When was the Literacy Campaign Department established? What are the State policies on illiteracy eradication in Vietnam?

When was the Literacy Campaign Department in Vietnam established?

The Literacy Campaign Department was established under a Decree by President Ho Chi Minh on September 8, 1945, as a specialized agency for eradicating illiteracy.

The context of the establishment of the Literacy Campaign Department was after September 2, 1945, when the Democratic Republic of Vietnam was formed, facing famine, ignorance, and foreign invasion.

At that time, for every 100 people, there were 3 children aged 8 to 16 attending school, 2 adults who were literate, and 95 people were illiterate. Some villages did not have a single literate person.

Given this situation, President Ho Chi Minh proposed six urgent tasks, with combating illiteracy ranked second, just after famine. President Ho issued a call to compatriots to participate in combating illiteracy, encouraging those who were illiterate to compete in learning, and those who were literate to compete in teaching; calling for everyone to contribute financially or by effort to eliminate the ignorance "enemy".

Therefore, the Literacy Campaign Department was born with the goal of, within 6 months, each commune and town-level commune must have "at least one literacy class" and to enforce national language literacy nationwide.

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What are the State policies on illiteracy eradication in Vietnam?

According to Article 2 of Decree 20/2014/ND-CP:

Policies on educational universalization or illiteracy eradication

1. The State gives the priority to the investment and creates favorable conditions for educational establishments of the national educational system to implement the educational universalization or illiteracy eradication; encourages and creates favorable conditions for international organizations, foreigners and oversea Vietnamese to participate in educational universalization or illiteracy eradication in Vietnam under regulations of law.

2. The State implements the support policy to the people subject to reduction or exemption from school fees and support to learning costs when participating in the prescribed programs of educational universalization or illiteracy eradication.

3. Individuals participating in organization, management, teaching ...to carry out the educational universalization or illiteracy eradication shall receive the remuneration as prescribed by the State.

Thus, the State policies on illiteracy eradication in Vietnam include:

- Give priority to the investment and creates favorable conditions for educational establishments of the national educational system to implement illiteracy eradication;

- Encourage and create favorable conditions for international organizations, foreigners and oversea Vietnamese to participate in illiteracy eradication in Vietnam under regulations of law;

- Implement the support policy to the people subject to reduction or exemption from school fees and support to learning costs when participating in the prescribed programs of illiteracy eradication;

- Individuals participating in organization, management, teaching ...to carry out the illiteracy eradication shall receive the remuneration as prescribed by the State.

What are the criteria for individuals to be recognized as standardized illiteracy eradication in Vietnam?

- The criteria for individuals to be recognized as standardized illiteracy eradication at level 1 as stipulated in Article 20 of Decree 20/2014/ND-CP include:

+ For communes: At least 90% of people from 15 to 35 years old are recognized as standardized literates at level 1 and at least 90% for communes with extremely difficult social-ecomic conditions with people from 15 to 25 years old to be recognized as standardized literates at level 1.

+ For districts: At least 90% of communes are recognized as standardized literacy eradication at level 1.

+ For provinces: At least 90% of districts are recognized as standardized literacy eradication at level 1.

- The criteria for individuals to be recognized as standardized illiteracy eradication at level 2 as stipulated in Article 21 of Decree 20/2014/ND-CP include:

- For communes: At least 90% of people from 15 to 60 years old are recognized as standardized literates at level 2 and at least 90% for communes with extremely difficult social-ecomic conditions with people from 15 to 35 years old to be recognized as standardized literates at level 2.

- For districts: At least 90% of communes are recognized as standardized literacy eradication at level 2;

- For provinces: There must be 100% of districts recognized as standardized literacy eradication at level 2.