Compulsory Remediation of Consequences in Case of Administrative Violations in the Field of Education

Organizations committing administrative violations in the field of education must remedy the consequences (Illustration)

Article 4 Draft Decree on penalties for administrative violations in the field of education stipulates remedial measures including:

- Forced dissolution of educational institutions, organizations providing educational services;- Forced annulment of documents issued without proper authority or containing illegal contents;- Forced destruction of books, textbooks, lectures, materials, teaching equipment;- Forced re-evaluation of students' results;- Forced protection of candidates' rights in cases of lost exam papers;- Forced transfer of eligible enrolled students to another educational institution or annulment of the admission decision, refund of collected fees if transfer is not possible;- Forced return of students' records and documents;- Forced return of collected money and bearing all costs for the return; if return is not possible, deposit the money into the state budget from the violation;- Forced reduction of the number of enrollments in the following year by at least the excess number of enrollments;- Forced destruction of diploma and certificate templates;- Forced annulment of diplomas and certificates;- Forced annulment of diploma and certificate copies;- Forced annulment of accreditation or quality assessment results;- Forced submission and recommendation for authorities to revoke issued documents;- Forced transfer of students to licensed or registered educational activity locations;- Forced supplementation of lacking course content or training programs, organizing thesis or dissertation defenses as per regulations;- Forced assurance of safety conditions for school facilities and classrooms;- Forced annulment of disciplinary decisions and restoration of students' right to study;- Forced disclosure of financial receipts and expenditures;- Forced retrieval of incorrectly spent funds for submission to the state budget;- Forced reimbursement to students for all training costs during overseas study periods;- Forced full disclosure of contents as per regulations.

Thus, in addition to some measures stipulated in the Law on Handling Administrative Violations, organizations committing administrative violations in the field of education may also be subject to one or more of the above remedial measures.

For more details, see: Draft Decree.

Nguyen Phu

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