Decision No. 1363/QD-TTg 2019 adjustments scheme on development of high-quality colleges

DECISION

Approving adjustments and supplementations to the scheme on development of high-quality colleges through 2025

Pursuant to the June 19, 2015 Law on Organization of the Government;

Pursuant to the November 27, 2014 Law on Vocational Education;

Pursuant to the Government’s Resolution No. 08/NQ-CP of January 24, 2018, on the Government’s Action Program to implement the 6^th plenum of the Central Party Committee of the XII^th Congress’s Resolution No. 19-NQ/TW of October 25, 2017, on continued renovation of the organizational and management system and improvement of operation quality and efficiency of public non-business units;

Pursuant to the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 899/QD-TTg of June 20, 2017, approving the target program on vocational education, employment and occupational safety during 2016-2020;

Pursuant to the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 761/QD-TTg of May 23, 2014, approving the scheme on development of high-quality vocational schools through 2020;

At the proposal of the Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs,

DECIDES:

Article 1.To approve the adjustments and supplementations to the scheme on development of high-quality colleges through 2025 with the following major contents:

I. ORIENTATIONS

1. To develop high-quality colleges (excluding pedagogical colleges) to directly train human resources for production, business and service sectors with professional knowledge, skills and responsibility and ability to create and adapt to the working environment in the context of international integration.

2. To develop high-quality colleges on the basis of selectively learning from the world’s vocational training experience; and ensure systematism of the scheme with a long-term and roadmap and appropriate steps as well as synchronous and feasible solutions.

3. To develop high-quality colleges toward “openness”. The State shall formulate special investment support mechanisms and policies for selected schools to meet the criteria of high-quality colleges; and concurrently encourage and promote the mobilization of all social resources so that remaining colleges can be evaluated and recognized as high-quality colleges.

II. OBJECTIVES

1. Overall objectives

To strive for the target that there will be 40 and 70 high-quality colleges by 2020 and 2025, respectively, which will be capable to train a number of sectors and professions recognized by the advanced countries in the ASEAN and the world, meeting the requirements of high-quality human resources for the country s socio-economic integration and development, and contributing to basic and comprehensive renewal of vocational education.

2. Specific targets

a/ By 2020

To pilot vocational training for 34 sectors and professions under training programs transferred from foreign countries under the master plan approved by the Prime Minister. To prioritize concentrated and synchronized investment in selected schools with a high training capacity in order to have around 40 schools evaluated and recognized as high-quality colleges by 2020.

b/ During 2021-2025

To step by step expand vocational training for piloted sectors and professions in which graduates have their degrees and certificates recognized by prestigious international education and training institutions. To strive to have 70 schools  evaluated and recognized as high-quality colleges by 2025, of which 3 will reach the level of the G20 developed countries and 40 schools will reach the level of ASEAN-4 countries.

III. TASKS AND SOLUTIONS

1. To formulate and promulgate high-quality colleges’ criteria on training scale; teacher qualifications; association with enterprises in training and post-training employment; school administration; and post-training qualifications of students. A school shall be recognized as a high-quality college when it meets the accreditation standards for vocational education institutions and meets the criteria of high-quality colleges.

2. To select a number of colleges with high training capacity, which almost meet the criteria of high-quality colleges in order to have plans and roadmaps to support their investment and raise their training capacity so that they may be evaluated and recognized as high-quality colleges in accordance with the objectives of the scheme.

3. To increase conditions for assurance of quality and renovation of the management and teaching towards having the selected colleges reaching the level of advanced countries in the world, specifically:

a/ For training sectors and professions under programs transferred from foreign countries, to effectively implement the scheme on transfer of program sets, training and retraining of vocational education teachers and managerial staffs, and pilot training of key ASEAN and international sectors and professions approved by the Prime Minister; and support investment in complete physical facilities and equipment for training, teachers and managerial staffs to meet the requirements of the transferred training program;

b/ For other training sectors and professions, to develop and promulgate training programs based on the minimum knowledge volume and qualification requirements that learners must gain upon their graduation for each training sector or profession; standardly train and retrain vocational education teachers and managerial staffs; and support investment in complete physical facilities and equipment, software and materials for training at the request of these training programs;

c/To provide foreign language and computing science training for teachers, managerial staffs and students of key sectors and professions in order to acquire sufficient management, teaching, learning and researching capacity and skills satisfying the criteria of high-quality colleges;

d/ To attach importance to the training and fostering of professional ethics, the sense of law observance and compliance with working disciplines, promoting the proactivity and creativity of teachers, managerial staffs and students of high-quality colleges.

4. To establish and apply a system of quality assurance to selected colleges; to organize the digitalization of training, quality, staff and teacher management activities; and to simulate training programs, first of all for key sectors and professions.

