Instructions on the process of opening the training major of professional intermediate level in Vietnam

Instructions on the process of opening the training major of professional intermediate level in Vietnam (Internet image)

According to Circular 52/2011/TT-BGDDT, the process for opening the training major of professional intermediate level for the training institutions directly under ministries, branches and other training institutions in Vietnam is as follows:

1. Before filing dossier to the agency deciding on opening the major, the training institution makes dossier as prescribed in Article 5 and sends 02 sets to the Department of Education and Training where its head office is located together with written request for inspection and verification of conditions of teachers, material facilities, and equipment for training.

2. Inspection and verification of conditions for opening the major

- The Department of Education and Training where the head office is located shall preside over and coordinate with the concerned units to organize the inspection. The composition of the inspection team includes leader’s representative of the Department of Education and Training (Team Leader), 01 representative of the unit directly managing professional intermediate level of the Department (Secretary), 01 representative of the Office of Testing and quality assessment, 01 representative of the relevant local department, branch, and 01 expert having knowledge and experience in training major.

- The inspection team carries out the inspection and cross-check of the content declared in dossier compared with practical conditions such as payroll of the school, insurance books of teachers, material facilities, actual equipment and other material evidence and establish inspection minute (Form 2, Appendix V).

- The deadline for completing the inspection shall not exceed 20 working days from the date of receiving valid dossier.

- Funding for the Department of Education and Training to perform the inspection shall be paid under the current regulations by the training institutions registered for opening the majors.

3. The training institutions send 02 sets of dossiers of registration for opening the majors together with the minutes of the practical inspection and comments in writing on human resource needs in the area of the Department of Education and Training to the competent authorities deciding on opening the majors:

- If the dossiers of registration for opening the majors of the training institutions ensure conditions and meet requirements as specified, within 10 working days from the date of receiving valid dossiers, the competent authority shall issue decision on allowing opening the training majors of professional intermediate level.

- If the dossiers of registration for opening the majors of the training institutions ensure conditions as specified, but there are still some contents required for completion, within 5 working days from the date of receipt of dossiers, the agencies deciding on opening the training majors send written notice to the training institutions on the contents required for completion. Within 10 working days from the date of receipt of completed dossiers of the training institutions, if the training institutions meet the conditions as prescribed, the competent agencies shall issue the decision to open the training majors of professional intermediate level.

- If the dossiers of registration for opening the majors of the training institutions have not ensured conditions as specified, within 5 working days from the date of receipt of dossiers, the agencies deciding on opening the training majors send written notice on status of dossiers and suggest the training institutions continuing to prepare conditions. In this case, it must be after 3 months from the date the agencies deciding on opening the major send written notice, the training institutions are allowed to re-submit their application for opening the majors and must carry out the processes in accordance with provisions in Clause 2 of this Article.

4. The decision to allow opening the major together with completed dossier of registration for opening the major and inspection minute of conditions must be sent to the Ministry of Education and Training by the agency deciding on opening the major for monitoring and management within 5 working days from the date of signing (unless the training institutions decided on opening the training major by the Ministry of Education and Training).

More details can be found in Circular 52/2011/TT-BGDDT, which comes into force from December 26, 2011.

Thuy Tram

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