Conditions for the Establishment of Educational Quality Accreditation Organizations

Educational quality assessment organizations include state-established and privately established educational quality assessment organizations.

Educational quality assessment organizations can be established or permitted to be established when the following conditions are met:

- There is a proposal for the establishment of an educational quality assessment organization, specifying the target subjects, scope of activities, and conforming to the planning of the educational quality assessment network;- There are three or more assessors signing the proposal to establish the educational quality assessment organization (for entities such as organizations or individuals proposing the establishment);- There are at least ten qualified assessors, suitable for the target subjects and scope of activities stipulated in Point a Clause 1 Article 5 of Circular 61/2012/TT-BGDDT, committed to work full-time for the educational quality assessment organization once it is established;- There is a draft regulation on the organization and operation of the educational quality assessment organization;- There is a draft regulation on internal expenditure;- There is a design for the organization’s website.

Conditions for obtaining an operating license for educational quality assessment must meet the following criteria:

- There is a decision to establish or permit the establishment of the educational quality assessment organization;- There are at least ten assessors working full-time for the educational quality assessment organization;- There is a stable operational headquarters and adequate material conditions to ensure the organization’s activities, sufficient office space for assessors with a minimum area of 8m2 per person; each assessor has a computer and working desk and chair;- There is a minimum capital of 2 billion VND to be used for the operations of the educational quality assessment organization, contributed or allocated from legal sources;- There is a regulation on the organization and operation of the educational quality assessment organization;- There is a regulation on internal expenditure;- There is a website for the educational quality assessment organization.

The educational quality assessment organization has legal status; it has its own account and seal; it has a transaction office; it operates independently from educational institutions.

From 2012 to 2015, state-established educational quality assessment organizations will be formed; after 2015, organizations and individuals are permitted to establish educational quality assessment organizations.

Legal Basis: Amended Education Law 2009, Circular 61/2012/TT-BGDDT.

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