5. Regarding mechanisms and policies for development of high-quality colleges

a/ To formulate mechanisms and policies to promote the mobilization of social resources, encourage (public and private) colleges to consolidate conditions for quality assurance and improve their training capacity according to the criteria of high-quality colleges, specifically:

- Preferential loans for investment in physical facilities and equipment for training in accordance with law;

- Tax incentives for production, business and service activities associated with training in accordance with law;

- Support for training of managerial staffs and vocational education teachers; use of training programs and textbooks for key sectors and professions;

- Pilot placement of orders for and pilot assignment of tasks of training key state budget-funded sectors and professions.

b/ To promote and give priority to enterprises directly coordinating with schools in organizing the training in a number of key sectors and professions associated with their production and business lines.

c/ Schools recognized as high-quality colleges are entitled to priority given by the State in taking orders for or being assigned the task of providing state budget-funded vocational education training services.

6. To proactively and actively carry out international integration in vocational education under programs and schemes approved by the Prime Minister and competent authorities.

7. The evaluation and recognition of qualifications of graduates in training sectors and professions under transferred programs shall be carried out by prestigious educational and training institutions in the world that have the function of degree evaluation, appraisal and recognition. The evaluation and recognition of foreign language and computing skills of teachers and students shall be carried out by educational and training institutions licensed by competent agencies.

IV. FUNDS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SCHEME

1. Implementation funds

a/ During 2016-2020, the central budget shall provide financial supports via thetarget program on vocational education, employment and occupational safety, which was approved under the Government’s Resolution No. 73/NQ-CP of August 26, 2016, and the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 899/QD-TTg of May 23, 2014.

During 2021-2025, the central budget shall provide financial supports under targeted mechanisms applicable to key programs and projects within its annual balancing capacity;

b/ Funds for regular expenditures, capital construction investment funds and non-business revenues of schools;

c/ Raised and integrated funds for domestic and foreign programs, schemes and projects approved by competent authorities; financial aid and support of domestic and foreign organizations and individuals, and other lawful capital sources.

2. Implementation contents

a/ Developing systems of information, digitalization and simulation of management activities and training programs of key sectors and professions;

b/ Developing training programs and textbooks;

c/ Training and retraining teachers and vocational education managerial staffs;

d/ Providing support for investment in physical facilities, equipment, software and materials for training;

dd/ Providing training in key sectors and professions under the mechanism whereby the State organizes bidding for order placement and task assignment;

e/ Developing evaluation and recognition activities.

V. ORGANIZATION OF IMPLEMENTATION

1. The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs shall:

Assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with ministries, sectors and provincial-level People’s Committees in, directing and organizing the implementation of the scheme, specifically:

a/ To detail the criteria and process for evaluation and recognition of high-quality colleges. To guide units in organizing the recognition of high-quality colleges as prescribed by law;

b/ To approve in a public and transparent manner the list of colleges with high training capacity that almost satisfy the criteria of high-quality colleges in order to have plans and roadmaps to support investment and raise training capacity so that these schools may be evaluated and recognized as high-quality colleges in accordance with the objectives of the scheme. In the course of scheme implementation, the list may be adjusted in order to ensure the achievement of the set objectives;

c/ To guide schools in developing plans and roadmaps to support their investment and raise their training capacity matching the balancing capacity of the state budget in each period;

d/ To guide ministries, sectors and localities in developing plans and cost estimates, summing up the demand for high-quality college investment funds, and submitting them to the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Planning and Investment for inclusion in five-year and annual budget plans and cost estimates.

dd/ To inspect, supervise and sum up the implementation progress of the scheme; and organize preliminary and final review of the scheme implementation for reporting to the Prime Minister.

2. The Ministry of Finance shall:

a/ Assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs and related ministries, sectors and localities in, allocating non-business funds according to the current budget decentralization and balancing capacity of the state budget in each period;

b/ Assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs in, specifically guiding mechanisms and policies for development of high-quality colleges and supervising the implementation thereof.

3. The Ministry of Planning and Investment shall:

Assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs and related ministries, sectors and localities in, allocating development investment capital, funds for target and national target programs, government bond capital (if any), ODA capital and national key programs, projects and schemes in order to implement the scheme in accordance with the current budget decentralization and in line the socio-economic development strategy, human resources development strategy and balancing capacity of the state budget in each period.

4. Ministries, central agencies of socio-political organizations and provincial-level People’s Committees being managing agencies of colleges selected for participation in the scheme shall:

a/ Direct and guide schools in developing high-quality college investment projects with specific plans and roadmaps to support their investment and raise their training capacity to be evaluated and recognized as high-quality colleges;

b/ Approve high-quality college investment projects in accordance with law (after receiving the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs’ opinions on professional criteria and tasks) and submit them to Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs for summarization, monitoring and formulation of annual plans and funding estimates;

c/ Mobilize financial resources from domestic and foreign programs and projects, non-business revenues of schools and other lawful capital sources in order to, along with central budget support, synchronously invest in selected schools to meet the criteria of high-quality colleges; and ensure sufficient capital for implementation of approved projects;

d/ Evaluate on an annual basis results of the performance of assigned tasks and report them to the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs for summarization and reporting to the Prime Minister.

Article 2.This Decision takes effect on the date of its signing.

Article 3.Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies and government-attached agencies, chairpersons of provincial-level People’s Committees and heads of related agencies shall implement this Decision.-

For the Prime Minister

Deputy Prime Minister

VU DUC DAM