In recent times, the Education and Training sector of Son La province has actively implemented digital transformation solutions, applying information technology in management, teaching and learning. The application of digital platforms not only contributes to modernizing education management, but also opens up opportunities to innovate teaching methods, improve training quality, and meet development requirements in the 4.0 technology era.
The emulation movement "Digital transformation in the period of 2023 - 2030" in Son La province has been thoroughly grasped by the Department of the content and meaning of the digital transformation emulation movement, promoting the proactiveness, positivity, responsibility and self-awareness of civil servants, public employees and workers participating in the emulation movement, striving to complete assigned tasks well, contributing to the successful implementation of the national digital transformation program. The Department of Education and Training has issued many documents directing the implementation of promoting digital transformation in the education and training sector. The server system and LAN network are fully equipped, scientific, ensuring conditions for information safety and security; 100% of educational management agencies and educational institutions are connected to high-speed fiber optic internet, only a few schools and villages in remote areas, especially difficult areas, areas without electricity must use 3G, 4G networks instead. Organizations select teaching software solutions Online learning is diverse and suitable to the needs and implementation conditions such as platforms of Viettel, VNPT, VinaPhone or some free solutions such as Ms teams, Google Meet, Zoom, k12 - Online... to organize online teaching.

Son La promotes digital transformation in the education sector, improving the quality of teaching and learning.
At the same time, the Department increases the use of online training and education. Synchronously deploy solutions to ensure information safety and security, ensure safe and effective online teaching and learning in the network environment. Promote the use of question banks and test development systems at secondary and high schools; build test data warehouses with schools. Promote the use of software to support school management, electronic records and books; build a synchronous and interconnected database. Deploy an electronic document management software system using digital signatures from the Department of Education and Training to the Departments of Education and Training and schools, interconnected and unified with the interconnected document axis of the province and the country. Maintain the deployment of the public service system, connect with the Provincial Public Service Portal and connect with the National Public Service Portal. Directing the implementation of cashless payments in educational institutions (all schools have bank accounts and encourage students and people to pay tuition fees and register to receive support for learning costs through bank accounts and e-wallets). In the 2024-2025 school year, implement solutions to implement cashless payments through unified payment management software throughout the province with the goal of achieving a 100% implementation rate in the entire sector. Implementing payment of salaries and other regimes and allowances for officials, civil servants, public employees and workers in the entire sector to achieve a 100% non-cash payment rate. The rate of universities and colleges that have completed digital governance models, digital operations and digital data standardization is 100%. The rate of educational institutions from primary to high school that have completed digital governance models, digital operations, and digital data standardization is 100%.
In education management, 100% of units use the student management system (EMIS), exam management, teacher records, electronic transcripts. The VNPT-iOffice 4.0 executive document system to manage the incoming and outgoing document system. Most units organize meetings, seminars, and professional training via online platforms, while also implementing good innovation in inspection and examination work, shifting from administrative inspection to practical effectiveness assessment, strengthening post-inspection, community supervision, and transparency. Particularly in the management of teaching staff and management staff: units perform well in capacity assessment, classification and regular training, and build emulation and reward mechanisms associated with work efficiency. 100% of educational institutions use School Management software using SMAS; VNEDU software; financial and asset management using MISA software; implementing industry database management software...
At the same time, the Department of Education and Training focuses on innovating educational management and school administration at the continuing education level. Deploying school management software; deploying electronic grade books, electronic transcripts; teachers have been granted digital signatures; have digitally signed teaching schedules, teachers' lesson plans; infrastructure, equipment serving information technology teaching, IT application, digital transformation such as: Central website, central fanpage, equipment management software, accounting software, Smas software, smart broadcasting, emulation and reward software, industry database, document management system, civil servant management software. For the continuing education level, a pilot implementation plan has been developed. The Department has instructed educational institutions to strengthen the implementation of digital transformation in education and pilot implementation of digital transcripts. 10/12 continuing education centers have registered to pilot digital transcripts.
Digital transformation is becoming an important driving force to help Son La Education and Training sector improve management efficiency, teaching and learning quality, and create a flexible and modern learning environment. With determination and synchronous participation, Son La is gradually realizing the goal of building a smart education system, meeting the requirements of human resource development in the new period./.