Strengthening the development of education in ethnic minority areas in Vietnam

Strengthening the development of education in ethnic minority areas in Vietnam (Internet image)

Article 10 of Decree 05/2011/ND-CP stipulates education and training development policy in ethnic minority areas in Vietnam as follows:

1. To develop education in ethnic minority areas under the national program; to elaborate education policies for all educational levels suitable to the characteristics of ethnic minority groups.

2. To develop pre-schools, general schools, boarding and semi-boarding ethnic minority schools, continuing education centers. community learning centers, vocational schools and pre-university schools; to study tertiary multi-disciplinary training for ethnic minority students in order to accelerate human resource training in the service of national industrialization and modernization and international integration.

3. To specify appropriate conditions and measures to support ethnic minority students: to provide accommodation, scholarships and loans for ethnic minority students during their study suitable to their majors and places of residence.

Students of ethnic minority groups with a very small population and in areas with socio-economic difficulties and exceptional socio­economic difficulties are exempt from school fees at all educational levels and in all disciplines.

4. To train human resources and provide vocational training for ethnic minority groups suitable to the characteristics of each area, meeting industrialization, modernization and international integration requirements.

5. To prescribe support for teachers in areas with socio-economic difficulties and exceptional socio-economic difficulties; to train ethnic minority teachers and teachers of ethnic minority languages.

6. To include languages, scripts and fine cultural traditions of ethnic minority groups into curricula of general schools, boarding and semi-boarding ethnic minority schools, continuing education centers, community learning centers. vocational schools, professional secondary schools, colleges and universities suitable to ethnic minority areas.

7. Administrations of localities which have ethnic minority students passing university and college entrance exams or admitted under designated enrollment shall receive these students after they graduate and assign jobs appropriate to their majors.

8. The Ministry of Education and Training. the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs and the Committee for Ethnic Minorities Affairs shall, based on their assigned functions and tasks, assume the prime responsibility for. and coordinate with concerned ministries, branches and localities in. detailing and guiding this Article.

More details can be found in Decree 05/2011/ND-CP, which comes into force from March 4, 2011.

Thuy Tram

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