Standardized educational qualifications of teachers in Vietnam

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Regarding this issue, LawNet would like to answer as follows:

1. Standards of teachers in Vietnam

According to Article 67 of the Education Law 2019, teachers must:

- Have good morals, ideological and mental qualifications;

- Meet professional standards of teaching position;

- Have skills of updating and upgrading professional capacity and knowledge; and

- Maintain good health as required by the profession.

2. Duties and rights of teachers in Vietnam

Duties and rights of teachers according to Articles 69 and 70 of the Education Law 2019 are as follows:

* Duties of teachers include:

- Educate and teach according to educational objectives and principles, implementing educational programmes with sufficiency and quality;

- Be exemplary in the fulfilment of civic duties, school charters and code of conduct of teachers.

- Maintain moral quality, prestige and honor of teachers; respecting learners' dignity, treating learners equally; and protecting legitimate rights and interests of learners.

- Study and practice continuously to improve moral quality, political qualification, professional qualification and knowledge, reforming teaching methods, and being good examples for learners.

* Rights of teachers

- Teach according to their educated specialization.

- Receive further education and training to improve political qualification, professional qualification and knowledge.

- Work under contract as visiting teacher and/or researcher in other educational or research institutions.

- Be protected with regards to their honor, dignity and physical wellbeing;

- Have summer vacation as stipulated by the Government and other holidays as prescribed by law.

3. Standardized educational qualifications of teachers in Vietnam

According to Clause 1, Article 72 of the Education Law 2019, standardized educational qualifications of teachers are regulated as follows:

- Teachers of preschool education teachers must possess at least a pedagogical college diploma;

- Teachers of primary education, lower secondary education and upper secondary education must possess at least a bachelor’s degree in pedagogy training.

In case a subject is yet to acquire enough teachers with bachelor’s degree in pedagogy training, teachers of this subject must possess a bachelor's degree of suitable specialization and a certificate of pedagogy training;

- Lecturers of higher education must possess a master’s degree; lecturers teaching or instructing master or doctor’s theses must possess a doctoral degree.

- Standardized educational qualifications of teachers working in institutions of vocational education shall follow regulations in the Law on Vocational education.

4. Policies for teachers in Vietnam

Policies for teachers under Article 77 of the Education Law 2019 is as follows:

- The State shall elaborate policies of recruitment, employment, benefits, guaranteeing material and mental needs of teachers so as to enable them to fulfill their roles and duties.

- Teachers working at specialized schools, schools for gifted students, boarding general education schools or day schools for ethnic minorities, pre-university schools, schools or classes for disabled and handicapped persons, reformatory schools or other special schools, teachers of inclusive education shall receive allowances and other preferential policies.

- The State shall issue incentive and preferential policies on allowances and other policies for teachers working in areas with exceptional socio-economic difficulties.

5. Regulations on educational institutions providing training for teachers and education managers in Vietnam

Regulations on educational institutions providing training for teachers and education managers according to Article 74 of the Education Law 2019 are as follows:

- Educational institutions performing the duty of educating and training teachers include pedagogical schools, educational institutions with faculty of pedagogy, educational institutions authorised to educate and train teachers.

- Educational institutions performing the duty of educating and training education managers include pedagogical schools, institutions of higher education with faculty of educational management, educational institutions authorised to educate and train education managers.

- Pedagogical schools established by the State to educate and train teachers and education managers shall be given priority in teacher recruitment, allocation of education managers, investment in infrastructure and dormitories, as well as availability of funding.

Pedagogical schools have schools or establishments for trainee-teachers' practice.

- Within the scope of their duties and authorities, the Minister of Education and Training and Minister of Labour - War Invalids and Social Affairs shall stipulate the performing of the duty of educating and training teachers and education managers, and stipulate educational institutions authorised in educating and training teachers and education managers.

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