Must the school council of a secondary school in Vietnam include students?

Must the school council of a secondary school in Vietnam include students?

Under point b, clause 1, Article 10 of the Regulations issued with Circular 32/2020/TT-BGDDT, specific regulations on the school council are defined as follows:

School council

1. School council of a public secondary school:

a) The school council of a public secondary school shall manage the school, exercise the right of ownership representation of the school and relevant interested parties, decide the school’s operational direction, mobilize and supervise use of resources for the school, link the school with the community and society, and ensure the realization of educational objectives.

b) The school shall be composed of the secretary of the Party Executive Committee; school principal; chairperson of trade union; secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, representatives of specialized teams and office team; and representatives of the local government, parent committees and students.

The school council shall have a chairperson, a secretary and other members, and an odd number of members between 07 and 15. The council’s tenure shall be 05 years.

c) The school council shall have the following duties and powers: decide the school’s development objectives, plans, vision and strategies, projects for each period of time and each year; decide the school’s organizational and operational regulations or amendments thereof, which shall be proposed to the competent authority for approval; decide guidelines for use of the school’s funding and property; approve the school’s education plan; supervise admission and organization of activities included in the school’s education plan; supervise implementation of the school council’s decisions and democracy practice in the school; and supervise mobilization, management and use of the school’s resources in compliance with the law.

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Thus, according to the above regulations, the school council of a secondary school in Vietnam must include students.

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What are the procedures for establishing the school council of a public secondary school in Vietnam?

According to point dd, clause 1, Article 10 of the Regulations issued with Circular 32/2020/TT-BGDDT, specific procedures for establishing the school council of a public secondary school in Vietnam are as follows:

Step 1: Under regulations on components of the school council, the school principal shall

+ request the local government to assign a representative to the school council;

+ draw up list of council members introduced by the local government, teachers and other organizations in the school;

+ and send a proposal for decision on recognition of the school council to the chairperson of the district-level People’s Committee (for lower secondary schools and multi-level schools the highest education level of which is lower secondary level) or Director of Department of Education and Training (for upper secondary schools, multi-level schools the highest education level of which is upper secondary level, provincial-level boarding general education schools for ethnic minorities and district-level boarding general education schools for ethnic minorities with upper secondary level).

Step 2: The principal shall convene the first meeting of the school council to elect the council chairperson by secret ballot; and

Step 3: The principal shall send a proposal for decision on recognition of the council chairperson to the chairperson of the district-level People’s Committee (for lower secondary schools and multi-level schools the highest education level of which is lower secondary level) or Director of Department of Education and Training (for upper secondary schools, multi-level schools the highest education level of which is upper secondary level, provincial-level boarding general education schools for ethnic minorities and district-level boarding general education schools for ethnic minorities with upper secondary level). The council secretary shall be appointed by the council chairperson.

What are the components of the school council of a private secondary school in Vietnam?

According to clause 2, Article 10 of the Regulations issued with Circular 32/2020/TT-BGDDT, specific regulations on the components of the school council of a private secondary school are as follows:

- The school council shall be composed of investor representatives and in-school and out-school members elected in an investor conference and decided based on capital contribution percentage.

For non-profit private schools, the school council shall be composed of investor representatives elected and decided by investors based on capital contribution percentage; and in-school and out-school members. In-school members shall include standard members and voted members. Standard members are the secretary of the Party Executive Committee, principal, chairperson of trade union and secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union. Voted members are representatives of teachers and staff elected in a plenary meeting or delegate meeting of the school. Out-school members shall include representatives of leaders, managers, educators, businesspeople and alumni elected in a plenary meeting or delegate meeting of the school.