Year 2020: Striving for 62% of Primary School Teachers to Meet University-level Qualifications

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To be specific:, promulgated according to this Resolution is an appendix of targets for 2020 regarding the development of culture, arts, social progress, equity, and environmental protection as follows:

- Percentage of preschool teachers reaching the standard training level or higher: 85%;

- Percentage of primary school teachers reaching the standard training level or higher: 62%;

- Percentage of lower secondary school teachers reaching the standard training level or higher: 77%;

- Percentage of upper secondary school teachers reaching the standard training level or higher: 99.98%;

- Percentage of participants in training and refresher programs of continuous education institutions: 45%;

- Number of higher education training programs accredited according to domestic accreditation standards: 250 programs;

- Number of higher education training programs accredited according to international accreditation standards: 250 programs;

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In which, the standard training level as mentioned above is the new standard training level according to the Law on Education 2019, which took effect from July 01, 2020. Specifically:

- For preschool teachers: Must have a college degree in pedagogy or higher. (Current regulations only require a diploma in secondary pedagogy.)

- For primary, lower secondary, upper secondary school teachers: Must have a bachelor's degree in pedagogy or higher. (Current regulations require a diploma in secondary pedagogy for primary school teachers; a college diploma in pedagogy or a college degree and a certificate of pedagogical training for lower secondary school teachers.)

In cases where a subject does not have enough teachers with a bachelor's degree in pedagogy, it is required to have a relevant major's bachelor's degree and a certificate of pedagogical training.

According to this Resolution, the leading agency for monitoring and evaluating the above-mentioned targets is the Ministry of Education and Training.

See additional targets for 2020 at: Resolution 01/ND-CP issued on January 01, 2020.

Nguyen Trinh

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