Vietnam: What are the duties and rights of education institutions providing inclusive education for persons with disabilities?

What are the duties and rights of education institutions providing inclusive education for persons with disabilities in Vietnam?

According to the provisions set forth in Article 5 of Circular 03/2018/TT-BGDDT, there are 09 duties and rights of education institutions providing inclusive education for persons with disabilities in Vietnam as follows:

1. Detect, call for and admit persons with disabilities to their education programs

2. Arrange and allocate classes suitable for persons with disabilities, and make sure each inclusive class has no more than 2 persons with disabilities. For special cases, the head of the education institution shall arrange and allocate more persons with disabilities in one class to satisfy education demand of persons with disabilities according to the reality.

3. Prepare and implement the plan for early intervention and inclusive education, and give vocation advice and orientation suitable for demands and abilities of persons with disabilities.

4. Create an integrative and friendly learning environment, ensure respect for persons with disabilities and that could they give a hand or cooperate and equally participate in all educational activities.

5. Cooperate with families, community, inclusive education development support centers and special education institutions in providing inclusive education.

6. Assist in performing early intervention and development of basically integrative skills for persons with disabilities.

7. Provide information on education provided for persons with disabilities enrolling in inclusive classes in education institutions for the council for determination of disability rate in communes, wards or towns (hereinafter referred to as “disability rate in communes”)

8. Develop professional abilities of educational administrators, teachers, lecturers and staff performing inclusive education task.

9. Call for inclusive education supporting staff and use funding from state budget provided for performance of inclusive education task in accordance with laws of the state.

What are the duties and rights of education institutions providing inclusive education for persons with disabilities in Vietnam? (Image from the Internet)

Who will prepare personal education plans for persons with disabilities receiving inclusive education in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 9 of Circular 03/2018/TT-BGDDT on inclusive education for persons with disabilities issued by the Minister of Education and Training:

Personal education plans

1. Each person with disabilities shall have his/her own personal education plan.

2. Teachers and lecturers shall cooperate with disability education supporting staff and families of persons with disabilities in preparing personal education plans according to abilities and demands of persons with disabilities. Educational programs and training plans shall also be made in consistent with real conditions of the education institution.

3. Personal education plans include information on abilities, demands, personal characteristics, yearly objectives and semester-based objectives, duration, content, methods and performers, students' evaluation results and post-evaluation adjustments.

Thus, teachers and lecturers shall cooperate with disability education supporting staff and families of persons with disabilities in preparing personal education plans according to the abilities and demands of persons with disabilities.

The educational programs and training plans shall also be made in consistent with real conditions of the education institution to develop the individual education plan for the person with disabilities.

What are the regulations on providing inclusive education for persons with disabilities in Vietnam by education institutions?

Education institutions provide inclusive education for persons with disabilities in Vietnam according to the provisions in Article 19 of Circular 03/2018/TT-BGDDT as follows:

- Disseminate and encourage persons with disabilities, their family, local governments, department and unions, and relevant organizations and individuals to raise awareness of inclusive education

2.- Encourage persons with disabilities and their family to provide all documents and information on abilities and demands of those persons with disabilities for education institutions for determination the disability rate in communes.

- Preside over and cooperate with persons with disabilities and their family in preparing and implementing personal education plans made for persons with disabilities

- Provide all information, documents and results concerning the care, early intervention and disability education for relevant parties where the person with disabilities moves to another educational stage, another education institution or returns home

- Keep information on the disability of the persons with disabilities and their family as confidential