Vietnam: What is the school-level Violympic competition schedule for the 2024 - 2025 academic year? How many days are left until the competition?

What is the school-level Violympic competition schedule for the 2024 - 2025 academic year in Vietnam? How many days are left until the competition?

On November 10, 2022, the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam approved Official Dispatch 5943/BGDDT-GDTrH in 2022 on consenting to the content of the Violympic playground scheme for upper secondary school students.

The organizing committee of the Violympic competition has officially announced the competition schedule and regulations for Violympic for the 2024 - 2025 academic year.

Violympic competition rules for the 2024 - 2025 academic year...Download

Violympic competitions schedule for the 2024 - 2025 academic year...Download

The Violympic competition for the 2024 - 2025 academic year will officially commence on September 1, 2024. The preliminary round will start with 6 challenges for the subjects of Mathematics, Mathematics in English, and Vietnamese, and 3 challenges for the subjects of Natural Sciences, History, and Geography.

The specific school-level Violympic competition schedule for the 2024 - 2025 academic year is as follows:

Thus, the school-level Violympic competition for the 2024-2025 academic year will take place from December 10, 2024, to December 13, 2024, with five subjects: Mathematics, Mathematics in English, Vietnamese, Natural Sciences, History, and Geography.

As of the current time, there are only 06 days left until the school-level Violympic competition for the 2024-2025 academic year.

What is the school-level Violympic competition schedule for the 2024 - 2025 academic year in Vietnam? How many days are left until the competition? (Image from the Internet)

What is the purpose of organizing the Violympic competition in Vietnam?

According to Section 1 of the Violympic competition rules for the 2024 - 2025 academic year...Download, the purpose of organizing the Violympic competition in Vietnam is defined as follows:

- Strengthen the application of information technology in learning at high schools.

- Create a beneficial and healthy online playground for Math, Vietnamese, Math in English, History, and Geography, Natural Sciences for upper secondary school students.

- Enable students to use the Internet as a learning method. Students can practice and assess their learning abilities directly on a convenient and safe online platform.

- Create a friendly, healthy environment for students to actively interact and learn.

- Develop a quality question bank, integrating real-life scenarios aligned with the latest guidance from the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) to develop students' comprehensive abilities.

- Provide opportunities for teachers nationwide to refer to and utilize a quality-assured question bank developed by leading experts.

What are the duties and powers of lower secondary schools in Vietnam?

Under Article 3 of the lower secondary school, upper secondary school and multi-level school charter issued with Circular 32/2020/TT-BGDDT:

- Formulate the school’s development plans and strategies as appropriate to the socio-economic situation of the location where the school is located; determine the school’s vision, mission, and core values in relation to education, culture, history and traditions.

- Develop and launch the school’s education plans in accordance with the general education curricula promulgated by the Minister of Education and Training. Cooperate with students’ families, organizations and individuals in organization of educational activities.

- Admit and receive students, and manage students according to regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training.

- Launch plans for universalization of education as assigned.

- Enable teachers, staff and students to participate in social activities.

- Manage teachers and staff as prescribed by law.

- Mobilize, manage and use resources for education in compliance with the law.

- Manage, use and preserve facilities and equipment as per the law.

- Carry out activities of educational quality assurance, assessment and accreditation according to regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training.

- Publicly announce the school’s commitment to educational quality, educational quality assurance conditions, and revenues and expenditures in compliance with the law.

- Practice democracy and accountability in management of educational activities; ensure the participation of students, students’ families and the society in management of educational activities as prescribed by law.

- Perform other duties and exercise other powers as prescribed by law.

What is the official language used in educational institutions in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 11 of the Education Law 2019 stipulating languages, written languages used in educational institutions:

Languages, written languages used in educational institutions

1. Vietnamese is the official language to be used in educational institutions. Based on the goals of education and specific requirements on educational contents, the Government shall stipulate the teaching and learning via foreign languages in educational institutions.

2. The State shall encourage and enable ethnic minority people to learn their spoken and written languages as prescribed in Governmental regulations; hearing-impaired and speaking-impaired persons to learn via sign language, vision-impaired persons to learn via the Braille alphabet as prescribed in the Law on Persons with Disabilities.

3. Foreign languages defined in educational programmes are the languages used commonly in international communication. The teaching of foreign languages in educational institutions should guarantee that learners have continuing and effective learning process.

Thus, according to the above provisions, the official language used in educational institutions is Vietnamese.