Chương II Nghị định 15/2019/NĐ-CP: Thẩm quyền và nội dung quản lý nhà nước về giáo dục nghề nghiệp

Chapter II

AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF STATE MANAGEMENT OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

Article 3. State regulatory agencies for vocational education

1. Ministries of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs shall take responsibility before the Government for the state management of vocational education.

2. People’s Committees at all levels shall, within their competence, carry out state management on vocational education in their areas.

Article 4. Authority and duties of state management of vocational education assigned to the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affair

The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affair shall carry out state management on vocational education as specified in the Law on Vocational Education, this Decree and related legislative documents, and shall perform the following duties:

1. Develop and issue the list of heavy and dangerous disciplines; a list of disciplines facing difficulty in enrollment but are required by the society.  Issue the economic and technical norms, minimum volume of knowledge, potential requirements which the students must satisfy after graduating in national intermediate and college disciplines; heavy and dangerous disciplines facing difficulty in enrollment but are required by the society; disciplines ordered or assigned by the regulatory agencies to be offered in trainings and particular specialized disciplines that satisfy the social-economic development requirements and national defense and security requirements.

2. Manage the National Qualification Framework of Vietnam at vocational education levels.  Take charge and cooperate in comparing National Qualification Framework of Vietnam with the Qualification Frameworks of ASEAN and other countries.

3. Specify the forms required in training; forms of graduate degrees and certificates, and regulations on management of vocational training qualifications and certificates at all levels; develop and manage the online database system for issuing vocational education qualifications and certificates.

4. Provide regulations on regular trainings; vocational trainings and trainings for improving vocational skills; provide trainings and update knowledge to improve professional abilities for workers, and provide vocational trainings for rural workers.  Develop the regulations on vocational trainings provided for Vietnamese students in foreign countries and acceptance of foreign students to study in Vietnamese vocational schools, then send such regulations to the competent authorities for issuance.

5. Specify standards which the heads of vocational schools must follow; professional standards and working regulations for vocational educators; standards for leaders of vocational schools; evaluation norms for the heads of such schools; professional training programs for vocational educators and vocational education administrative officials; forms and regulations on management and issuance of professional training certificates to vocational educators and vocational education administrative officials.  Guide the development plan for teaching staff and vocational education administrative officials.  Provide professional promotion exams for vocational education public employees, give rewards and new honorable titles for vocational educators as regulated by laws. 

6. Issue the regulations on student activities; regulations on gymnastic and sporting activities, physical trainings, school health activities, cultural and arts activities, environmental protection activities, crime and social malady prevention and control activities; regulations on integration of education, knowledge and complementary skills for students in the programs of vocational schools.  Provide guidance for using facilities to serve the education about national defense and security, physical trainings and sporting activities in vocational schools; issue regulations on management and issuance of National Defense Education Certificate to students of vocational schools.  Provide guidelines on scholarship policies, career counseling and vocational guidance and provide supports for students to start their careers.

7. Develop the regulations on requirements, procedures and authority to issue, re-issue and revoke the Certificate of Eligibility for Vocational Education Accreditation and submit such regulations to the competent authorities for issuance; suspend the accreditation activities; develop regulations on the duties and rights of the accrediting organizations; accreditation norms, standards, process, and period; issue and revoke the Certificate of Eligibility for Accreditation; standards, duties and rights of accreditors; evaluate and manage the issuance and revoke of accreditor cards, and provide trainings for accreditors; specify the development of the quality assurance system of vocational schools; establish the mechanism for ensuring vocational education quality, and develop and provide the national framework for vocational education quality assurance.  Develop and manage the online national database system, ensure and accredit vocational education quality.

8. Cooperate with related ministries and sectors in guiding the provision of trainings and issuance of information technology application certificates and equivalent qualifications pertaining to vocational education.

9. Disseminate information and educate students about the law on vocational education.  Carry out enumeration, disseminate information and develop database of vocational education.  Conduct research, disseminate information, apply science and technology, produce and trade vocational education services.

