Currently, many students are disciplined in the form of expulsion from school. Therefore, I would like to know more about the cases where students will be forced to leave school in Vietnam. - Ngoc An (HCMC, Vietnam)
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Cases where students will be forced to leave school in Vietnam (Internet image)
1. Cases where students will be forced to leave school in Vietnam
1.1. Cases of students being forced to leave school regarding credit-based academic performance
According to Clause 2, Article 11 of the Regulation promulgated together with Circular 08/2021/TT-BGDDT, students will be forced to leave school in any of the following cases:
- Number of academic warnings or level of academic warning received exceeds the permitted amount/ level according to regulations of the training institution;
- Study duration exceeds the amount of time mentioned in Clause 5 Article 2 of the Regulation promulgated together with Circular 08/2021/TT-BGDDT.
Maximum time limit for students to complete a course shall be stipulated in the training institution regulation but shall not be longer than twice the study duration according to the standard learning plan for the whole course for each mode of study.
For students who take bridge programs and whose accumulated credits have been accounted for, maximum time limit for them to complete a course shall be determined by deducting the amount of study time corresponding to the completed academic load from the study duration according to the standard learning plan of the whole course.
1.2. Cases of students being forced to leave school regarding year-based academic performance
According to Clause 2, Article 12 of the Regulation promulgated together with Circular 08/2021/TT-BGDDT, students will be forced to leave school in any of the following cases:
- The academic year average grade is under 0,8;
- GPA is under 1,2 after 2 years of study, under 1,4 after 3 years of study and under 1,6 after 4 or more years of study;
- Study duration exceeds the amount of time mentioned in Clause 5 Article 2 of the Regulation promulgated together with Circular 08/2021/TT-BGDDT.
Maximum time limit for students to complete a course shall be stipulated in the training institution regulation but shall not be longer than twice the study duration according to the standard learning plan for the whole course for each mode of study.
For students who take bridge programs and whose accumulated credits have been accounted for, maximum time limit for them to complete a course shall be determined by deducting the amount of study time corresponding to the completed academic load from the study duration according to the standard learning plan of the whole course.
2. Forms of discipline and details of violation in Vietnam
Forms of discipline and details of violation in Vietnam according to Article 9 of the Regulation promulgated together with Circular 10/2016/TT-BGDĐT are as follows:
- Violating students may, depending on the nature, extent and consequence of their violation, receive warnings, reprimands or may be subject to one of the following disciplinary actions:
+ A disciplinary action represented in the form of reprimand shall be imposed on students who commit less serious violations for the first time;
+ A disciplinary action represented in the form of warning shall be imposed on reprimanded students who continue to commit violations, or those who commit less serious violations in a continual manner, or those who commit violations for the first time which are relatively serious;
+ A disciplinary action represented in the form of fixed-term academic suspension shall be imposed on students who breach rules and regulations or commit serious violations against regulations on student's prohibited acts during the warning period; those who contravene laws and are subject to a suspended sentence.
As the case may be, Heads of higher education establishments may consult training rules to make decisions on the suspension term, i.e. the term of one semester, one academic year or the term the same as the suspended sentence period.
+ A disciplinary action represented in the form of forced expulsion shall be imposed on students who continue to breach rules during the fixed-term suspension period, or commit violations for the first time which have extremely serious nature or level and cause adverse effects on their higher education establishments and society; those who contravene laws and serve jail sentences.
- A disciplinary action which is at least a warning must be recorded into student administration documentation and informed to student's families. Where students are subject to fixed-term suspension or expulsion, higher education establishments must inform local authorities and student's families for their coordination in supervision and education of these students.
- Details of violation and disciplinary framework shall be prescribed in the Appendix attached to Circular 10/2016/TT-BGDĐT.
Quoc Dat
