Nearly 200 projects participate in the city-level Secondary School Science and Engineering Competition

Product exhibition space of Phu Duong Secondary School (Duong No Ward)

The 2025-2026 Secondary School Science and Engineering Competition attracted the participation of 142 units, including 104 secondary schools, 36 high schools, and 2 continuing education-vocational education centers. The participating units submitted a total of 195 projects across four subject areas, with 359 students taking part, including 221 secondary school students and 138 high school students.

Compared to previous years, this year’s competition featured several adjustments in its organizational format. Following the school-level rounds, 195 projects were selected for submission to the city-level competition. Through the appraisal and preliminary screening rounds, the Organizing Committee selected 121 high-quality projects for nomination. Subsequently, the Panel of Judges chose 76 outstanding projects for awards and 24 representative projects from participating units that met the requirements to advance to Round 2, where students presented and defended their projects before the judges.

The Science and Engineering Competition for secondary school students is the result of experiential and creative activities in scientific research, contributing to the development of research skills and scientific thinking, and supporting improvements in the quality of teaching and learning in schools.

Award ceremony

According to DOET leaders, the competition aims to strengthen experiential activities oriented toward developing students’ competencies and qualities; to implement integrated education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in carrying out the new general education curriculum in line with Directive No. 16/CT-TTg dated May 4th, 2017, of the Prime Minister on strengthening access to the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Through the competition, the education sector seeks to promote innovation in learning methods toward enhancing students’ proactiveness, positivity, and creativity, linking theoretical knowledge with the resolution of practical problems; at the same time, selecting outstanding projects to participate in the national and international Science and Engineering Competitions.