What does the application for permission for schools for disabled persons to conduct their educational activities in Vietnam include?

What does the application for permission for schools for disabled persons to conduct their educational activities in Vietnam include?

Under Article 83 of Decree 125/2024/ND-CP on the procedures for permission for schools for disabled persons to conduct their educational activities:

1. The Director of the Department of Education and Training shall issue a decision on permission for a school for disabled persons to conduct its educational activities.

2. An application includes:

- A written request for permission for the school for disabled persons to conduct its educational activities (according to Form No. 03 Appendix I enclosed with Decree 125/2024/ND-CP);

- Copies of legal documents proving land use rights and house ownership or agreement on rental of location for the school of which the minimum term is 05 years;

- In case of a private school for disabled persons, a legal confirmation document on the amount of money currently managed by the school, ensuring legitimacy and conformity with estimated scale at the time of application for educational activities;

- Statutes of organization and operation of the school, specifying legal status, missions and powers of the school; organization and management structure; organization of educational activities; duties and rights of administrative officers, teachers, staff, employees and students; finances and assets of the school; other issues related to organization and operation of the school.

3. Procedures:

- The school shall submit an application specified in clause 2 of Article 83, Decree 125/2024/ND-CP in person, via online public service portal or by post, to the Department of Education and Training;

- Within 05 working days from the date on which the sufficient application is received, if the application is unsatisfactory, the Department of Education and Training shall give a written notification of contents to be amended to the school; or if the application is satisfactory, it shall notify a plan to carry out the realistic assessment at the school;

- Within 20 days from the date of receipt of the sufficient and satisfactory application, the Department of Education and Training shall preside over and cooperate with other relevant specialized units in organizing the assessment of realistic conditions concerning permission for the school to conduct its educational activities; preparing an assessment report to assess the fulfillment of requirements mentioned in Article 82 of Decree 125/2024/ND-CP;

- Within 05 working days from the date of receipt of the assessment report, if the requirements are fulfilled, the Director of the Department of Education and Training shall issue a decision on permission for the school for disabled persons to conduct its educational activities; if the requirements are not fulfilled, he/she shall send a written notification in which reasons should be clearly specified to the school.

The decision on permission for the school for disabled persons to conduct its educational activities (according to Form No. 10 Appendix I enclosed with Decree 125/2024/ND-CP) shall be publicly announced on mass media.

What does the application for permission for schools for disabled persons to conduct their educational activities in Vietnam include? (Image from Internet)

What are the 03 requirements to be satisfied by schools for disabled persons in Vietnam to conduct their educational activities?

Pursuant to Article 82 of Decree 125/2024/ND-CP on the requirements to be satisfied by schools for disabled persons for conducting their educational activities:

A school for disabled persons is permitted to conduct its educational activities when meeting the requirements applied to each respective educational level in accordance with Article 5, Article 17, Article 27 of Decree 125/2024/ND-CP and the following requirements:

1. Develop education curriculums and learning and teaching materials that comply with regulations applied to a school for disabled persons and are consistent with methods of educating disabled persons;

2. Employ adequate administrative officers, teachers, staff and employees that meet conduct and qualification standards and obtain qualifications for performance of tasks to satisfy demands of disabled persons and implementation of methods of educating disabled students.

3. Have facilities, equipment, accessories and amenities which are custom-made to meet the needs of the disable persons, including:

- Classrooms that are suitable for characteristics of the disabled persons and functional rooms which are suitably designed to meet the demands for the school’s operations;

- Accommodations that meet the boarding demands of the disabled students;

- Equipment, devices or instruments used for assessment, intervention, teaching, career counseling and vocational education purposes;

- Specialized or auxiliary materials that help the school operate in a normal manner.

What are the responsibilities of inclusive education institutions in organizing inclusive education in Vietnam?

Educational institutions organize and implement inclusive education for disabled persons as stipulated in Article 19 of Circular 03/2018/TT-BGDDT have the following responsibilities:

- Disseminate and encourage disabled persons, their family, local governments, department and unions, and relevant organizations and individuals to raise awareness of inclusive education

- Encourage disabled persons and their family to provide all documents and information on abilities and demands of those disabled persons for education institutions for determination the disability rate in communes.

- Preside over and cooperate with disabled persons and their family in preparing and implementing personal education plans made for disabled persons

- Provide all information, documents and results concerning the care, early intervention and disability education for relevant parties where the person with disabilities moves to another educational stage, another education institution or returns home

- Keep information on the disability of the disabled persons and their family as confidential