What are the eligibility criteria for applying to an upper-secondary boarding ethnic school in Vietnam?

What are the eligibility criteria for applying to an upper-secondary boarding ethnic school in Vietnam?

Under Article 9 of the Regulations on the organization and operation of boarding ethnic secondary schools issued with Circular 04/2023/TT-BGDDT on eligible candidates for enrollment:

1. Students being ethnic minorities who themselves and their parents or guardians permanently reside for 36 consecutive months or more, up to the date of submission of enrollment documents, in:

- Communes, wards, townships of Region III and extremely disadvantaged villages in ethnic minority areas and mountainous areas, extremely disadvantaged communes in coastal areas and islands according to regulations of competent authorities (hereinafter referred to as extremely disadvantaged communes and villages);

- Communes, wards and townships of regions II and I in ethnic minority and mountainous areas according to regulations of competent authorities.

2. Students from ethnic minorities with very small population as defined in Decree No. 57/2017/ND-CP dated May 9, 2017 of the Government stipulating priority policies for enrollment and learning support for kindergarten children, students from ethnic minorities with very small population.

3. Students being Kinh people who themselves and their parents or guardians have permanently resided for 36 consecutive months or more, up to the date of submission of enrollment documents, in extremely disadvantaged communes and villages. The boarding ethnic school is allowed to enroll no more than 10% of Kinh students in the total number of new enrollments each year.

4. In case the number of eligible candidates specified in Clauses 1, 2 and 3 of this Article is smaller than the size of the boarding ethnic school in the province, the People's Committee of the province may specify more regions to create human resources for ethnic minorities in order to enroll more ethnic minority people from poor or near-poor households that they and their parents or guardians have resided since for 36 consecutive months or more in this area, up to the date of application submission.

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What does the application for enrollment into an upper-secondary boarding ethnic school in Vietnam include?

According to Article 10 of the Regulations on the organization and operation of boarding ethnic secondary schools issued with Circular 04/2023/TT-BGDDT, the application for enrollment into an upper-secondary boarding ethnic school in Vietnam includes:

- Copy of valid birth certificate;

- Lawful grounds for confirming information about residence;

- A certified copy or a photocopy enclosed with the original for comparison of the lower-secondary boarding ethnic school diploma or provisional lower-secondary school graduation certificate;

- Lower-secondary school transcripts;

- Certificate of priority benefits issued by a competent authority (if any)

How many enrollment methods does an upper-secondary boarding ethnic school in Vietnam have?

Under Article 11 of the Regulations on the organization and operation of boarding ethnic secondary schools issued with Circular 04/2023/TT-BGDDT, the specific enrollment methods of an upper-secondary boarding ethnic school in Vietnam are as follows:

Enrollment method, priority and direct admission

1. The enrollment method and priority benefits shall comply with the Regulation on enrollment of lower-secondary and upper-secondary boarding ethnic schools promulgated by the Ministry of Education and Training.

2. Direct admission

Direct admission to the upper-secondary boarding ethnic school of the following:

a) Students from ethnic minorities with very small population;

b) Lower secondary students specified in Article 9 of this Regulation who have won national or international prizes in culture, art, physical training, sports, science and technology are admitted directly into the upper-secondary boarding ethnic school;

c) Primary students specified in Article 9 of this Regulation who have won provincial prizes or higher in culture, arts, physical training and sports may be admitted directly to the lower-secondary boarding ethnic school.

Thus, according to the above regulations, an upper-secondary boarding ethnic school in Vietnam has 2 enrollment methods: direct admission and priority admission.

What are the special educational activities of an upper-secondary boarding ethnic school in Vietnam?

According to Article 14 of the Regulations on the organization and operation of boarding ethnic secondary schools issued with Circular 04/2023/TT-BGDDT, the special educational activities are regulated as follows:

1. The boarding ethnic school shall organize educational activities specified in the Charter of the high school to implement the general education program, and also organize specific educational activities to preserve and promote the cultural identity, enhance skills for boarding ethnic students.

2. Specific educational activities in the boarding ethnic school include educational activities on ethnic cultures, traditional occupations, and life skills education suitable for boarding ethnic students.

3. Every year, the boarding ethnic school develops a plan to organize specific educational activities through the following forms: group activities, arts, sports, clubs, exchanges with other schools and labor activities and experiences of guided career by teachers and school staff.

4. The boarding ethnic school performs social work in the school, psychological counseling for students under the guidance of the Ministry of Education and Training, suitable for boarding ethnic students living far from their families; building a safe and friendly educational environment, preventing school violence.