Since 2022, the Hoa Binh Department of Education and Training has provided advice for the provincial People's Committee to issue Plan No. 219/KH-UBND on November 17, 2022, which outlines the implementation of a project titled "Enhancing the application of Information Technology (IT) and Digital Transformation in Education and Training for the 2022–2025 period, with a vision to 2030.” As of now, the local education sector has made significant progress in IT adoption and digital transformation.
The application of information technology in schools contributes to improving the quality of teaching and learning.
Nguyen Quang Minh, Deputy Director of the Department, said that each year the education sector introduces guidelines to implement IT applications, digital transformation, and education statistics. These themes are integrated into professional training workshops, significantly enhancing the quality of teaching and learning across the sector.
The department has collaborated with Quang Ich Technology JSC to develop the Hoa Binh Education Database and Smart Education Ecosystem. Currently, 98.4% of student, staff, and teacher data has been synchronised with the national population database. The education sector is also leveraging platforms such as eNetViet, which bridges families and schools, while digitalising records, creating digital libraries, and deploying tools in the Smart Education Ecosystem to ease administrative workloads for schools and teachers.
Under the Ministry of Education and Training's guidance, the department has facilitated online university and college admissions through the Public Service Portal. In 2023, 8,364 candidates registered via the portal, representing 86.03%, and this increased to 9,087 candidates in 2024, equivalent to 91.42%.
In line with Prime Minister Directive No. 04, which promotes the use of data applications, identification, and electronic authentication for national digital transformation, the department has piloted digital academic records for primary schools. Consequently, 63,511 digital records, representing 99.34% of students from first to fourth grade, have been issued. This exceeds the minimum 50% requirement set by the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Education and Training. The remaining 419 students, accounting for 0.66%, are still awaiting digital records due to data inconsistencies with the national database.
The department has also introduced non-cash payment systems for tuition and other school fees. In collaboration with MISA joint Stock Company and commercial banks, the initiative has seen non-cash transactions surpass 83 billion VND (3.2 million USD) for the 2024–2025 school year as of December 8, 2024.
For digital public service signatures, all 520 public schools have been equipped, with 18,073 out of 19,002 public school staff members—95.11%—adopting the system. Additionally, all 12 non-public institutions and 535 non-public staff have implemented digital signatures.
Efforts to enhance IT and digital transformation in teaching and learning have also gained momentum. Teachers from preschool to high school levels receive annual digital transformation training. The department is working closely with the STEM Education Promotion Alliance and non-governmental organisations to expand STEM education. Notably, artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and augmented reality are increasingly being applied to support teachers and students in their teaching and learning processes.
In recent years, collaboration with The Dariu Foundation has led to the establishment of over 200 programming and STEM clubs, which have delivered effective results. Products developed by these clubs have competed in national and international science and technology competitions, achieving outstanding accolades. For instance, teams from Cong Nghiep High School and Hoang Van Thu High School for the Gifted won three gold medals at the 2022 World Invention Creativity Olympic in the Republic of Korea.
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