a maximum of 12 projects. This regulation is suitable for the context of merging and streamlining administrative boundaries; at the same time, maintaining encouragement, motivation and promoting 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 stipulates transitional conditions for the National Science and Technology Research Competition for Junior High School 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.

Source: https://baotintuc.vn/giao-duc/sua-doi-quy-che-cuoc-thi-nghien-cuu-khoa-hoc-ki-thuat-cap-quoc-gia-danh-cho-hoc-sinh-20251005142319702.htm