THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No: 27/2001/QD-BGDDT
Hanoi, July 05, 2001
 
DECISION
PROMULGATING THE REGULATION ON RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL-STANDARD SECONDARY SCHOOLS (THE 2001-2010 PERIOD)
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 15/CP of March 2, 1993 on the tasks, powers and State management responsibilities of the ministries and ministerial-level agencies;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 29/CP of March 30, 1994 on the tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Education and Training;
Pursuant to the Education and Training Minister’s Decision No. 23/2000/QD-BGDDT of July 11, 2000 promulgating the Regulation on Secondary Schools;
At the proposal of the director of the Secondary Education Department,
DECIDES:
Article 1.- To promulgate together with this Decision the "Regulation on Recognition of National- Standard Secondary Schools (the 2001- 2010 period)."
Article 2.- This Decision takes effect 15 days after its signing. The Secondary Education Department shall have to guide and monitor the implementation of this Regulation.
Article 3.- The presidents of the People’s Committees of the provinces and centrally-run cities, the director of the Office, the director of the Secondary Education Department, the heads of the concerned units, of the Ministry, and directors of the provincial/municipal Education and Training Services shall have to implement this Decision.
 

 

 
MINISTER OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING




Nguyen Minh Hien
  
REGULATION
ON RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL-STANDARD SECONDARY SCHOOLS (THE 2001-2010 PERIOD)
(Issued together with the Education and Training Minister�s Decision No. 27/2001/QD-BGDDT of July 5, 2001)
Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1.- Scope of regulation
This Regulation prescribes the criteria and the organization of consideration and recognition of the junior secondary schools and the senior secondary schools (hereinafter referred collectively to as the secondary schools), which are up to the national standards in the 2001-2010 period.
Article 2.- Considering the recognition
1. Basing themselves on the prescribed standards, the public, semi-public, people-founded or private secondary schools which have earned the advanced school title for five consecutive years immediately before the year of proposing the recognition of national-standard schools may make self-evaluation and request the competent authorities to recognize their achievement of the national standards.
2. The Minister of Education and Training shall decide on the recognition of senior secondary schools being up to the national standards.
The presidents of the People’s Committees of the provinces and centrally-run cities shall decide on the recognition of junior secondary schools being up to the national standards.
Article 3.- Recognition time limits
The time limit for recognition of secondary schools reaching the national standards shall be 5 years as from the date of signing the recognition decision.
Within 5 years, if recognized national-standard schools commit standard-related errors, they shall be considered for continued recognition or non-recognition of national-standard schools, depending on the nature and serious of their errors.
Article 4.- Responsibilities of the district Education and Training Sections and the provincial/municipal Education and Training Services
The district Education and Training Sections as well as the provincial/municipal Education and Training Services shall, within the scope of their functions and assigned tasks, have to select and invest in building up national-standard schools on the basis of the existing schools and at the same time advise the local administrations on investing in building up new schools under the prescribed standards and in conformity with the plannings and plans on local education development.
Chapter II
CRITERIA OF NATIONAL-STANDARD SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Article 5.- Criterion 1- The school organization.
1. Class rooms.

a/ Having enough class groups of the educational level.