What is a national standard upper secondary school in Vietnam? What are the infrastructure and teaching equipment standards for a level-1 national standard upper secondary school?

What is a national standard upper secondary school in Vietnam?

Based on Clause 1, Article 37 of the Regulations on educational quality accreditation and national standard recognition for secondary schools, upper secondary schools, and multi-level schools, issued together with Circular 18/2018/TT-BGDDT, the recognition of schools meeting national standards is as follows:

Recognition of schools meeting national standards

1. Conditions for recognition:

upper secondarys are recognized as meeting national standards when they meet the regulations specified at Point a, Clause 1, Article 34 and have external evaluation results achieving Level 2 or higher as specified in Clause 1, Article 6 of these Regulations.

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Referring to Point a, Clause 1, Article 34 of the Regulations on educational quality accreditation and national standard recognition for secondary schools, upper secondary schools, and multi-level schools, issued together with Circular 18/2018/TT-BGDDT, the recognition of schools meeting educational quality standards is as follows:

Recognition of schools meeting educational quality standards

1. Conditions for recognition of schools meeting educational quality standards:

a) Have at least one cohort of students who have completed the upper secondary program;

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According to Clause 1, Article 6 of the Regulations on educational quality accreditation and national standard recognition for secondary schools, upper secondary schools, and multi-level schools, issued together with Circular 18/2018/TT-BGDDT, the levels of evaluation for upper secondary schools, as follows:

Levels of evaluation for upper secondary schools

1. Upper secondarys are evaluated according to the following levels:

a) Level 1: Meeting the regulations in Section 1, Chapter II of these Regulations;

b) Level 2: Meeting the regulations in Section 2, Chapter II of these Regulations;

c) Level 3: Meeting the regulations in Section 3, Chapter II of these Regulations;

d) Level 4: Meeting the regulations in Section 4, Chapter II of these Regulations.

Therefore, an upper secondary school that meets national standards is a school that fulfills the following conditions:

- Have at least one cohort of students who have completed the upper secondary program

- Have external evaluation results achieving Level 2 or higher.

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What are the infrastructure and teaching equipment standards for a level-1 national standard upper secondary school in Vietnam?

Based on Article 9 of the Regulations on educational quality accreditation and national standard recognition for secondary schools, upper secondary schools, and multi-level schools, issued together with Circular 18/2018/TT-BGDDT, the standards for facilities and teaching equipment for a level-1 national standard upper secondary school in Vietnam as follows:

- Criterion 3.1: Campus, playgrounds, and sports fields

+ The campus must be green, clean, beautiful, and safe for organizing educational activities;

+ There must be a school gate, school name sign, and surrounding walls or fencing;

+ The playgrounds and sports fields must have minimum equipment, ensuring safety for physical education, sports, and other educational activities.

- Criterion 3.2: Classrooms, subject-specific rooms, and study support areas

+ Classrooms must be equipped with suitable desks and chairs for students' height, teachers' desks and chairs, writing boards, adequate lighting, and well-ventilated conditions; ensuring no more than two shifts per day;

+ There must be enough subject-specific rooms as per regulations;

+ There must be rooms for Union-Teams activities, libraries, and traditional rooms.

- Criterion 3.3: Administrative and management area

+ Meeting the minimum requirements for the school's administrative and management activities;

+ The parking area must be reasonably arranged, ensuring safety and order;

+ Regularly repairing and supplementing equipment for the administrative and management area.

- Criterion 3.4: Sanitation area, water supply and drainage system

+ Separate sanitation areas for men, women, teachers, staff, and students must not pollute the environment; sanitation areas must be convenient for use by students with disabilities;

+ There must be a drainage system ensuring environmental hygiene; a clean water supply system ensuring drinking and living water for teachers, staff, and students;

+ Garbage collection and waste treatment ensuring environmental hygiene.

- Criterion 3.5: Equipment

+ Having enough office equipment and other devices to serve the school's activities;

+ Having enough teaching equipment meeting minimum requirements as per regulations;

+ Annually, the equipment is inventoried and repaired.

- Criterion 3.6: Library

+ Equipped with books, newspapers, magazines, maps, educational pictures, educational disks, and minimum reference publications serving research activities, teaching activities, and other school activities;

+ Library activities must meet the minimum requirements for research, teaching activities, other activities of management staff, teachers, staff, and students;

+ Annually, the library is inventoried and supplemented with books, newspapers, magazines, maps, educational pictures, educational disks, and minimum reference publications.

What are standards for students of a level-1 national standard upper secondary school in Vietnam?

According to Clause 4, Article 8 of the Regulations on educational quality accreditation and national standard recognition for secondary schools, upper secondary schools, and multi-level schools, issued together with Circular 18/2018/TT-BGDDT, the standards for students of a level-1 national standard upper secondary school in Vietnam are as follows:

- Ensure the students' age according to regulations;

- Perform duties according to regulations;

- Ensure the students' rights according to regulations.