10. Guide and inspect the activities of non-governmental associations and organizations pertaining to vocational education.

11. Manage and seek international cooperation in vocational education.

12. Provide guidance for organizing teaching and competition festivals at all levels; organize national teaching and competition festivals and participate in regional and international Skills Competition. 

13. Inspect the implementation of the law on vocational education; settle complaints and denunciations and handle violations against the law on vocational.

14. Perform other duties and exercise other rights as regulated by laws.

Article 5. Authority and duties of state management of vocational education assigned to ministries, ministerial agencies and governmental agencies

Ministries, ministerial agencies and governmental agencies shall cooperate with the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs to carry out state management of vocational education as regulated by the Law on Vocational Education, this Decree and other related legal documents and shall perform the following duties:

1. Cooperate with the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs to determine the list of training disciplines at college and intermediate levels; develop the economic and technical norms, the list of minimum training equipment and facilities which satisfy the requirements for each training level of particular and specialized disciplines.

2. Take charge and cooperate with the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs to guide the implementation of specialized and professional contents of training programs, as well as providing trainings for educators and administrative officials of specialized disciplines under the management of ministries and sectors.

Article 6. Authority and duties of state management of vocational education assigned to the provincial People's Committees

Provincial People’s Committees shall take responsibility before the Government for the development of vocational education, carry out state management of vocational education within their province as regulated by the Law on Vocational Education, this Decree and other related legal documents, and perform the following duties:

1. Prepare the vocational education development plan for the locality and submit it to the Provincial People's Committee, as well as implementing such plan after it is approved; satisfy the budget requirements and requirements for teaching staff, administrative officials, employees, workers, facilities and training equipment of the affiliated public vocational schools.

2. Guide the provision of trainings in high quality disciplines.  Develop and approve the economic and technical norms; develop the cost norms for primary trainings and under-03–months trainings in the disciplines ordered or assigned by the locality.  Order products and assign the training tasks to vocational schools within their province.

3. Manage or decentralize affiliated colleges and intermediate schools and carry out regional management for the vocational schools affiliated to ministries, ministerial agencies, governmental agencies, social-political organizations and foreign-invested private vocational schools in their area.  

4. Manage and inspect the implementation of specialized and professional standards of educators and the vocational education manager title; guide and direct the training plan and the use of teaching staff and vocational education administrative officials.

5. Guide and direct the public vocational schools under the management of the locality to build the working place and develop the personnel mechanism based on the professional titles; inspect the implementation of autonomy and self-responsibility mechanism for finance, organization and personnel of vocational schools under their management. 

6. Implement vocational training supportive policies and vocational education socialization policy in their area.

7. Direct the cooperation between enterprises and vocational schools within their area; develop policies for encouraging enterprises to order trainings from vocational schools.

8. Carry out enumeration activities; provide information about the organization and activities of vocational schools and about the international cooperation in vocational education.

9. Submit the cost estimate decision, fund allocation decision and final account of vocational education expenditures to the Provincial People's Committee as specified in the current regulations.

10. Within their competence, inspect the implementation of the law on vocational education in the province; settle complaints and denunciations and handle violations against the regulations on vocational education.

11. Direct the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs to help the Provincial People’s Committee to carry out state management on vocational education in the province.

12. Carry out other duties and exercise other rights as regulated by laws.

Article 7. Authority and duties of state management of vocational education assigned to the District People's Committees

District People’s Committee, within their competence, shall be assigned to carry out state management on vocational education based on their functions, duties and rights and shall take responsibility before the Provincial People’s Committee for the vocational education development in the district as specified in this Decree.

Article 8. Authority and duties of state management of vocational education assigned to the Communal People's Committees

Communal People's Committee, within their competence, shall be assigned to carry out state management on vocational education based on their functions, duties and rights and shall take responsibility before the superior People's Committee for the vocational education development in the commune as specified in this Decree.