Decree No. 49/2018/ND-CP dated March 30, 2018 of the Government on vocational education accreditation

THE GOVERNMENT

Decree No. 49/2018/ND-CP dated March 30, 2018 of the Government on vocational education accreditation

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

Pursuant to the Law on Investment dated November 26, 2014 and the Law on amendments to Article 6 and Appendix 4 on the list of conditional business lines of the Law on Investment dated November 22, 2016;

Pursuant to the Law on Enterprises dated November 26, 2014;

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

Pursuant to the Law on promulgation of legal documents dated June 22, 2015;

At the request of the Minister of Labor War Invalids and Social Affairs;

The Government hereby adopts a Decree on Vocational Education Accreditation.

Chapter I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1. Scope of adjustment

1. This Decree provides for vocational education accreditation, including:

a) Conditions and procedures for issuance, reissuance and revocation of the certificate of eligibility for vocational education accreditation (hereinafter referred to as “the certificate of eligibility for accreditation”); suspension of vocational education accreditation; functions, tasks, responsibilities and entitlements of vocational education accreditation organizations (hereinafter referred to as “accreditation organizations”);

b) Standards applied to, tasks and entitlements of vocational education accreditors (hereinafter referred to as “accreditors”); issuance, reissuance and revocation of the vocational education accreditor card (hereinafter referred to as the “accreditor card”);

c) Issuance and revocation of the certificate of conformity with vocational education accreditation standards (hereinafter referred to as the “certificate of conformity with accreditation standards”).

2. This Decree does not apply to:

a) Issuance and revocation of the certificate of conformity with accreditation standards granted to pedagogy vocational colleges, pedagogy colleges, branches of pedagogy vocational colleges and branches of pedagogy colleges;

b) Issuance and revocation of the certificate of conformity with training program accreditation standards granted to the teacher training program under management of the Ministry of Education and Training.

Article 2. Subjects of application

1. Vocational schools.

2. Higher educational institutions/enterprises that registers to deliver vocational education (hereinafter referred to as “vocational training facilities”).

3. Accreditation organizations.

4. Organizations and individuals related to activities specified in Article 1 of this Decree.

Article 3. Definitions

For the purposes of this Decree, the terms below shall be construed as follows:

1. “Vocational education accreditation” means the activity in which the evaluation and certification of the fulfillment of vocational education quality accreditation standards by vocational schools or vocational training programs for all levels are presented in accordance with the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs.

2. “Education accreditor” means the person who is qualified as prescribed in Article 13 and issued with an accreditor card as prescribed in Article 18 of this Decree.

3. “Peer assessment” means a process where an accreditation organization carries out survey and assessment to determine the fulfillment of vocational education quality accreditation standards by vocational schools or vocational training programs for all levels in accordance with regulations of the Ministry of Labor War Invalids and Social Affairs.

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