Chương II: Thông tư 35/2021/TT-BGDĐT Biên soạn, thẩm định giáo trình

Chapter II

COMPILATION AND APPRAISAL OF TEXTBOOKS

Article 10. Determination of textbooks for compilation and selection

1. Principals of training institutions shall determine the list of textbooks that is necessary to use as official materials of their training institutions for teaching, learning, and researching for each course of the training program, field, and level. Such a list includes existing textbooks or textbooks that need to be additionally compiled and selected suitable for the demand of training institutions; and disclose those textbooks that will be compiled and selected.

2. Training institutions shall specifically stipulate the requirement and process of determining necessary textbooks, textbooks that will be compiled or selected; develop plans for compilation and selection suitable for the demand of training institutions.

Article 11. Compilation of textbooks

1. Principals of training institutions shall organize the compilation of necessary textbooks in accordance with regulations prescribed in Article 10 of this Circular in the forms of tasks assignment, ordering, or bidding for units, individuals inside and outside their institutions, ensuring compliance with regulations of the department of training and regulations of relevant laws.

2. The lead author or co-author, compiler shall compile textbooks according to its detailed outline and be responsible for the specialization of the textbooks and responsible for answering upon request by the training institution or competent state agencies.

3. The compiled textbooks shall satisfy the requirements in accordance with regulations prescribed in Article 3, Article 4 of this Circular and other requirements in accordance with regulations of the training institution.

4. Training institutions shall stipulate the requirement, standard, criteria of compiled textbooks and the process of compiling them; stipulate the standard, composition, and number of members participating in the compiling process; stipulate the entitlements and responsibilities of their own, authors, compilers, lead authors or co-authors, and related parties engaged in their compilation of textbooks.

Article 12. Appraisal and publication of textbooks

1. Principals of training institutions shall establish their appraisal boards to appraise the drafts of compiled textbooks in accordance with regulations prescribed in Article 11 of this Circular.

2. Members of the appraisal board are scientists inside or outside the training institution who have high qualifications suitable for the content of textbooks; have reputations and teaching experiences; have doctoral degrees or the title of associate professor in appraising master textbooks and doctoral textbooks. Members who have participated in compiling the textbooks shall not participate in the appraisal of those textbooks.

3. The appraisal board shall appraise the drafts of textbooks in accordance with regulations of the training institution and other regulations of relevant laws. During the process of appraising, the appraisal board may invite delegates who are not its members to attend appraisal meetings if necessary. Opinions of members outside the appraisal board are only for references, these members shall not participate in voting or deciding issues within the function of the appraisal board.

4. The appraisal board shall evaluate and conclude specific levels of meeting the requirements in accordance with regulations prescribed in Article 3 and Article 4 of this Circular and other requirements in accordance with regulations of the training institution. Such levels shall be concretized as requirements for appraised textbooks. The board shall propose the principal of the training institution for publication of the appraised textbooks. The appraisal board shall be responsible for the specialization of the textbooks and responsible for answering upon request by the training institution or competent state agencies.

5. The principal of the training institution shall rely on the appraisal result and proposal of the appraisal board in accordance with regulations prescribed in Clause 4 of this Article to complete the drafts of textbooks and organize their publication for teaching, learning, and researching course in the training program of the institution.

6. Training institutions shall stipulate the specific structure, composition, and standard of members who participate in appraisal boards including people outside their institutions; stipulate the organization, operation, appraisal process, work rules, appraisal result, responsibilities, and entitlements of appraisal boards, their members, and related parties.

Article 13. Appraisal and selection of published books to use as textbooks

1. The principal of the training institution shall rely on the proposal of specialized departments and lecturers to establish the appraisal board; organize the appraisal for published books compiled by domestic or foreign collectives or individuals suitable for the target and demand of the training institution in order to use them as textbooks for teaching, learning, and researching courses in the training program of the institution. The appraisal process of compiled drafts of textbooks applies to the appraisal of published books to use as textbooks in accordance with regulations prescribed in Clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 Article 12 of this Circular.

2. The principal of the training institution shall rely on the appraisal result and proposal of the appraisal board in accordance with regulations prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article to select published books and use them as textbooks for teaching, learning, and researching courses in the training program of the institution.

3. Training institutions shall stipulate specific and public requirements, criteria, conditions, selection process of textbooks; responsibilities, entitlements of their own, and related parties in selecting textbooks.

Article 14. Approval of textbooks

1. The principal of the training institution shall consider issuing decisions on the approval of compiled, appraised, or published textbooks in accordance with regulations prescribed in Article 12 of this Circular; or appraised, selected books in accordance with regulations prescribed in Article 13 of this Circular to use as textbooks for lecturers and students in teaching, learning, and researching courses in the training program of the institution.

2. Training institutions shall stipulate the specific requirement and approval process to incorporate into the compiled, appraised, and published textbooks or appraised and selected books to use as their textbooks; stipulate the duties and entitlements of people competent to appraise and related parties in appraising and incorporating textbooks into use in accordance with their regulations and regulations of relevant laws.