On July 2, information from the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training said that this unit has issued Decision No. 2042/QD-SGDĐT dated June 28, 2024 on suspending educational activities of American International Primary, Secondary and High School (AISVN), the suspension period is 12 months, starting from July 1.
Previously, on May 28, the Department of Education and Training and the Interdisciplinary Working Group worked with the investor and the AISVN School Council.
The American International School has been officially suspended for one year due to lack of financial resources. Photo: NH
The Department of Education and Training requests investors and the School Board to submit a report before June 15 to the Department of Education and Training, including a report with evidence demonstrating that the conditions for educational activities are met according to the provisions of the 2019 Education Law and a general report on the payment of debts to tax authorities, social insurance, salaries for teachers, staff, and other educational services.
However, after June 15, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training has not received a report from the unit to determine that AISVN is qualified to operate education according to the 2019 Education Law and Decree 46/2017/ND-CP.
Pursuant to the provisions of Point b, Clause 1, Article 50 of the 2019 Law on Education and Point b, Clause 1, Article 30 of Decree No. 46/2017/ND-CP of the Government due to failure to ensure the conditions for permission to conduct educational activities.
In particular, there are not enough financial resources as prescribed to ensure the maintenance and development of educational activities; educational management staff are not sufficient in number to implement educational programs and organize educational activities.
Therefore, the Department of Education and Training issued Decision No. 2042/QD-SGDĐT dated June 28, 2024 on suspending the educational activities of the American International School, with a suspension period of 1 year.
Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training surveys and introduces schools for students to transfer to. Photo: AISVN
Regarding the situation of students transferring schools, from April 2024 to present, there have been 134 cases of AISVN students transferring schools.
The Department of Education and Training has also worked with 18 high schools with investment capital, teaching foreign programs and the Vietnam-Australia International School (a public school under the Department of Education and Training) to collect statistics on the reception capacity and support policies for students who want to transfer from the American International School. All schools have the capacity to receive more students and provide information on many support policies regarding tuition fees, registration fees, etc.
Particularly for schools teaching the International Baccalaureate (IB) program, the capacity to receive students in the 2024-2025 school year recorded at the time of the survey was 1,251 places, more than the number of students studying at American International Primary, Secondary and High Schools.
The Department of Education and Training has issued Official Dispatch No. 4011/SGDĐT-GDTrH dated June 28, 2024 on school transfer instructions for students of the American International School at https://chuyentruong.hcm.edu.vn.
In particular, students in grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 in the 2023-2024 school year can register to transfer to public and non-public high schools teaching the general education program of the Ministry of Education and Training; schools implementing the integrated program according to Decision 5695/QD-UBND and the Decision approving the integrated program of the Ministry of Education and Training; schools with foreign investment teaching the International Baccalaureate (IB) program.
For students in grades 9, 10, and 11 in the 2023-2024 school year, they can register to transfer to non-public high schools teaching integrated programs according to the approval decision of the Ministry of Education and Training; foreign-invested schools teaching foreign programs, the International Baccalaureate (IB) program.
At the same time, the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City organized work with educational institutions to facilitate the reception of students transferred from AISVN. Some foreign-invested schools have support policies when receiving students from this school.
For teachers, managers and employees, the HCM City Department of Education and Training requires ensuring the implementation of policies (salary, allowances, social insurance, health insurance, unemployment insurance) according to the agreement with employees in the signed labor contract; fully implementing regulations on the use of foreign workers in accordance with the law.
Source: https://danviet.vn/truong-quoc-te-my-viet-nam-chinh-thuc-dinh-chi-hoat-dong-tu-1-7-20240702085916368.htm
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