Types and organizational structure of vocational education institutions in Vietnam

Types and organizational structure of vocational education institutions in Vietnam (Internet image) 

1. What is vocational education?

According to Clause 1, Article 3 of the Law on Vocational Education 2014, vocational education means a level of national education system which provides workers with elementary-level, intermediate-level, college-level vocational training and other vocational training programs in order to meet the needs of direct human resources in production, businesses and services, including: formal training and continuing training.

2. Types of vocational education institutions in Vietnam

Vocational education institutions shall be organized under following types:

- Public vocational education institution is a State-owned vocational education institution, whose facilities invested and constructed by the State;

- Private vocational education institution is a vocational education institution under ownership of a social organization, a socio-professional organization, a private economic organization or individual, or a vocational education institution invested and constructed by a social organization, a socio-professional organization, a private economic organization, or an individual;

- Foreign-invested vocational education institution includes wholly foreign-invested vocational education institution; joint-venture vocational education institution between domestic investors and foreign investors.

(Clause 2, Article 5 of the Law on Vocational Education 2014)

3. Organizational structure of vocational education institutions in Vietnam

Specifically, in Article 10 of the Law on Vocational Education 2014, the organizational structure of vocational education institutions is prescribed as follows:

- Organizational structure of a public or private vocational training school or college includes:

+ School councils of public vocational training schools, or colleges; Board of Directors of private vocational training schools or colleges;

+ Principals, Vice Principals;

+ Administrative departments;

+ Faculties, or subjects;

+ Advisory boards;

+ School branch; organizations for scientific and technology research; organizations for training services, scientific research and application development; internal business facilities (if any).

- Organizational structure of a public or private vocational training center includes:

+ Directors, Deputy Directors;

+ Administrative departments;

+ Subjects;

+ Advisory boards;

+ Organizations for training services; internal business facilities (if any).

- The foreign-invested vocational education institutions shall be given autonomy in organizational structure.

4. Objectives of vocational education in Vietnam

General objectives of vocational education are: provide training for personnel directly involved in production, businesses or services, who acquire proficiency equivalent to their training standards, possess professional ethics and good health, gain creative ability, adapt to the environment in the context of international integration; improve their productivity and quality; and enable students to find jobs, self employ or enter higher education.

Specific objectives pertaining to every level of vocational education according to Clause 2, Article 4 of the Law on Vocational Education 2014, specifically as follows:

- Elementary level: equip students for abilities to perform simple tasks of a particular job;

- Intermediate level: equip students for abilities to perform elementary-level tasks and some complicated and special tasks; apply technology to their jobs, work independently or work in groups;

- College level: equip students for abilities to perform intermediate-level tasks and some complicated and special tasks; acquire abilities to create and apply modern technology to their jobs, instruct and observe other members in their groups in performing the tasks.

Thanh Rin

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