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What are the assessment standards for lower secondary schools in Vietnam?

Under Clause 4, Article 2 of the Regulations on education quality accreditation and recognition of conformity with national standards for lower secondary schools, upper secondary schools and multilevel education institutions, issued together with Circular 18/2018/TT-BGDDT:

Explanation of Terms

In this document, the following terms shall be understood as follows:

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4. The assessment standards for secondary schools refer to the requirements that a secondary school must satisfy to ensure the quality of its activities. Each standard corresponds to an area of activity of the secondary school, and comprises benchmarks. Secondary school assessment standards are divided into 4 Levels (from Level 1 to Level 4) with escalating challenges or requirements. The next Level comprises all requirements of the preceding Level and adds in other stricter requirements.

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Additionally, in Article 1 of the Regulations on education quality accreditation and recognition of conformity with national standards for lower secondary schools, upper secondary schools and multilevel education institutions, issued together with Circular 18/2018/TT-BGDDT:

Scope and subjects of application

1. This instrument provides regulations on education quality accreditation and recognition of conformity with national standards for lower secondary schools, upper secondary schools and multilevel education institutions, including: secondary school assessment standards; secondary school assessment process; recognition and certification of accreditation; recognition and grant of credentials of conformity with national standards.

2. This instrument shall apply to: lower secondary schools; upper secondary schools; multilevel education institutions; district-level boarding school for ethnic minorities; provincial boarding schools for ethnic minorities; boarding schools for ethnic minorities directly under the control of the Ministry of Education and Training; semi-boarding schools for ethnic minorities; schools for gifted students (hereinafter referred to as secondary schools) in the national education system; organizations and individuals concerned.

Thus, referring to the above regulations, the assessment standards for lower secondary schools shall follow the assessment standards for secondary schools that refer to the requirements to be satisfied by a secondary school to ensure the quality of its activities.

Each standard corresponds to an area of activity of the secondary school, and comprises benchmarks.

Secondary school assessment standards are divided into 4 Levels (from Level 1 to Level 4) with escalating challenges or requirements.

The next Level comprises all requirements of the preceding Level and adds in other stricter requirements

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What are the assessment levels of lower secondary schools in Vietnam?

Under Article 6 of the Regulations on education quality accreditation and recognition of conformity with national standards for lower secondary schools, upper secondary schools, and multilevel education institutions, issued together with Circular 18/2018/TT-BGDDT, the assessment levels for secondary schools are regulated as follows:

- Secondary schools are assessed according to the following levels:

+ Level 1: Conformance to regulations laid down in Section 1 of Chapter II in these Regulations;

+ Level 2: Conformance to regulations laid down in Section 2 of Chapter II in these Regulations;

+ Level 3: Conformance to regulations laid down in Section 3 of Chapter II in these Regulations;

+ Level 4: Conformance to regulations laid down in Section 4 of Chapter II in these Regulations.

Thus, there are (4) assessment levels for secondary schools in general, including the assessment levels for lower secondary schools.

* Note: A secondary school is recognized to meet a benchmark if it meets all indicators of that benchmark. The school is recognized to meet an indicator if all requirements included in that indicator are satisfied.

What is the self-assessment process for lower secondary schools in Vietnam?

Under Article 23 of the Regulations on education quality accreditation and recognition of conformity with national standards for lower secondary schools, upper secondary schools, and multilevel education institutions, issued together with Circular 18/2018/TT-BGDDT, the self-assessment process for lower secondary schools is carried out as follows:

The self-assessment process of secondary schools includes the following steps:

Step 1: Establishing a self-assessment committee.

Step 2. Coming up with a self-assessment plan.

Step 3. Collecting, processing and analyzing evidence.

Step 4. Determining the level that can be achieved based on corresponding benchmarks.

Step 5. Preparing a written self-assessment report.

Step 6. Announcing the self-assessment report.

Step 7. Conducting activities after the self-assessment report is completed.