Vietnam: What are the 20 tasks and powers of public and private vocational education and training institutions?

What are the 20 tasks and powers of public and private vocational education and training institutions in Vietnam??

Under Article 23 of the Law on Vocational Education 2014, the tasks and powers of public and private vocational education and training institutions include:

- Formulate strategies and planning for vocational education and training institution development.

- Provision of vocational training:

+ The vocational education center shall provide elementary-level vocational training, general vocational training and career counseling for students according to compulsory education programs;

+ The vocational training schools shall provide intermediate-level and elementary-level vocational training;

+ The vocational college shall provide college-level, intermediate-level and elementary-level vocational training.

- Provide continuous training as prescribed in Section 2 Chapter III of Law on Vocational Education 2014.

- Enjoy autonomy and take responsibility for enrollment and management of students.

- Announce the objectives, training programs; requirements for teaching and learning quality assurance; tuition fees and exemption and reduction in tuition fees; results of training quality assessment; system of degrees and certificates in the vocational education and training institutions; jobs after graduation and measures for inspection and observation of the training quality.

- Conduct teaching and learning activities according to the objectives and training programs; grant degrees or certificates in vocational education to learners; provide theoretic or practical courses and probation according to the contract concluded with enterprises.

- Use foreign training programs which are recognized the quality by the foreign or international education and training organization to perform training objectives as prescribed.

- Associate domestic training activities; associate training activities with foreign organizations as prescribed in Law on Vocational Education 2014 and relevant regulations of law.

- Mobilize, manage, and use resources as prescribed.

- Construct and invest in training facilities, equipment as required by standardization and modernization.

- Employ and manage educators, administrative officials, civil servants, workers; enable for the educators to participate in production practice at the enterprises to update and improve the vocational skills; enable for the educators, civil servants, workers and students to participate in social activities.

- Assess and guarantee the training quality as prescribed.

- Give advice on training and jobs to the students without charges.

- Qualify for enterprise establishment, or for scientific activities, production, business, or services as prescribed.

- Introduce the subjects about language, custom, and relevant regulations of law of the country where the workers work and relevant regulations of Vietnamese law into the curriculum when sending domestic workers overseas.

- Research science to serve and improve the training quality; apply research findings, technology transfers to the practical production, sales, and services.

- Conform to the democratic regulations in the vocational education and training institution.

- Provide a mechanism in order for the students, educators and social to evaluate the vocational training quality.

- Report and subject to the observation and inspection as prescribed.

- Other tasks and entitlement as prescribed.

What are the 20 tasks and powers of public and private vocational education and training institutions in Vietnam? (Image from the Internet)

What are the regulations of vocational education and training institutions in Vietnam?

Under Article 22 of the Law on Vocational Education 2014, regulations of vocational education and training institutions are stipulated as follows:

- The Regulations of vocational education and training institution shall be issued by the Heads of vocational education authorities in the central government, including Regulation of vocational education centers, Regulation of vocational training schools, and Regulations of colleges.

- Regulation of a vocational education and training institution shall contain:

+ Objectives and mission;

+ Tasks and entitlement of the vocational education and training institution;

+ Training activities;

+ Tasks and entitlement of educators or administrative officials;

+ Tasks and entitlement of learners;

+ Organization and management of the vocational education and training institution;

+ Finance and assets;

+ Relationship between the vocational education and training institution, enterprises, families and social.

- The vocational education and training institution shall formulate its Regulation on the organization and operation and announce at its premises pursuant to the Regulations of vocational education and training institutions.

What are the regulations on bridge programs in vocational education and training in Vietnam?

Under Article 9 of the Law on Vocational Education 2014, bridge programs in vocational education and training in Vietnam are specified as follows:

- Bridge programs shall be run according to training programs; the learners are not required to learn the completed subjects again when they reach the higher level in the same or different disciplines.

- The Principals of the vocational training schools or colleges shall decide the modules, credits, or subjects that the students are not required learning again according to the training programs.

- Bridge programs between levels of the vocational education shall comply with regulations of the Heads of vocational education authorities of central government; Bridge programs between levels of the vocational education and levels of higher education shall comply with regulations of the Prime Minister.