The statement was made at a workshop on digital transformation in education held on October 28.
According to Ho Chi Minh City Vice Chairman Duong Anh Duc, the city is a major metropolis and its education system has over 2 million students and about 100,000 teachers, lecturers, experts and scientists.
In recent years, the city has taken steps to enhance the application of information technology to create a better learning environment for its students.
Duc said the achievements recorded by the city have demonstrated that the use of IT in education is appropriate and fully meet the demands of fundamental and comprehensive educational reform.
According to the Director of the Department of Education and Training Nguyen Van Hieu, the municipal education sector has determined digital transformation a top solution in enhancing the quality of its education and training systems.
The workshop is an occasion for experts and management officials to understand the opportunities and challenges of digital transformation so as to devise a specific action plan to promote digital transformation in education in a more effective and substantive manner.
