Responsibilities and rights of parent committees in Vietnam

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1. Responsibilities and rights of parent committees in Vietnam

1.1. Responsibilities and rights of parent committees of classes in Vietnam

According to Article 4 of the Parent Committee Charter promulgated together with Circular 55/2011/TT-BGDDT, the responsibilities and rights of parent committees of classes are as follows:

- The parent committee of a class has the responsibility to:

+ Cooperate with the homeroom teacher and subject-specific teachers in organizing educational activities for students;

+ Cooperate with the homeroom teacher in preparing for the parent-teacher conferences during the school year;

+ Take part in ethics education for students; foster excellent students, help underperforming students, encourage dropouts to come back to school; help poor students, disabled students and other disadvantaged students.

- The parent committee of a class has the right to:

+ Convene parent-teacher conferences in accordance with regulations prescribed in Article 9 of Parent Committee Charter promulgated together with Circular 55/2011/TT-BGDDT (except for the first meeting at the beginning of the school year, during which the parent committee is established) after reaching agreement with the homeroom teacher;

+ Enquire parents about the methods for management and education of students to propose specific measures to the homeroom teacher and subject-specific teachers in order to improve the quality of knowledge and ethics education;

+ Cooperate with the homeroom teacher in organizing extracurricular activities, education of tradition, culture, art and sport activities to provide comprehensive education for students.

1.2. Responsibilities and rights of parent committees of schools

Responsibilities and rights of parent committees of schools according to Article 6 of the Parent Committee Charter promulgated together with Circular 55/2011/TT-BGDDT are as follows:

- The parent committee of a school has the responsibility to:

+ Cooperate with the headmaster in performing the tasks of the school year and organizing educational activities according to the contents approved at the first meeting of the parent committee;

+ Cooperate with the headmaster to provide guidance, disseminate laws and policies on education for parents to improve their responsibility for caring, protecting and educating students;

+ Cooperate with the headmaster to educate students with poor conduct during the summer vacation;

+ Cooperate with the headmaster in ethics education for students; foster excellent students, help underperforming students; help poor students, disabled and other disadvantaged students ; encourage dropouts to come back to school.

+ Provide guidance on the organization and operation for parent committees of classes.

- The parent committee of a school has the right to:

+ Convene parent-teacher conferences in accordance with regulations prescribed in Article 9 of Parent Committee Charter promulgated together with Circular 55/2011/TT-BGDDT (except for the meeting at the beginning of the school year, during which the parent committee is established) after reaching agreement with the headmaster;

+ Propose necessary measures for performance of the tasks of the school year and the management, education of students according to opinions offered by parent committees of the classes;

+ Decide the expenditures on operations of the parent committee from contributions and sponsorships in accordance with regulations prescribed in Article 10 of Parent Committee Charter promulgated together with Circular 55/2011/TT-BGDDT.

2. Regulations on activities of parents and parent committees in Vietnam

Regulations on activities of parents and parent committees according to Article 9 of the Parent Committee Charter promulgated together with Circular 55/2011/TT-BGDDT are as follows:

- General meetings of parents:

+ At the beginning of the school year, the homeroom teacher must conduct the parent-teacher conference to establish the class parent committee with the number of the committee prescribed in Point a, Clause 1, Article 3 of Parent Committee Charter promulgated together with Circular 55/2011/TT-BGDDT.

Parent-teacher conferences must be held at the beginning of the school year, upon the end of the first semester, the end of the school year and when requested by at least 50% of the parents in the class.

+ The organization of general meetings of parents shall be decided by the parent committee of the school.

- Meetings of the parent representatives committees:

+ At the beginning of the school year, the homeroom teacher shall conduct the meeting of the class parent committee to choose its chairperson and vice-chairperson. After the selection, the chairperson shall chair the general meeting of parents for approval of the activity program for the school year.

The parent committees of classes shall organize periodical meetings in accordance with the school program and unscheduled meetings at request of at least 50% of parents in the class or of the chairperson of the class parent committee;

+ At the beginning of the school year, the headmaster shall have a meeting with chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of all parent committees of the classes to establish the parent committee of the school, those who are absent may be nominated if they have agreed to join the meeting.

The headmaster shall chair the first meeting of the parent committee the school to designate the chairperson and vice-chairpersons, even standing members if necessary. The designated chairperson shall chair the meeting of chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of parent committees of the classes to consider approving activities of the school year;

The parent committee of the school shall organize periodical meetings in accordance with the school year’s program and unscheduled meetings at request of at least 50% of the members of the committee or of the chairperson of the parent committee;

- The parent committee shall organize the performance of its tasks, powers and activities approved during the meetings of parents and the parent committees.

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