In Vietnam, what are standards of safe preschool education facilities for preventing and controlling accidents and injuries?

In Vietnam, what are standards of safe preschool education facilities for preventing and controlling accidents and injuries?

Pursuant to Article 8 of the Circular 45/2021/TT-BGDDT (takes effect from 15/02/2022) stipulating standards of safe preschool education facilities for preventing and controlling accidents and injuries as follows: 

1. During the school year, preschool education facilities shall not let the following situations happen: children are abused, receive violence, or have serious injuries resulting in hospitalization or death; managers, teachers, and staff behave unethically and violate regulations on teacher ethics; food poisoning happens or epidemics spread in a wide scale in their premises.

2. Regarding assessment results of the criteria for safe preschool education facilities for preventing and controlling accidents and injuries as prescribed in the Appendix hereof:

a) Nurseries, kindergartens, and preschools that satisfy at least 40 criteria (including 20 mandatory criteria) will receive a “passed” assessment.

b) Independent daycare groups, kindergarten classes, and preschool classes that satisfy at least 30 criteria (including 15 mandatory criteria) will receive a "passed" assessment.

Self-assessment of preschool education facilities in Vietnam for preventing and controlling accidents and injuries

Pursuant to Article 9 of the Circular 45/2021/TT-BGDDT (takes effect from 15/02/2022) stipulating self-assessment of preschool education facilities in Vietnam for preventing and controlling accidents and injuries as follows: 

1. Before a new school year, preschool education facilities shall review and assess the criteria for safety and prevention and control of accidents and injuries prescribed in the Appendix hereof. Regarding "not passed" criteria, timely adopt remedial measures.

2. At the end of a school year, preschool education facilities shall organize their self-assessment on the construction result of safe schools for preventing and controlling accidents and injuries as prescribed in Article 8 of this Circular and submit reports on the result to the district-level Division of Education and Training as per regulation.

Inspection and assessment of safe preschool education facilities in Vietnam for preventing and controlling accidents and injuries

Pursuant to Article 10 of the Circular 45/2021/TT-BGDDT (takes effect from 15/02/2022) stipulating inspection and assessment of safe preschool education facilities in Vietnam for preventing and controlling accidents and injuries as follows: 

1. At the start of a school year, the district-level Division of Education and Training shall develop plans for inspecting and assessing the implementation of regulations of this Circular regarding preschool education facilities. The inspection shall be combined with other professional tasks of inspection during the school year with inspection result records and notifications.

2. At the end of the school year, the district-level Division of Education and Training shall, based on reports of preschool education facilities, the prescribed criteria, and inspection and supervision results during the school year, create a list of preschool education facilities qualified for safe school for preventing and controlling accidents and injuries and submit reports on such matters to the Department of Education and Training.

3. In necessary situations, the district-level Division of Education and Training shall organize an inspectorate for the results of the self-assessment of preschool education facilities or take charge and cooperate with relevant units in establishing interdisciplinary inspectorates to assess the construction result of safe schools for preventing and controlling accidents and injuries in preschool education facilities.

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