Vietnam: What is the assessment note form for healthcare activities in general education institutions?

What is the assessment note form for healthcare activities in general education institutions in Vietnam?

Currently, the assessment note form for healthcare activities in general education institutions is stipulated in Appendix 4 issued together with Joint Circular 13/2016/TTLT-BYT-BGDDT as follows:

Download the assessment note form for healthcare activities in general education institutions.

What is the guidance for scoring healthcare activities in general education institutions in Vietnam?

Appendix 4 issued together with Joint Circular 13/2016/TTLT-BYT-BGDDT provides the following guidance for scoring healthcare activities in general education institutions:

1. Rules for scoring

- Only mark “yes” criteria/elements.

- Optional criteria/elements are marked according to benchmarks.

- The criteria/elements completely fulfilled shall be awarded 100% of the benchmark, those partially fulfilled is marked 50% of the benchmark.

2. Assessment:

- The maximum score: 100

a) Schools ranked as excellent: A school will be ranked excellent if its overall score is at least 90 and occupies at least 80% of the benchmark of every compulsory criteria.

- Compulsory criteria:

+ Facilities, water supply and drainage, environmental hygiene, food safety, student healthcare (≥ 32 scores)

+Execution of school health policies and development of social relationships between schools and community (≥ 8.0 scores)

+School health management and education (≥ 16 scores)

+Health education and propagation (≥ 12.0 scores)

b) Schools ranked as good

A school will be ranked as good if it achieves an overall score percentage of from 70 – <90% of the benchmark.  There may be one criteria scored under 70% of the benchmark.

c) Schools ranked average:

A school will be ranked average if it gets 50 -<70% of the benchmark; and there may be one criteria under 50% of the benchmark.

d) Schools ranked unsatisfactory:

A school will be ranked unsatisfactory if it fails to reach 50% of the benchmark.

What is the assessment note form for healthcare activities in general education institutions in Vietnam? (Image from Internet)

Does the Division of Education and Training in Vietnam have the responsibility to assess healthcare activities in schools?

According to Article 14 of Joint Circular 13/2016/TTLT-BYT-BGDDT, content replaced by Clause 7 Article 147 Decree 96/2023/ND-CP, the responsibilities of the Division of Education and Training are stipulated as follows:

Responsibilities of the Division of Education and Training

1. Collaborate with the local Health sector to advise local People's Committees on planning, directing, and organizing the implementation of healthcare activities in schools.

2. Urge, supervise, inspect, and check schools in implementing the healthcare activities in schools contents according to this Joint Circular.

3. Collaborate with the Health sector in training, professional training for school health official.

4. Collaborate with the local Health sector annually to summarize and assess healthcare activities in schools.

5. Perform statistics and report healthcare activities in schools results as stipulated.

6. The recruitment of school health official must comply with the regulations of competent authorities.

7. In case of planning, new construction, renovation, repair of schools, purchase of equipment, instruments, children's toys, medicines, medical equipment, it must be done or advised to the competent authority to implement according to current standards and regulations.

Thus, the Division of Education and Training has the responsibility to cooperate with the local Health sector annually to summarize and assess healthcare activities in schools.

What are the principles for using funds to implement healthcare activities in schools in Vietnam?

According to Article 3 of Joint Circular 13/2016/TTLT-BYT-BGDDT, regulations are as follows:

Sources of financing for healthcare activities in schools

1. Healthcare activities in schools are financed from:

a) Annual funding for health and education allocated according the current budget of the organization;

b) Funding from student health insurances under current regulations of laws;

c) Funding from domestic and overseas entities and other legal earnings under regulations of laws.

2. The funding for healthcare activities in schools shall be properly allocated in accordance with the State’s current regulations of laws.

3. The estimation, allocation and finalization of such funding shall be made in accordance with current regulations of laws.

Thus, the funding for healthcare activities in schools shall be properly allocated in accordance with the State’s current regulations of laws.

Additionally, healthcare activities in schools are financed from:

- Annual funding for health and education allocated according the current budget of the organization;

- Funding from student health insurances under current regulations of laws;

- Funding from domestic and overseas entities and other legal earnings under regulations of laws.