THE PRIME MINISTER
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom – Happiness
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No. 959/QD-TTg
Hanoi, June 24, 2010
 
 
DECISION
APPROVING THE SCHEME ON DEVELOPMENT OF THE SYSTEM OF SPECIALIZED UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THE 2010-2020 PERIOD 
THE PRIME MINISTER
 
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
Pursuant to the June 14, 2005 Law on Education;
At the proposal of the Minister of Education and Training,
 
DECIDES:
 
Article 1. To approve the Scheme on development of the system of specialized upper secondary schools in the 2010-2020 period, with the following principal contents:
 
I. OBJECTIVES
1. General objectives
To build and develop specialized upper secondary schools into a system of high-quality secondary education institutions of national standards, with complete and modern teaching and learning equipment, to perform the task of fostering gifted students with outstanding study results into persons with patriotism, national pride and self-respect, sense of self-reliance, firm general knowledge, good methods of self-learning, research and creativity; and good health, in order to create sources for further training into talents, meeting the national development requirements in the period of industrialization, modernization and international integration.
Specialized upper secondary schools constitute an upper secondary school model in physical foundation, teaching staff and organization of educational activities.
2. Specific objectives
a/ To consolidate, build and develop existing specialized upper secondary schools while increasing their sizes, ensuring that each province or centrally run city has at least one specialized upper secondary school with a total enrollment of specialized students accounting for some 2% of upper secondary school students of such province or city;
b/ To intensify investment in upgrading specialized upper secondary schools into schools of national standards and high education quality. To prioritize investment in area expansion, construction of physical foundation and increase of complete and modern teaching and learning equipment. By 2015, all specialized upper secondary schools will reach the national standards, including 15 key schools with educational quality equivalent to that of advanced secondary schools in the region and the world;

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