Chương I: Thông tư 07/2020/TT-BGDĐT Quy định chung

Chapter I 

GENERAL PROVISIONS 

Article 1. Scope and regulated entities 

1. This Circular prescribes tasks, forms of implementation, and conditions for career counseling and business startup support in education institutions.

2. This Circular applies to: primary schools, lower-secondary schools, upper-secondary schools, multi-level secondary schools, specialized schools, other education institutions providing formal education program (hereinafter referred to as “formal education institutions”); pedagogy universities, institutes, higher education institutions, colleges, and education institutions providing teacher training (hereinafter referred to as “higher education institutions”); relevant organizations and individuals.

Article 2. Definition 

In this document, terms below are construed as follows:

1. “career counseling in education institutions” refers to activities conducted to help learners discover their potentials, talents in order to redirect their studying, specialty development, career, and occupation according to their capacity, hobbies, strengths, and health.

2. “business startup support in education institutions” refers to activities conducted to help learners accumulate knowledge and skills to promote creativity, form novel ideas, solutions to create values for themselves, families, community, and society.

3. “partner” refers to an agency, entity, enterprise, education institution, manufacturing facility, organization, or individual connecting and/or cooperating with an education institutions in investing, building, renovating structures, providing equipment, documents, organizing training, supporting and developing services serving career counseling and business startup support.

Article 3. Implementation rules 

1. The application of this Circular must conform to awareness, education level, and demand of learners in each education level.

a) In primary schools: Aim for awareness of learners.

b) In lower-secondary schools: Aim for experiences of learners.

c) For upper-secondary schools: Aim for practice and career counseling for learners.

d) For pedagogy higher education and colleges: Aim for career, occupation development.

2. Training, knowledge and skill improvement, and startup training mentioned under this Circular must conform to education and training programs without changing time frames of school years of education institutions.

3. Encourage private sector involvement in career counseling and business startup support in education institutions in accordance with regulations and law.