General Secretary and President To Lam: University autonomy, State investment based on output results

General Secretary and President To Lam speaks at the ceremony - Photo: NGUYEN BAO

On the morning of October 12, General Secretary and President To Lam attended the opening ceremony of the new school year and inaugurated the "Project to enhance training and science and technology capacity" at the Vietnam Academy of Agriculture .

Strive to become a multidisciplinary, multi-field university

Speaking at the ceremony, General Secretary and President To Lam said that the Vietnam National Academy of Agriculture is one of the country's key universities. Over the past 70 years, the academy has trained more than 120,000 university-level scientists, technicians and agricultural economic managers, over 15,000 masters and more than 700 doctors.

The General Secretary and President assessed that the cadres trained by the academy are a very important human resource contributing to the outstanding achievements of the country's agriculture and rural areas.

According to the General Secretary and President, the Vietnam Academy of Agriculture has also achieved many important results, such as being one of the first six universities trusted by the Government to pilot autonomy according to the Government's resolution on piloting innovation in the operating mechanism for public higher education institutions. The Academy is considered one of the universities that most actively and successfully implemented the Government's decree on regulations on autonomy mechanisms for public service units.

In terms of training, the academy is one of the universities that is always at the forefront of innovation in training programs, content and methods, combining smoothly and dialectically between scientific research and training, between the school and production and business practices, arousing the spirit of entrepreneurship, self-reliance, innovation and creativity for students.

The General Secretary and President said the Party has repeatedly emphasized that education and training are the top national policies, and science and technology are key to the country's prosperity. Universities must be an important entity in the national innovation system, meeting the requirements of the knowledge economy, circular economy and digital transformation.

Therefore, the General Secretary and President requested that the Vietnam National Academy of Agriculture strive to not only be the country's leading training and research center, but also a prestigious higher education institution in the region and the world, a center of innovation, and a trusted address for national startups.

According to General Secretary and President To Lam, the academy needs to build a comprehensive development project with a suitable roadmap to become a multi-disciplinary, multi-field, multi-branch research university following the model of advanced research universities in the world.

It is necessary to fully and synchronously implement university autonomy.

The General Secretary and President said that today's university graduates, in addition to good professional knowledge and skills, must also have the ability to adapt quickly and promptly to new issues (such as artificial intelligence, automation and digital transformation...).

At the same time, it is necessary to have the desire to contribute, lifelong self-learning skills, innovation skills, along with other soft skills, to ensure adaptability to job requirements.

The General Secretary and President requested that universities, including the Vietnam Academy of Agriculture, actively improve training quality, and training programs must ensure compatibility, integration, and internationalization according to advanced standards.

It is recommended that the Ministry of Education and Training and relevant ministries and branches continue to research and promulgate policies for universities to fully and synchronously implement university autonomy, in order to soon have a university education system that can "stand shoulder to shoulder with the world powers".

The General Secretary and President emphasized: "University autonomy does not mean that the State does not invest, but invests according to the "output results" that educational institutions commit to the State.

In particular, priority should be given to placing orders and assigning tasks to professions that are difficult to socialize and less attractive to learners, but the country really needs them and are our strengths, such as agriculture, forestry and fishery.

The General Secretary and President requested that the academy's research must aim to contribute to the building of "ecological agriculture, modern countryside, civilized farmers", developing a smart agriculture that adapts to climate change, green growth, high added value, on par with advanced countries in the world.

To further promote intellectual resources, land resources and modern facilities, the General Secretary and President requested the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Ministry of Science and Technology to create the best conditions for the academy to actively participate in science and technology programs, first of all the programs on new rural construction, climate change adaptation, low emissions and other programs.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/tong-bi-thu-chu-tich-nuoc-to-lam-tu-chu-dai-hoc-nha-nuoc-dau-tu-theo-ket-qua-dau-ra-2024101209454224.htm