Vietnam: What are included in the dossier proposing permit a School to conduct the educational activities?

According to the Circular No. 54/2011/TT-BGDĐT of the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam, the dossier proposing permit a School to conduct the educational activities includes:

- Decision on the establishment or allow the establishment of the school;

- Explanation Paper on request to conduct the educational activities;

- Report on the result of implementation of the Project on Establishment of the School. The report must provide in details information on land for construction of school, number of classrooms, working rooms, laboratory, library, material facility and equipment used for the training activities; practicing area, dormitory, sports area and other works having been constructed on the land; organizational structure, management staff, lecturers, finance preparing for the school’s activities;

- Curriculum, details credit program, list of material facilities, tentatively list of lecturers who is going to teach the training fields of the School under provisions on opening Professional Secondary training sectors of the Ministry of Education and Training;

- Regulation on organization and operation of the School.

Number of sets of dossiers is 04 sets.

After preparing the above documents, the Professional Secondary school shall carry out the following procedures:

** For the Professional Secondary Schools under the Ministries or Branches

- The school must prepare the dossier under the Sub-Article 1 of this Article and send two set of dossier to the Provincial Department of Training and Education where the school locates its head office together with a document requesting for verification of conditions to register the educational activities;

- Within 10 working days upon receipt the application dossier and document of the School, the Provincial Department of Training and Education where the school locates its head office must organize the examination and have a factual examination minute and certifying the school building status, material facilities, pool of teachers being recorded in the educational activities registration dossier of the school;

- The School sends two sets of dossiers together with the factual examination minute and verification of the Department of Training and Education to the organization which has power to permit conducting the educational activities. The organization which has power to permit conducting the educational activities or appointing eligible training establishment, shall establish the assessment board and organize for assessment the training program. Training program assessment process must follow the regulations on opening of the professional secondary training level of the Ministry of Training and Education. Based on the dossier and the verification examination minute of the Department of Training and Education, and result of the training program assessment, the authorized agency shall sign the decision allowing the professional secondary school to conduct the educational activities. The decision allowing the professional secondary school to conduct the educational activities must specify the time that the school starts their activities and branches permitted to conduct the training.

The decision allowing the professional secondary school to conduct the educational activities must be sent to the Ministry of Training and Education for oversight and management (except the professional secondary school under the Ministry of Training and Education).

** For the Professional Secondary School under the Provincial People’s Committee

- The school shall prepare the dossier as prescribed by law and send it to the Provincial Department of Training and Education.

- The Provincial Department of Training and Education shall organize for examination and make the factual examination minute on the school building status, material facilities, pool of teachers as recorded in the educational operation registration dossier of the school;

- The Provincial Department of Training and Education appoints eligible training institutions, establishes the Assessment Board and organizes for assessment of the training program. The assessment process of the training program must follow the regulations on opening of the training sector at professional secondary level of the Ministry of Training and Education. 

- Based on the document, examination minute, and the result of the assessment of the training program, director of the Provincial Department of Training and Education shall sign the decision on allowing the Professional Secondary school to conduct the educational activities. In the decision on allowing the Professional Secondary school to conduct the educational activities, it must be clearly stated the time that the school started the operation and fields being allowed conducting training.

The decision on allowing the professional secondary school to conduct the educational activities must be sent to the Ministry of Education and Training for oversight and management. Specifically, time limit of settlement of allowing Professional Secondary school to conduct the educational activities is as follows:

- Within 05 working days upon receipt of the dossier of the Professional Secondary school propose for conducting the educational activities, if the dossier is not enough as regulated, the dossier receiving organization must issue written notice for the school to amend and supplement the dossier;

- With 20 working days upon receipt of the full and correct documents, the authorized organization must issue the decision on allowing the professional secondary school to conduct the educational activities.   

View more details at the Circular No. 54/2011/TT-BGDĐT of the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam, effective from December 19, 2011.

Thuy Tram

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