Chapter III
EXAMS, TESTS, DIPLOMAS AND CERTIFICATES IN THE NATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEM
Article 11.- Exams, tests, enrolment, recognition of graduation
1. Exams and tests in the national education system include study subject-ending exams and tests, graduation exams, enrolment exams and outstanding pupil-selection exams.
2. The assessment of study results, the recognition of learners' completion of subject study courses, educational levels or training degrees shall be conducted through study subject-ending tests or exams, graduation exams or graduation consideration; the test and exam results shall serve as a major basis for schools and educational administrators at all levels to evaluate the education quality.
The recognition of the graduation of an educational level or a training degree shall be conducted through graduation consideration for lower secondary education; graduation exams, for upper secondary, secondary and college education; graduation exams or defense of graduation projects or papers, for higher education; defense of dissertations, for master degree; and defense of theses, for doctoral degree.
For credit-based training, the recognition of learners' completion of subject study courses or graduation shall comply with the credit-based training regulation promulgated by the Ministry of Education and Training.
3. Enrolment exams and enrolment consideration in the national education system are aimed to assess the learning capabilities of enrolling persons in order to select learners. The enrolment shall be conducted through enrolment exams, enrolment consideration or the combination thereof.
4. Outstanding pupil-selection exams are aimed to encourage learners to learn more, contributing to the discovery of talents. Pupils who win prizes in outstanding pupil-selection exams shall be granted certificates and commended. The Minister of Education and Training shall specify outstanding pupil-selection exams.
5. Enrolment regulations provide forms, subjects, order of, and procedures for, enrolment; the application of priority policies to every type of subject, region or discipline in order to ensure justice in education, meet the training structure requirements and encourage gifted pupils.
6. Enrolment regulations and regulations on graduation exams and graduation consideration must ensure the following requirements:
a/ Achieving the examination and enrolment objectives;
b/ Ensuring the accuracy, justice, objectivity and suitability with the psycho-physiological characteristics of pupils of different age groups;
c/ The contents of exams and tests shall be included in educational programs, compatible with the knowledge and skill standards already set in such programs, which may help classify pupils by their qualifications, and the test and exam results must properly reflect the knowledge and skills which pupils have accumulated in their study and training process;
d/ Ensuring the stringent organization of tests and exams, preventing and promptly handling negative acts in examination.
7. The Minister of Education and Training shall promulgate Regulations on examination and enrolment of pupils and students for upper secondary schools, professional secondary schools, colleges, universities, master and doctoral degrees. The Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs shall promulgate the Regulation on examination and enrolment for vocational training schools.
The provincial-level People's Committees shall decide on the enrolment of pupils into upper secondary schools through examination, enrolment consideration or combination of both, based on the local specific conditions and the examination and enrolment Regulations.
Article 12.- Diplomas, certificates
1. Diplomas of the national education system shall be awarded to learners after they graduate from an educational level or in a training degree; certificates of the national education level shall be issued to learners after they complete a training or re-training professional course or program.
Diplomas and certificates must properly reflect the requirements of educational programs and learners' qualifications.
2. The management of diplomas and certificates must ensure the following principles:
a/ The system of diplomas and certificates must be uniformly managed under the decentralization of state management, guaranteeing the rights and responsibilities of educational institutions and conforming with the international integration trend;
b/ To prevent and strictly handle all fraudulent acts in the grant and use of diplomas and certificates.
3. The Minister of Education and Training and the Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs shall, according to their competence, provide conditions, order of, and procedures for, the award of diplomas and certificates; define forms of diploma and certificate; and stipulate the printing of diplomas and certificates and the management of the award, withdrawal and cancellation thereof.
Article 13.- Competence to award diplomas and certificates
1. The competence to award diplomas of the national education system is defined as follows:
a/ Lower secondary education diplomas shall be awarded by heads of district-level Education and Training Departments;
b/ Upper secondary education diplomas shall be awarded by directors of provincial/municipal Education and Training Services;
c/ Intermediate, college and university diplomas shall be awarded by the principals of schools or institutions which organize the training of corresponding degrees; for higher education institutions which have member universities, the principals of such member universities shall award diplomas;
d/ Master diplomas shall be awarded by principals of universities permitted to conduct master-degree training; where scientific research institutes are allowed to coordinate with universities in conducting master-degree training, the principals of such universities shall award master diplomas;
e/ Doctoral diplomas shall be awarded by principals of universities or directors of scientific research institutes, which are permitted to conduct doctoral training.
2. Certificates of the national education system defined in Clause 2, Article 8 of the Education Law shall be issued by heads of educational institutions or organizations permitted to award certificates.
Article 14.- Cases of withdrawal and competence to withdraw diplomas and certificates
1. Diplomas and certificates shall be withdrawn in the following cases:
a/ Acts of fraudulence are committed in study, examination, enrolment or compilation of dossiers in order to be awarded diplomas or certificates;
b/ They are awarded to unqualified persons;
c/ The diplomas or certificates are awarded not by competent persons;
d/ The diplomas or certificates are erased or modified;
e/ The diplomas or certificates are used by persons other than awardees.
2. The authorities competent to award diplomas or certificates shall also be responsible for withdrawing and canceling such diplomas or certificates.
Article 15.- Recognition of diplomas awarded to Vietnamese people by foreign educational institutions
1. Diplomas awarded to Vietnamese people by foreign educational institutions shall be recognized in the following cases:
a/ They are awarded by foreign educational institutions which are lawfully operating in Vietnam, conducting educational activities according to their permits and having quality accredited by Vietnamese or foreign accrediting organizations;
b/ They are awarded by foreign educational institutions subject to the application of agreements on diploma equivalence or mutual recognition of diplomas or treaties related to diplomas to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a contracting state;
c/ They are awarded by foreign general education institutions, professional education institutions or higher education institutions whose educational programs have been accredited by educational quality-accrediting agencies of the concerned foreign countries.
2. The Minister of Education and Training shall specify the order of, and procedures for, recognition of diplomas awarded to Vietnamese people by foreign educational institutions.
Tìm kiếm
Nghị định 75/2006/NĐ-CP (Bản Word)