Public disclosure of general contents about educational institutions in the National Education System in Vietnam

Public disclosure of general contents about educational institutions in the National Education System in Vietnam​ (Image from the internet)

Regarding this matter, LawNet provides the following clarification:

On June 3, 2024, the Minister of Education and Training of Vietnam issued Circular 09/2024/TT-BGDDT on disclosures in the activities of educational institutions within the national education system.

ublic disclosure of general contents about educational institutions in the National Education System in Vietnam

According to Article 4 Circular 09/2024/TT-BGDDT, general information about educational institutions includes:

- Name of the educational institution (including its name in foreign languages, if any).

- Address of the main office and other operational addresses of the educational institution, telephone number, email address, electronic information portal, or website of the educational institution (hereafter referred to collectively as the electronic information portal).

- Type of educational institution, directly managing organization/agency or owner; name of the investor establishing the educational institution, country/territory (for educational institutions with foreign investment); list of organizations and individuals contributing capital (if any).

- Mission, vision, and objectives of the educational institution.

- Summary of the history and development of the educational institution.

- Information about the legal representative or spokesperson or contact representative, including: Full name, position, working address; phone number, email address.

- Organizational structure:

+ Decision on establishment, permission for establishment, merger, split, division, permission for educational activities, suspension of educational activities of the educational institution or its branches (if any);

+ Decision recognizing the school council, the chairman of the school council, and the list of members of the school council;

+ Decision on transfer, appointment, recognition of the principal, vice-principal, director, deputy director, head, deputy head of the educational institution;

+ Regulations on the organization and operation of the educational institution; functions, tasks, authorities of the educational institution and its subordinate units, affiliates, members (if any); organizational chart of the educational institution;

+ Decision on the establishment, merger, division, split, dissolution of subordinate units, affiliates, members (if any);

+ Full name, position, phone number, email address, working address, duties, responsibilities of the leadership of the educational institution and the leadership of the subordinate units, affiliates, members of the educational institution (if any).

- Other documents of the educational institution: Development strategy; regulation on grassroots democracy of the educational institution; resolutions of the school council; regulations on administrative, personnel, financial management; policies to attract and develop educators and educational management staff; recruitment plans and announcements of the educational institution and other internal regulations and rules (if any).

Disclosure of financial receipts and expenditures in educational institutions within the National Education System in Vietnam

Article 5 Circular 09/2024/TT-BGDDT provides rules on the disclosure of financial receipts and expenditures as follows:

- Financial situation of the educational institution for the fiscal year immediately preceding the reporting time as per legal provisions, including the structure of receipts and expenditures as follows:

+ Receipts categorized by: Source of funds (state budget, investor support; tuition fees, fees, and other receipts from learners; sponsorship funds and contracts with outside parties; other sources of income) and type of activity (education and training; science and technology; other activities);

+ Expenditures categorized by: Wages and income (salaries, allowances, additional wages, and other expenditures of a salary nature for teachers, lecturers, management staff, employees, ...); expenditures for facilities and services (procurement, maintenance, repair, and operation of facilities, equipment, renting services directly serving educational, training, research, staff development activities, ...); support expenditures for learners (scholarships, allowances, living support, sports and culture activities, competitions, rewards, ...); other expenditures.

- All receipts and fees from learners, including: tuition fees, other fees, all receipts and fees aside from tuition fees (if any) in the academic year and forecasts for each academic year for each level or course of the educational institution before enrollment and application.

- Policies and annual results of policies on allowances and tuition fee exemptions, reductions, and scholarships for learners.

- Balance of funds as per regulations, including specific funds (if any).

- Other financial disclosure contents as prescribed by laws on finance, budget, accounting, auditing, and grassroots democracy.

Nguyen Ngoc Que Anh

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