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The Prime Minister has just issued Directive No. 31/CT-TTg dated August 5, 2026 on implementing key tasks for the 2026 - 2027 school year. Download Review and arrange public preschool, general, and regular educational establishments towards forming large-scale educational establishments. The Directive states: Implement Resolution No. 71-NQ/TW dated January 22 8 year 2025 of the Politburo on breakthrough development of education and training, the entire Education sector has made many efforts in perfecting institutions and policies on education and training; innovate management, improve the quality of education and training, especially training high-quality human resources; promote digital transformation; Prepare teachers, schools, textbooks, and conditions for the new school year. However, there is still a shortage of schools, classrooms, facilities and teaching equipment, especially in areas with rapid population growth; Local teacher surplus and shortage still occur in many localities; The situation of school violence is complicated; The organization of high school graduation exams in some localities is still not serious, negatively affecting the entire Education sector. Based on promoting the achieved results, in order to create clear and substantive changes in the new school year 2026 - 2027 in the spirit of Resolution No. 71-NQ/TW and the direction of the General Secretary and President in the field of education and training, the Prime Minister requests the Minister of Education and Training; Ministers and Heads of relevant agencies; Chairman of the Peoples Committees of provinces and cities strongly innovated thinking and methods of educational management, shifting strongly from educational management thinking to educational development administration; Focus on thoroughly overcoming limitations, inadequacies, difficulties and problems; Continue to synchronously, drastically, and effectively implement breakthrough tasks and solutions to develop education and training. Overcome the problem of achievement in teaching and learning. In particular, the Ministry of Education and Training presides and coordinates with relevant ministries, agencies, and localities to continue to review and synchronously perfect institutions, policies, and laws on education and training in the spirit of Resolution No. 71-NQ/TW; promptly detect, amend, supplement, and replace regulations that are overlapping, contradictory, and no longer appropriate, ensuring that there are no legal gaps in the process of operating the two-level local government model. Build a set of indicators to monitor and supervise the implementation of education and training development goals. Strengthen discipline and improve responsibility for performing tasks; building a culture of honesty, integrity, and substance; have specific solutions to overcome achievement problems in teaching, learning, testing and evaluation; Do not follow the promotion rate or graduation rate, ensure the true assessment of learners capacity. Guide localities to continue reviewing and arranging public preschool, general, and regular educational establishments in the direction of forming large-scale educational establishments associated with restructuring the school network, organizational structure, and staff; Review and dissolve retail schools that do not meet minimum facilities standards in remote areas, border areas, and ethnic minority areas to focus on forming boarding and semi-boarding schools at the main school site. Provide specific instructions on the administration method and scale of the educational institution immediately after stabilizing the arrangement; Review and complete regulations on decentralization, authority, and state management tasks at the provincial and commune levels. Research on pilot mechanisms for governance models for public and private school systems in the same area. Implement universal preschool education for children from 3 to 5 years old and implement compulsory lower secondary education; Organize and pilot the new preschool education program. Effectively deploy a unified set of general education textbooks throughout the country, ensuring adequate supply of textbooks before August 15, 2026. Strengthen foreign language teaching and learning, teach languages of neighboring countries, and gradually make English a second language in schools. Accelerate the roadmap to organize 2-session teaching/day, strengthen STEM/STEAM education, digital skills, physical education and school sports, arts, career guidance and activities to develop student qualities and abilities. Strengthen prevention and combat of cheating in exams. The Prime Minister requires innovation in testing and evaluation to ensure substance and effectiveness; reduce exam pressure; rectify school discipline and order; Strengthen prevention and combat of cheating in exams, especially in the High School Graduation Exam, and strictly handle violations according to regulations. Direct and guide localities to review and cut unnecessary exams and competitions; reduce pressure on students, teachers and parents. The Ministry of Education and Training presides and coordinates with the Ministry of Home Affairs to guide localities to restructure their teams in the direction of increasing teachers directly teaching; Complete the review and rearrangement of the teaching staff, and recruit enough teachers according to regulations right from the beginning of the 2026 - 2027 school year. Preside and coordinate with the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of Justice and relevant agencies to urgently buildDevelop and submit to the Government for promulgation a Resolution related to the number of deputy heads of educational institutions, specific instructions on restructuring job positions and other necessary contents when arranging in order, shortening procedures, ensuring strictness and compliance with regulations. Research and propose policies to attract teachers, especially teac