Upgrading the Standard Training Level of Primary School Teachers from Intermediate to Bachelor's Degree Must Follow the Roadmap

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The Ministry of Education and Training presides, in coordination with the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Justice, the Office of the Government of Vietnam and related agencies and organizations, to develop and submit to the Government of Vietnam a Decree on the roadmap for upgrading the training standards for preschool, elementary, and secondary school teachers as prescribed in Clause 2, Article 72 of the Education Law 2019. Specifically:

- Preschool teachers: From intermediate teacher training to teacher college;- Elementary school teachers: From intermediate teacher training to a bachelor's degree in education;- Secondary school teachers: From teacher college to a bachelor's degree in education.

Submission timeframe to the Government of Vietnam: April 2020.

Additionally, the Ministry of Education and Training will also preside over the development and submission to the Government of Vietnam of the following 04 guiding documents for the Education Law 2019:

- Decree detailing some articles of the Education Law 2019 (Clause 3, Article 47; Clause 5, Article 70; Article 79; Clause 1, Article 85; Article 86).

- Decree on policies supporting tuition fees and living expenses for pedagogy students (Clauses 4 and 5, Article 85 of the Education Law 2019).

- Decree on policies for the development of preschool education (Clause 3, Article 27; Clause 2, Article 81 of the Education Law 2019).

- Decree on the management of public preschool and general education institutions (Point a, Clause 2, Article 60 of the Education Law 2019).

See more details at: Decision 936/QD-TTg effective from July 26, 2019.

Nguyen Trinh

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