What is the process for opening the training major of professional intermediate level for the training institutions directly under the provinces of Vietnam?

What is the process for opening the training major of professional intermediate level for the training institutions directly under the provinces of Vietnam? (Internet image)

According to Clause 1, Article 6 of Circular 52/2011/TT-BGDDT, the process for opening the training major of professional intermediate level for the training institutions directly under the provinces of Vietnam is as follows:

1. Training institution in Vietnam makes 05 sets of dossiers as prescribed in Article 5 of this document and sends to the Department of Education and Training:

- If dossier of registration for opening the major of the training institutions meets the conditions and satisfies requirements as prescribed, the Department of Education and Training shall preside over and coordinate with the concerned units for actual inspection at the training institutions.

- If dossier of registration is inadequate or does not satisfy the conditions for opening the major as prescribed, the Department of Education and Training shall send written notification on the status of the dossier and recommends the training institutions to continue to prepare the conditions.

- Time limit for inspection of dossier is not more than 5 working days after receipt of dossier of registration for opening the major of the training institution.

2. Actual inspection at the training institutions

- Members of an inspection team compose of representative of the leaders of Department of Education and Training (Team Leader), 01 representative of the unit directly managing professional intermediate level of the Department (Secretary), 01 representative of the Office of Testing and quality assessment, 01 representative of the relevant local department, branch, and 01 expert having knowledge and experience in training.

- Inspection contents include: The necessity of major opening; compare the contents of the declaration in dossier with the current regulations and actual conditions such as the plan to assign teachers for teaching during the course, the payroll of school, insurance books of teachers, material facilities, equipment in reality, the data of the training institutions which were publicized on the website and other materials of evidence.

- Inspection minute (Form 1, Appendix V) must be recorded fully, honestly opinions of the members to be present during the inspection of actual conditions, the ability to meet the conditions for permission of training, opinions of leaders of the training institutions and jointly sign into the minute. Conclusion of the minute have to ensure sufficient basis to propose the competent agencies for decision: To unify the approval for opening the major; not allowing opening the major and need to supplement the missing terms; not unifying to open the major.

- Within 20 working days from date of receipt of valid dossiers, the agencies deciding on opening the major must complete the inspection at the school.

3. The decision to allow opening the training majors

If the training institutions may ensure the conditions of opening the major in accordance with provisions, the Director of Education and Training shall sign the decision on approval of opening the training programs within 10 working days from the date of inspection results in reality.

Where the training institutions have not ensured the conditions of opening the major, they shall be allowed supplementing within a maximum period of 30 days from the date of actual inspection results. After completion, the training institutions submit a written report on the additional content included evidence and 02 sets of dossiers to be completed to the agency deciding on opening the majors:

- If the training institutions have ensured conditions and met the requirements as specified, within 10 working days from the date of receipt of the report of the training institutions, the competent authorities shall decide whether to allow opening the training majors;

- If after 30 days from the date of actual inspection results, the training institutions have not met the conditions for opening the majors as prescribed, it shall be after 3 months from the date of the test results, the training institutions are allowed to reapply a new registration dossier for opening the majors and must carry out according to the processes in accordance with provisions in Clause 1 of this Article.

Note: The decision to allow opening the major together with completed dossier of registration for opening the major and inspection minute of conditions must be sent to the Ministry of Education and Training by the agency deciding on opening the major for monitoring and management within 5 working days from the date of signing.

More details can be found in Circular 52/2011/TT-BGDDT, which comes into force from December 26, 2011.

Thuy Tram

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