Procedures for amendment to contents of degrees and certificates of the national education system in Vietnam

Procedures for amendment to contents of degrees and certificates of the national education system in Vietnam (Internet image)

1. What is the national education system?

Clauses 1, 2 and 3, Article 6 of the Law on Education 2019 stipulates the national education system as follows:

- The national educational system is an open, transferrable educational system consisting of formal education and continuing education.

- Educational levels and training qualifications of the national educational system include:

+ Preschool education including junior kindergartens (for children aged 03 – 36 months) and senior kindergartens (for children aged 3 – 5 years);

+ General education with primary education, lower secondary education, and upper secondary education;

+ Vocational education and training at elementary-level, intermediate-level, or college-level and other vocational training programmes;

+ Higher education with university education, master education and doctoral education.

- The Prime Minister shall make decisions on the approval of the structural framework of the national educational system and the Vietnamese Qualifications Framework; stipulate the training duration, standards of each training level, the minimal learning quantity for qualifications of vocational education and higher education.

2. Competence in deciding amendment to contents of degrees and certificates in Vietnam

The competence in deciding amendment to contents of degrees and certificates according to Article 21 of Circular 21/2019/TT-BGDDT is as follows:

The person with competence in deciding amendment to contents of a degree or certificate is the head of the authority issuing such degree or certificate and managing the master register containing information on such degree or certificate.

In case the issuing authority of the degree or certificate has undergone merger, division or dissolution, the person with competence in deciding amendment to its contents is the head of the authority managing the master register.

3. Cases of amendment to contents of degrees and certificates in Vietnam

According to Article 22 of Circular 21/2019/TT-BGDDT, a person awarded a degree or certificate has the right to request amendment to the contents written on such degree or certificate in the following cases:

- Change or correction of civil status according to decision of a competent authority;

- Ethnicity re-determination or sex re-assignment;

- Addition or adjustment to civil status information;

- Late birth registration or birth re-registration.

4. Procedures for amendment to contents of degrees and certificates in Vietnam

Procedures for amendment to contents of degrees and certificates according to Article 23 of Circular 21/2019/TT-BGDDT are as follows:

- An application for amendment to the contents of a degree or certificate:

+ A letter of application for amendment to contents of the degree or certificate;

+ The degree or certificate to be amended;

+ A civil status extract or decision on change or amendment to civil status, ethnicity re-determination or sex re-assignment for cases of amendment due to change or amendment to civil status, ethnicity re-determination or sex re-assignment;

+ A birth certificate for cases of amendment due to addition or adjustment to civil status information, birth re-registration or late birth registration;

+ An unexpired identity card, passport or another valid identity document containing a picture of the degree/certificate holder. Information on these documents must match that in the application.

For the components, their copies based on master registers or certified true copies shall be used.

- If the copy of a component is not certified, the applicant shall present its authentic copy for the person receiving the application to inspect;

The person receiving the application must sign and leave their full name on the copy to acknowledge it and take responsibility for its accuracy compared to the authentic one.

- Procedures for amendment to the contents of a degree or certificate:

+ The applicant submits 01 (one) application in person or by post to the authority with competence in amending the degree or certificate (“amending authority”);

+ Within 05 working days from the date of receipt of the valid application, the amending authority shall decide on amendment of the degree or certificate, and send a written explanation to the applicant if the application is rejected;

+ A degree or certificate shall only be amended upon an amendment decision; direct amendment to a degree or certificate is prohibited. The amendment decision must be retained in the issuance dossier of such degree or certificate.

+ Based on the amendment decision, the issuing authority shall record information on the degree or certificate and amendment thereof in the appendix of the master register.

Quoc Dat

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