What are training qualifications of vocational education in Vietnam? What are objectives of continuing education in Vietnam?

What are training qualifications of vocational education in Vietnam?

I want to know about training qualifications of vocational education in Vietnam. Thank you!

Answer:

Pursuant to Article 35 of the Law on Education in 2019 stipulating training qualifications of vocational education in Vietnam as follows:

Vocational education trains at elementary-level, intermediate-level or college-level and provides other vocational training programmes for learners; meeting the demands for workers directly participating in production, trade and services.

What are objectives of continuing education in Vietnam?

What are objectives of continuing education in Vietnam? Thank you!

Answer:

Pursuant to Article 41 of the Law on Education in 2019 stipulating objectives of continuing education in Vietnam as follows:

Continuing education enables people to learn while in-service, to learn continuously and for lifelong for development of their capacity, refinement of their personality, broadening their understanding, and for educational, professional and operational enhancement with a view to improving their employability, self-employability, and adaptation to the social life; contributing to the building of a learning society.

Which entities have authority and responsibilities for textbooks of general education in Vietnam?

I want to learn about authority and responsibilities for textbooks of general education in Vietnam.

Answer:

Pursuant to Article 32 of the Law on Education in 2019 stipulating textbooks of general education in Vietnam as follows: 

1. Textbooks of general education are regulated as follows:

a) Textbooks must implement programmes of general education, concretizing the requirements on educational objectives and contents, on students’ quality and capacity as defined in programmes of general education; direct teaching methods and methods of assessing and evaluating education quality; contents and formats of textbooks shall not carry prejudices based on ethnicity, religion, profession, gender, age and social status; textbooks may be in the printed, Braille or electronic forms.

b) Each subject shall have one or several textbooks; implement private sector involvement in textbook compilation; textbook publication shall be in compliance with the law;

c) Provincial People’s Committees shall decide selection of textbooks for consistent use in institutions of general education in their localities as regulated by the Minister of Education and Training.

d) Local educational materials shall be designed by provincial People’s Committees to meet the needs and characteristics of their localities, be appraised by provincial review councils for appraising and approved by the Minister of Education and Training.

2. The Minister of Education and Training shall establish the National review council of each subject and each educational activity for appraising textbooks. The council shall be composed of teachers, education managers, experienced and prestigious scientists in the field of education and representatives of relevant agencies and organisations. At least one-third of the council members must be teachers who are working in corresponding educational levels. The council and the council members shall be responsible for the appraisal contents and quality.

3. The Minister of Education and Training shall be responsible for textbooks of general education; approve textbooks used in institutions of general education after receiving the appraisals of the National review council for appraising textbooks; regulate standards, compiling and editing processes of textbooks of general education; stipulate selection of textbooks in institutions of general education; stipulate the duties, powers, operating methods, standards, number and structure of members of the National review council for appraising textbooks and provincial review councils for appraising..

4. Chairwomen/chairmen of provincial People’s Committees shall decide establishment of provincial review councils for appraising local educational materials.

What are policies on development of continuing education in Vietnam?

What are policies on development of continuing education in Vietnam? Thank you!

Answer:

Pursuant to Article 46 of the Law on Education in 2019 stipulating policies on development of continuing education in Vietnam as follows:

1. The State shall issue policies for investment in the development of continuing education, providing education to all the people, promoting the learning of adults, building a learning society; for encouraging organisations and individuals to participate and/or provide continuing educational services of quality, meeting learners’ need for lifelong learning.

2. Authorities and organisations shall facilitate the frequent learning and lifelong learning of officials, public employees and labour workers with a view to developing their abilities and improving quality of life.

3. Institutions of vocational education and of higher education shall be responsible for cooperating with continuing education institutions in providing learning material sources to continuing education institutions following learners’ learning need; teachers’ training institutions shall be responsible for conducting research on educational science, training and upgrading teachers of continuing education institutions.

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