After the Party and State's policy on streamlining the apparatus and transferring vocational education from the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs to the Ministry of Education and Training, the Government has drafted a Decree regulating the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Education and Training.
According to the draft, this decree will replace Decree No. 86/2022 of the Government regulating the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Education and Training.
At the same time, abolish the regulations on vocational education in Decree No. 62/2022 of the Government stipulating the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs; abolish Decision No. 29/2017 of the Prime Minister stipulating the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the General Department of Vocational Education under the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs.
Add functions and tasks to manage vocational education
Specifically, this draft decree stipulates that the Ministry of Education and Training is a government agency, performing the state management function for preschool education, general education, vocational education, university education and continuing education. Compared to the old decree, intermediate pedagogical colleges and junior colleges of pedagogy no longer exist.
Headquarters of Ministry of Education and Training
The next new points included in the draft are that the Ministry of Education and Training will regulate the development, appraisal, and promulgation of vocational education training programs; and regulate other vocational training programs according to the provisions of the law on vocational education.
The Ministry of Education and Training also regulates the compilation, selection, appraisal, approval and use of teaching materials, university and vocational education textbooks, promulgates standards for university and vocational education institutions, and stipulates the minimum amount of knowledge and capacity requirements that learners must achieve after graduation for each training level of vocational education.
The Ministry of Education and Training prescribes the conditions, order and procedures for opening majors and suspending the operation of majors at all levels of university education and vocational education; and prescribes the determination of enrollment targets at all levels of university education and vocational education.
Some tasks of the Ministry of Education and Training on vocational education and other continuing education are added in the draft Decree, including: Guiding the development, appraisal and promulgation of national vocational skills standards; regulating the issuance of national vocational skills certificates.
In addition, preside over and coordinate with the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Public Security to prescribe programs and contents of national defense and security education in vocational training institutions and organize implementation; provide guidance on building a learning society and developing policies to promote lifelong learning.
Regarding the management of educational and training institutions, the new point of the draft is that the Ministry of Education and Training will issue charters and regulations on the organization and operation of colleges, intermediate schools, vocational education centers, national defense and security education centers and other educational institutions according to the provisions of law; guide and organize the implementation of regulations on the organizational structure of vocational education institutions.
The Ministry of Education and Training also decides to establish, permit the establishment, division, separation, merger, dissolution, and permit the operation of colleges and national defense and security education centers under colleges, establish representative offices of foreign vocational education organizations and institutions in Vietnam, and recognize principals of private colleges according to its authority.
Ministry of Education and Training adds one case, removes five cases
Also following the major policy of the Party and State on streamlining the administrative apparatus, the draft Decree defines the organizational structure of the Ministry of Education and Training as 19 units, while previously it was 23 units.
Specifically, five departments will no longer exist, including the Department of Physical Education, the Department of Ethnic Education, the Department of Continuing Education, the Department of Facilities, and the Department of Science, Technology and Environment.
Two units were renamed, including the Department of Political Education and Student Affairs changed to the Department of Students; the Department of Information Technology changed to the Department of Science, Technology and Information.
At the same time, the Ministry of Education and Training will have an additional Department of Vocational Education and Continuing Education.
Thus, 19 units under the organizational structure of the Ministry of Education and Training include: Department of Preschool Education, Department of Primary Education, Department of Secondary Education, Department of Higher Education, Department of National Defense and Security Education, Department of Students, Department of Legal Affairs, Department of Organization and Personnel, Department of Planning and Finance, Office, Inspectorate, Department of Teachers and Educational Managers, Department of Quality Management, Department of Science, Technology and Information, Department of International Cooperation, Department of Vocational Education and Continuing Education. The above 16 units are organizations that assist the Minister in performing the state management function.
The remaining three units, including Education and Times Newspaper, Education Magazine and Vietnam Institute of Educational Sciences, are public service units serving the state management function of the Ministry of Education and Training.
In the draft Decree, the Ministry of Education and Training will also act as the direct management agency of national universities; submit to the Government specific regulations on the functions, tasks and powers of national universities; submit to the Prime Minister for promulgation of the Regulations on organization and operation of national universities and member university educational institutions.
Regarding international cooperation, the Ministry of Education and Training has the additional function of managing foreigners coming to teach and work at educational institutions in Vietnam.
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/sap-xep-lai-co-cau-to-chuc-cua-bo-gd-dt-du-kien-bo-5-vu-185250111000954263.htm
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