The Impact of National Science and Technology Program for the 2016-2020 period on the Fundamental and Comprehensive Reform of Vietnam’s Education

Abstract

In the process of presiding over the implementation of the National Science and Technology program for the 2016-2020 period: “Research and development of educational science to meet the requirements of fundamental and comprehensive innovation of education in Vietnam”, the Ministry of Education and Training has conducted four stages of appraisal evaluation, mid-term evaluation, final evaluation and impact evaluation. This research focuses on determining the actual impact/effectiveness of the program at the time of ending, by analyzing the difference between the results before and after applying the research results of the program of the same group of subjects. The findings have proven that the KHGD/16-20 program has improved the quality and effectiveness of educational scientific research, contributing to answering theoretical and practical issues raised in the process of fundamental and comprehensive innovation of education in Vietnam. At the same time, it also points out some inadequacies and limitations in managing and implementing the program.