Responsibility for state management of education by the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam

According to Decree No. 127/2018/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, the Ministry of Education and Training shall have the following responsibilities:

- Formulate a strategy for education development and planning of tertiary education institution network and teacher training schools and submit it to the Prime Minister for promulgation purposes.

- Issue training programs for preschool education, general education, continuing education and regulations on training programs applied to tertiary education, list of level-four classification of education at intermediate and college level of teacher degree, associate’s and bachelor’s degree level and master's and doctoral degree level as well as regulations on training and transnational education.

- Issue regulations on writing, appraisal, approval for use and selection of learning material, textbooks and teaching material in preschools, general education institutions and continuing education institutions and regulations on development, appraisal and issuance of training programs applied to intermediate-level teacher training, college-level teacher training and tertiary education.

- Issue regulations on examination, learner testing and evaluation, regulations on diploma and certificate in the national education system and acceptance of the degree granted to Vietnamese learners by overseas education institutions. Take charge of reaching an agreement on degree equivalence or mutual acceptance of degree with foreign countries and international organizations.

- Issue regulations on standard for job titles and working regime for teachers and education administrators, the list of job position framework and restriction on number of employees in an education institution. Issue regulations on standards applied to the heads and deputies of preschools, general education institutions, continuing education institutions, teacher training schools at intermediate level and teacher training colleges, standards applied to Directors and Deputy Directors of the Departments of Education and Training, the heads and deputies of Divisions of Education and Training as well as teacher standards.

- Establish and publish standards and regulations on facilities and equipments in schools and educational hygiene as regulated Submit the proposal of regulations on receipt and use of tuition fee, scholarship policy and other policies intended for learners to the competent authority for promulgation purpose.

- Issue national standards applied to education institutions under state management of ministerial level according to Structural Framework of National Education System and Vietnamese Qualifications Framework, regulations on standards for education quality evaluation, procedure and accreditation period of all education stages and training levels under state management performed by ministries.

- Issue rules and regulations on organization of activities in preschools, primary schools, lower and upper-secondary schools and schools with various educational stages, continuing education institutions, special schools, teacher training intermediate schools, teacher training colleges and other education institutions under state management of ministerial level and regulations on teaching activities carried out inside and outside the schools.

- Manage and provide guidelines for implementation of policies on private sector involvement for education.

- Perform statistical work, establish a national database of education and apply information technology in education management.

- Take responsibility to represent the result of performance of tasks assigned.

- Carry out other duties as per law provisions.

View details at Decree No. 127/2018/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from November 15, 2018.

-Thao Uyen-

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