Editor-in-Chief and Members of the Editorial Board in Vietnam Must Meet the Following Standards

Editor-in-Chief and Members of the Editorial Board in Vietnam Must Meet the Following Standards​ (Illustrative Image)

Article 9 of Circular 42/2011/TT-BGDDT stipulates the standards for the editor-in-chief and members of the editorial board as follows:

1. Standards for the Editor-in-Chief in Vietnam:

- Possess a Master's degree or higher in a field or specialty relevant to the professional content of the proposed curriculum;

- Have at least 10 years of teaching experience or management, researching vocational education or higher education;

- Have been the Editor-in-Chief of at least one school-level curriculum or higher or at least have been a member of a school-level curriculum Editorial Board or higher and have led at least one scientific research topic or task at the foundational level or higher related to the professional content of the proposed curriculum.

2. Standards for members of the Editorial Board:

- Possess a university degree or higher in a field or specialty relevant to the professional content of the proposed curriculum;

- Have at least 7 years of teaching experience or in management, researching vocational education or higher education;

- Have been at least a member of a school-level curriculum Editorial Board or higher;

- For members who are not educators or education management personnel, they must meet the requirements specified in point a, clause 2 of this Article and have at least 7 years of professional experience relevant to the content of the proposed curriculum.

For compiling common-use textbooks for foreign language subjects and in some other special cases, the Unit organizing the curriculum compilation will submit to the Minister for consideration and decision on the standards of the Editor-in-Chief and members of the Editorial Board.

Individuals in the Editorial Board must provide the Unit organizing the curriculum compilation with evidence of meeting the above standards for each individual.

More details can be found in Circular 42/2011/TT-BGDDT, effective from January 1, 2012.

Thuy Tram

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