The name of secondary schools in Vietnam must be written on their stamp

The name of secondary schools in Vietnam must be written on their stamp (Internet image)

Article 5 of the lower secondary school, upper secondary school and multi-level school charter issued with Circular 32/2020/TT-BGDDT stipulates regulations on naming a school in Vietnam as follows:

• School name format: Trường trung học cơ sở (“lower secondary school”) (or trung học phổ thông (“upper secondary school”); tiểu học và trung học cơ sở (“primary and lower secondary school”); trung học cơ sở và trung học phổ thông (“lower secondary and upper secondary school"); tiểu học, trung học cơ sở và trung học phổ thông (“primary, lower secondary and upper secondary school”); or trung học phổ thông chuyên (“specialized upper secondary school”)) + proper name of the school.

• The school’s proper name must be clear and transparent, not cause any confusion regarding the organization and operation of the school; and be appropriate to Vietnamese national history, culture, ethics, fine traditions and customs.

Note: The school name shall be included in the school’s establishment decision, stamp, school name signboard and transaction documents.

In addition, the contents of a school name signboard consist of:

- In top left corner of the board:

+ For secondary schools the highest education level of which is lower secondary level:

• First row: name of district-level People’s Committee;

• Second row: Phòng Giáo dục và Đào tạo (“Bureau of Education and Training”).

+ For secondary schools with upper secondary level:

• First row: name of provincial People’s Committee;

• Second row: Sở Giáo dục và Đào tạo (“Department of Education and Training”).

- The school name, which is chosen in accordance with regulations in Clause 1 herein, shall be written in the middle of the board.

- Address, phone number, email address and website (if any) of the school shall be written at the bottom of the board.

In addition, for special schools with their own organizational and operational regulations, their names and name sign boards shall adhere to such regulations.

More details can be found in Circular 32/2020/TT-BGDDT, which comes into force from November 1, 2020.

Le Vy

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