Vietnam: What is the timetable?

In Vietnam, what is the timetable?

A timetable can be understood as a study schedule arranged according to the days of the week, and some extracurricular subjects may also be included. Depending on the situation, schools will have timetables adjusted to fit practical teaching needs. There can be timetables for students and also timetables for teaching staff...

For example, Official Telegram 779/CD-BGDDT in 2023 dated May 19, 2023, from the Ministry of Education and Training discusses ensuring safety for staff, teachers, and students and responding to hot weather conditions at education and training institutions.

It mentions adjusting timetables suitable for the weather:

- Proactively adjust the school's educational plan, arranging and scheduling timetables reasonably.- Prioritize scheduling early morning periods to organize teaching and outdoor educational activities to ensure safety for teachers and students.- Do not schedule student participation in educational and extracurricular activities during extremely hot periods.

Furthermore, according to the legal provisions in Clause 7, Article 4 of Circular 23/2018/TT-BLDTBXH the following is regulated:

Records, documents for schools
Records and documents for schools include the following materials:
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4. Timetable
The timetable is a type of plan recording the specific study time for each day of the week for each class or training program. The timetable may be stable for a semester or an academic year.

Thus, it can be seen that a timetable is a type of plan recording the specific study time for each day of the week for each class or training program. The timetable may be stable for a semester or an academic year.

In Vietnam, what is the timetable? (Image from the Internet)

During the training progress, are colleges in Vietnam required to prepare timetables?

Under Clause 2, Article 4 of Circular 23/2018/TT-BLDTBXH regulating records and documents for schools as follows:

Records, documents for schools
Records and documents for schools include the following materials:
1. Training program
The training program shows the training objectives at the intermediate level, and college level; specifying the standards of knowledge, skills of students after graduation; scope and structure of content, methods, and forms of training; methods for evaluating study results for each module, credit, subject, specialization, or profession and each level. The training program is regulated in Circular No. 03/2017/TT-BLDTBXH on March 1, 2017, by the Minister of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs on the process of developing, appraising, and promulgating programs; organizing the compilation, selection, appraisal of training materials at the intermediate level, college level.
2. Training plan
The training plan is a document that concretizes the training program, showing all the time and activities of the training program; determining the start and end times of each semester, school year, course; time and duration of training for each subject, module, credit in accordance with the training program; theory training time, practical training time, internship; plans and organizes testing activities, thesis defense, graduation thesis (if any); final exams, module exams, graduation exams; summer vacations, holidays, opening, and closing ceremonies; extracurricular learning time and other contents depending on each field, profession.
3. Training progress
Training progress is a summarized plan of the entire progress of the content activities of each class in the school on a weekly, monthly basis during a school year, serving as a basis for prepraing study timetables. The school's training progress is developed based on the training progress of each faculty/unit based on the training program and training plan.
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According to the above regulations, training progress is a summarized plan of the entire progress of the content activities of each class in the school on a weekly, monthly basis during a school year, serving as a basis for prepraing study timetables.

The school's training progress is developed based on the training progress of each faculty/unit based on the training program and training plan.

Thus, training progress will be the basis for preparing study timetables within education and training institutions.

Do the records and documents for colleges in Vietnam include a register of college diplomas?

According to Clause 8, Article 4 of Circular 23/2018/TT-BLDTBXH:

Records, documents for schools
Records and documents for schools include the following materials:
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8. Register of college diplomas
The register of college diplomas is a type of log that records the college diplomas granted to students after graduation. The Register of college diplomas is implemented following the regulations of Circular No. 10/2017/TT-BLDTBXH on March 13, 2017, by the Minister of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs regulating the template of intermediate and college graduation certificates; printing, managing, issuing, revoking, and discarding intermediate and college graduation certificates.

Records and documents for schools include a Register of college diplomas. The Register of college diplomas is a type of log that records the college diplomas granted to students after graduation.