A total of 27 local students obtained prizes at the national exam for excellent 12th graders, including one first and four second prizes. At the high school graduation exam 2020, the rate of students passing the exam hit 97.8 percent. The province had two students named among top 10 students with the highest scores among participants of the Group C (for specialisation in social sciences and humanities: Literature, history and geography) at the national university entrance exam. Yen Bai also prepared all needed conditions for applying the new high-school textbooks.     

Directing new tasks for the 2020-2021 school year, Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee Do Duc Duy suggested agencies and sectors continue following the Party’s education-training orientations and policies; boosting career orientations and student classification; promoting illiteracy eradication and universal education; and increasing the quality of education for ethnic people; among others.

Better infrastructure, devices and resources for education and learning are also necessary, he added.

On the occasion, four groups received emulation flags from the Ministry of Education and Training, while a large number of groups and individuals gained certificates of merit from the Minister of Education and Training and the Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee.