In Vietnam, is lower secondary education compulsory?

In Vietnam, is lower secondary education compulsory?

Under Article 14 of the Education Law 2019 on universalization of education and compulsory education:

Universalization of education and compulsory education

1. Primary education is compulsory.

The State shall provide the universalization of preschool education to 05-year-old children and provide the universalization of lower secondary education.

2. The State shall be responsible for implementing compulsory education throughout the country; planning and facilitating the universalization of education.

3. All citizens within defined age groups shall have the obligation to learn in order to contribute to the universalization of education and complete the compulsory education programme.

4. Families and guardians shall enable their members in defined age groups to receive education in order to contribute to the universalization of education and complete the compulsory education programme.

Thus, the State has policies to implement the universalization of preschool education for 5-year-old children and universalization of lower secondary education.

Therefore, lower secondary education is not compulsory.

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Is a lower secondary diploma one of the diplomas of the national educational system in Vietnam?

Under Article 12 of the Education Law 2019, regulations on degrees/diplomas and certificates are as follows:

Degrees/degrees/diplomas and certificates

1. Degrees/diplomas of the national educational system are conferred to learners upon successful completion of an educational level or educational programme and meeting the graduation standards of the corresponding qualification as prescribed in this Law.

2. Degrees/diplomas of the national educational system consist of the following: lower secondary diploma, upper secondary diploma, diploma of vocational secondary schools, college degree, bachelor degree, master degree, doctoral degree and degrees/diplomas of equivalent qualifications.

3. Certificates of the national educational system are granted to learners to acknowledge their learning results upon successful completion of courses for knowledge or professional upgrading or conferred to candidates of certification examinations as prescribed by law.

4. Degrees/degrees/diplomas and certificates granted by educational institutions of educational types and modes in the national educational system shall have equal legal values.

5. The Government shall promulgate a system of higher educational degrees/diplomas and stipulate the equivalent degrees/diplomas of some specific in-depth specializations.

Thus, a lower secondary diploma is one of the diplomas of the national educational system in Vietnam.

How many years does lower secondary education in Vietnam last?

Under Clause 1, Article 28 of the Education Law 2019, regulations on educational levels and ages in general education are as follows:

Educational levels and entry ages

1. Educational levels and age groups of general education are regulated as follows:

a) Primary education lasts for 05 school years, from the first to the fifth grade. The entry age for the first grade is 06;

b) Lower secondary education lasts for 04 school years, from the sixth to the ninth grade. Students must complete the primary educational programme before entering the sixth grade. The entry age for the sixth grade is 11;

c) Upper secondary education lasts for 03 school years, from the tenth to the twelfth grade. Students must complete the lower secondary educational programme before entering the tenth grade. The entry age for the tenth grade is 15;

Lower secondary education lasts for 04 school years, from the sixth to the ninth grade.

What are the objectives of lower secondary education in Vietnam?

Under Article 29 of the Education Law 2019, regulations on the objectives of general education are as follows:

Objectives of general education

1. The objectives of general education are to help learners develop comprehensively by acquiring morals, knowledge, physical health, aesthetic values and other basic skills, develop personal abilities, flexibility and creativeness, with a view to forming the socialist Vietnamese personality and the civic duty, to preparing them for further studies of higher education, vocational education or entering the workforce, participating in the building and defending of the Fatherland.

2. Primary education aims to help students form initial foundations for moral, intellectual, physical and aesthetic development and capacity, preparing them for entering lower secondary education.

3. Lower secondary education is directed towards students' consolidation and development of the outcomes of primary education, provision of general and basic knowledge along with introductory understanding on techniques and career orientation to enter upper secondary education or vocational education.

4. Upper secondary education is directed towards the provision of civic knowledge; students' consolidation and development of the outcomes of lower secondary education; completion of general education and acquisition of common understanding on techniques and career orientation; provision of opportunities for students to develop their personal abilities in order to choose their development direction, to enter higher education, vocational education or the workforce, contributing to the building and defending of the Fatherland.

Thus, the lower secondary education is directed towards students' consolidation and development of the outcomes of primary education, provision of general and basic knowledge along with introductory understanding on techniques and career orientation to enter upper secondary education or vocational education.