Standards of facilities and equipment of foreign-invested educational institutions in Vietnam

Standards of facilities and equipment of foreign-invested educational institutions in Vietnam (Internet image)

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

1. What are foreign-invested educational institutions?

According to Clause 1, Article 2 of Decree 86/2018/ND-CP, foreign-invested educational institutions refer to institutions financed by foreign invested business entities which operate in accordance with the laws of Vietnam and are allowed to use their own seals and accounts.

2. Standards of facilities and equipment of foreign-invested educational institutions in Vietnam

(1) As for a short-term training institution:

- Classes shall have appropriate light, desks, chairs, and teaching equipment and materials.

- The minimum average area for teaching shall be 2.5m2 per student.

- There must be offices for board of directors and teachers, libraries and other functional rooms.

(2) As for a pre-school educational institution:

- The school shall be located in a good environment. The school area shall be calculated based on the quantity of classes and kids: at least 08 m2 per kid, applicable to urban areas; 12m2 per kid, applicable to rural areas.

- The school shall have appropriate light, desks, chairs and equipment used for taking care of or teaching kids in the classrooms, bedrooms and other functional rooms.

- The offices, managing boards, administration rooms, school clinics, security room and staff’s rooms shall have suitable area, equipment and materials used for managing, taking care of and teaching children.

- The water supply and drainage systems and bathrooms must be appropriate, and the sanitation facilities shall be safe, clean and suitable for the operation of the school.

d- The kitchen (if any) shall be organized based on the flow-through pattern and use suitable equipment and materials that ensure food safety and hygiene.

- There must be a play ground and surrounding walls, and a gate specifying the school’s name in accordance with the regulations stipulated in Article 29 hereof.

- There must be trees in the school are- All the constructions, equipment, materials and toys of the school shall ensure absolute safety for the kids.

(3) As for a compulsory educational institution:

- The school shall be located in a good environment. The school area shall be calculated based on the quantity of classes and students, and the regional characteristics: at least 06m2 per student, applicable to urban areas, and 10m2 per student, applicable to rural areas.

- There must be areas for learning and teaching: at least 2.5 m2 per student.

- There must be appropriate offices for board of directors and teachers, and appropriate meeting rooms.

- There must be specialized classrooms (for middle schools and high schools), library, desks, chairs, teaching equipment and materials that satisfy the current standards of the Ministry of Education and Training.

- There must be multi-purpose gyms, art rooms, computer labs, supporting rooms for disabled students and school clinics. There must be canteens and break rooms (for day-boarding schools).

- There must be clean water supply and drainage systems and appropriate bathrooms that are suitable for the scale of the school and ensure the current conditional standards of the Ministry of Education and Training.

- There must be a playground, training ground and parking lot that account for at least 30% of the total area of the school. There must be surrounding walls and a gate specifying the school’s name in accordance with Article 22 hereof.

(4) As for a higher educational institution and a branch campus of the foreign-invested higher education institution in Vietnam:

- The area for building the school shall reach at least 25m2 per student at the time the training scale in the development plan of the school is greatest.

- The average area for building shall be at least 09 m2/ student; the studying area shall be at least 06 m2 per student; the dormitory area shall be at least 03m2 per student.

- There must be enough lecture halls, classrooms and functional rooms that satisfy the training requirements in the disciplines and the forms of training.

- There must be enough offices, administration area and managing board that suit the organizational structure of the academic departments, faculties and disciplines. The minimum area shall be 08 m2 per person.

- There must be conference rooms, libraries, testing labs, workshops and other facilities that satisfy the requirements of the training program and science and technology activities.

- There must be canteens and constructions serving the recreation, sports and cultural activities, and medical constructions and services serving the managers, lecturers and students.

- There must be a technical construction area and a parking lot.

(5) Renting the facilities:

A foreign-invested educational institution shall also have authority to rent the facilities for at least 5 stable years and shall ensure that the facilities satisfy the requirements stipulated in (1), (2), ( 3) and (4).

(Article 36 of Decree 86/2018/ND-CP)

Nguyen Thi Hoai Thuong

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