Duties and powers of the Sub-Department of Education and Training in Vietnam

Duties and powers of the Sub-Department of Education and Training in Vietnam (Internet image) 

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1. Position and functions of the Sub-Department of Education and Training in Vietnam

The position and functions of the Sub-Department of Education and Training are specified in Article 3 of Circular 12/2020/TT-BGDDT as follows:

- The Sub-Department of Education and Training is a specialized agency under the district-level People's Committee, performing the function of advising and assisting the district-level People's Committee in the state management of education in the locality according to the provisions of law and performing tasks and powers according to the decentralization and authorization of the district-level People's Committee and the Chairman of the district-level People's Committee.

- The Sub-Department of Education and Training has legal status and its own seal and account according to the provisions of law; It is subject to the direction and management of the organization, job positions, staffing, and work of the district-level People's Committee, and at the same time, to the direction, guidance, and inspection of expertise and skills and other regulations of the Department of Education and Training.

2. Duties and powers of the Sub-Department of Education and Training in Vietnam

The Sub-Department of Education and Training performs the tasks and powers specified in Article 13 of Decree 127/2018/ND-CP stipulating state management responsibilities for education, Decree 46/2017/ND-CP on investment and operating conditions in the field of education, Decree 135/2018/ND-CP amends and supplements a number of articles of Decree 46/2017/ND-CP, relevant legal provisions and implements the following tasks and powers:

- Preside and coordinate with relevant agencies to submit to the District People's Committee:

+ Promulgate guiding documents and organize the implementation of legal documents on education; plans, programs, and projects to develop preschool, primary, and secondary education in the area after being approved by competent authorities; an implementation plan for the project to innovate general education programs and textbooks in the district in accordance with the province's plan; Legal documents on education according to authority;

+ Approve the project to arrange and reorganize preschool, primary, and secondary education facilities in the area in accordance with local practical conditions and meet the conditions for ensuring educational quality.

- Preside and coordinate with relevant agencies to perform the state management function of the District People's Committee on Education according to the Government's decentralization.

- Implement the recruitment, employment, and training of teachers, educational administrators, and employees in public educational establishments under the district People's Committee according to the provisions of law.
when authorized.

- Manage teaching and educational activities in school and outside school; Direct the implementation of moral education, lifestyle, and school safety activities; Organize the implementation of plans to implement the Project on reforming general education programs and textbooks; Implement and direct the implementation of educational communication work in the area.

- Regularly update information about the team of teachers and educational administrators under their management in the education industry database. Fully and promptly implement the annual periodic reporting regime on publicizing the local education sector under its management to the district-level People's Committee and the Department of Education and Training according to regulations.

(Article 4 of Circular 12/2020/TT-BGDDT)

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