In line with Politburo Resolution 57, Dak Lak provincial education sector is intensifying the technology integration across management, teaching, assessment, evaluation. Efforts are focused on investing in digital infrastructure alongside equipment, as well as developing electronic learning materials, to enhance educational quality and meet the demands in the digital transformation (DX) era.

At Le Hong Phong High School, DX has contributed to innovating professional activities. According to Principal Tran Thi Le Thuy, wholly teachers’ lesson plans and instructional schedules have been digitized. Teachers utilize software to create examinations, build online question banks, and employ various instructional support tools. The school has also established an online learning resource repository, including electronic lectures, study materials, tests, exams. Notably, all professional records, gradebooks, student academic transcripts have been digitized combined with integrated into the data system of the Department of Education and Training.

Alongside the technology integration into teaching task, schools are prioritizing STEM education, digital library development, enabling students to access a wider range of materials together with broaden their knowledge. Mr. Huynh Tan Chau, the Principal of Luong Van Chanh High School for the Gifted, noted that the school organizes training sessions coupled with encourages teachers to engage in self-study, research, as well as exchange professional experience. Furthermore, the school assigns teachers with relevant expertise to oversee laboratories, STEM facilities, foreign language programs.

At the preschool, primary, and lower secondary levels, the education sector orients to create “Digital Experience Corners” which integrate technology with play-based activities, physical movement, environmental exploration, music, together with STEM/STEAM education. Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training, Mr. Luu Tien Quang, stated that DX in education has yielded significant, practical results. Across the sector, 114 out of 119 administrative procedures are now processed entirely online; the digitization rate for records, as well as the rate of processing applications on time or ahead of schedule, have both reached 100%. Furthermore, the electronic document exchange alongside the digital signature utilization have surpassed 98%. Digital academic records have been implemented for primary schools province-wide, with ongoing efforts to expand the digitization to student records, academic results, diplomas, combined with certificates.

A practical computer science lesson for students at Chu Van An High School in Buon Ma Thuot ward.

Prioritizing investment in digital infrastructure and equipment

Despite these positive outcomes, there is an uneven distribution in infrastructure coupled with equipment for DX among educational institutions. Therefore, alongside promoting the technology integration, the Dak Lak education sector has identified investment in infrastructure and equipment as a top priority.

Mr. Luu Tien Quang noted that the Department has developed in conjunction with proposed major investment projects focused on infrastructure and digital education, with an estimated total budget of approximately 2.136 trillion VND, sourced from local government funds. These projects will be allocated to computer labs, IT, digital education facilities, LAN systems, information security, digital experience corners, language laboratories, together with STEAM classrooms.

Specifically, the project to invest in digital infrastructure supporting teaching and learning under the 2018 General Education Curriculum has an estimated budget of 422 billion VND. The project covering computer labs in coordination with digital education at the primary school level has an estimated total budget of 230 billion VND, scheduled for implementation during the 2026-2030 period. A separate project to upgrade LAN systems and ensure information security, with an estimated budget of 240 billion VND, is set to be deployed across 625 public educational institutions during the 2026-2027 period.

According to Mr. Luu Tien Quang, the education sector is currently pursuing a comprehensive DX program for the 2026-2030 period. This includes refining databases to ensure they are “accurate, complete, clean, dynamic, unified, and shared,” while enhancing data connectivity alongside sharing, expanding the AI utilization combined with digital learning materials in management, instruction, testing, assessment.

Translated by TRINH THUY