Dear teachers, civil servants, employees in the education sector.

On April 8, 2021, I was honored to be entrusted by the Party, the National Assembly and the Government to assume the position of Minister of Education and Training. This is a great honor for me, this task is very heavy, with many pressures, difficulties and challenges. My first thoughts and concerns after taking the job were about the profession and career of our teachers.

The education sector, our teaching profession, is a glorious profession. The greater the task, the heavier the responsibility, the higher the requirements, the greater the glory. We are living and working, contributing at a time when the country and the people are raising their aspirations to break through, hoping to bring the country to a new level of development, civilization and prosperity. Part of that important task is entrusted to our education sector. To undertake this mission, there is no other way, we need to continue to persevere and actively promote the cause of innovation.

Our task is very heavy, but we have many advantages, advantages are fundamental, the whole industry has done many great things in recent years. The innovation path led and guided by the Party is very clear, the problem is how to do it. We will join hands, gather intelligence, and unite to make education better and better. Innovation needs to start from teachers and develop teachers, innovation must be suitable to reality, stem from reality, based on reality, solve problems from reality so that the quality of education today is better than yesterday, tomorrow is better than today according to a strategic orientation.

More than anyone else, we hope that the position of our teachers needs to be strengthened, and the dignity of the profession needs to be preserved. This requires many sides and involves many factors, but first and foremost, it comes from us teachers. Only by our efforts, by our example, by our intelligence and our love for our profession, our students, for knowledge and reason, by our self-respect and self-esteem, can we gradually make our teaching profession more dignified.

We need to strengthen the trust of society, but to do that, we must first have confidence in ourselves, in our abilities, in the qualities of teachers, and in the ethics of teachers that we have and are building. There are still many concerns and worries, disadvantages and even injustices. At times like these, let's look towards our beloved students, the highest justice and the greatest compensation lie there. That is the source of inspiration and endless creative energy for our teachers. Both in theory and in practice, life is always fair, if the quality of education is gradually improved, learners feel happy, society is fully informed, management is effective and with a spirit of dedication... society's trust in our industry and profession will certainly increase. When every lecture and book we prepare is aimed at students, every innovation we make is for the sake of what parents expect and serves the development of the country, there is no reason why we should not have a worthy position in society.

I have unshakable faith in the team of teachers and lecturers. I believe that the sectors and social forces will respect and accompany us, as they have always done. Our Party has clearly seen the importance, the Government is very determined, the Prime Minister is very resolute, other ministries and sectors understand and share, so we will certainly do great things.

As for me, as a teacher and manager, I will do my best for the industry and its development. I hope that all teachers, workers, and managers in and outside the industry will join hands and support.

Let us join hands now, from this moment. Cultivating people is for a hundred years, we nurture sweet fruits for the future, but today, both we and society must see strong trees and green branches.

I wish all teachers, civil servants, public employees and workers in the education sector good health, happiness, love for their jobs, love for life and to be loved by life more and more.

MINISTER OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Nguyen Kim Son