It is necessary to properly recognize the position and role of art education, considering it an organic part of national education.

National Assembly Delegate Bui Hoai Son suggested that the National Assembly, the Government and the drafting agencies properly recognize the position and role of arts education, considering it an organic part of national education. Institutionalizing the characteristics of this field is not only a technical legislative requirement, but also a way for us to nurture the "soft power" of the nation in the era of integration and creativity.

At the 10th session of the 15th National Assembly, discussing with the press about three projects: Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Education , Law on Higher Education (amended), Law on Vocational Education (amended), delegate Bui Hoai Son - National Assembly Delegation of Hanoi City said that these are three law projects of fundamental significance for the future of the country.

According to the delegate, these are laws that shape the development of the nation, because education is the place to sow the seeds of knowledge, personality and creativity of Vietnamese people in the new era.

Delegate Bui Hoai Son - National Assembly Delegation of Hanoi City

Regarding art education, delegate Bui Hoai Son said that this is a special field but is suffering many disadvantages in the national education system.

"This is the land that nurtures the soul, identity and creativity - the values ​​that make up the nation's "soft power", but is currently seen as being institutionally disadvantaged," the delegate said.

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  Removing obstacles and difficulties in training specific professions in the field of art

According to delegate Bui Hoai Son, for many years, arts education has been struggling between two states: "half-regular, half-special". Professional arts training institutions, from music , dance, theater, cinema to fine arts, have encountered difficulties in recruiting students, in determining the program framework, training time, diploma recognition, quality assessment, and especially in terms of financial mechanisms.

The underlying cause is that the current law has not yet recognized the characteristics of art education as a separate subsystem in the national education system. When these three Law projects are amended together, this is the golden time for us to review and institutionalize those characteristics in a complete and consistent manner, creating a foundation for the sustainable development of the field which is considered the "soul" of the national culture.

From domestic practice and comparison with international experience (such as Korea, France, Japan), it can be affirmed that art education can only truly develop when it is legalized as a specific type of training, with its own criteria on goals, programs, organization and policies.

Delegate Bui Hoai Son emphasized four major specific groups that need to be institutionalized:

First, regarding the goals and learners: Art education aims to develop aesthetic perception and creative expression, not just impart knowledge. Learners are usually recruited from a young age and study continuously for 7-9 years, so the usual age and time frame of general education cannot be applied.

Second, regarding the program and methods: The art program is closely linked to professional practice, with a high proportion of individual and small group learning. Assessment cannot be based on multiple choice or written exams, but must be through performance, composition, staging, and public performances – products that carry emotional and creative value.

Third, regarding teachers, accreditation and qualifications: Art teachers are both artists and lecturers; many are highly talented but lack qualifications that meet current standards. Therefore, there needs to be a mechanism for recognizing professional competence in parallel with academic standards. Quality accreditation criteria and output standards also need to be separate – they cannot be measured by technical or social science disciplines.

Fourth , regarding policies and support: This is a field that requires high costs for props, costumes, stages, and performances. It is necessary to legalize scholarship policies, support young talents, tuition exemptions, and special admission and graduation policies. The policy on the treatment of art teachers must also be separate and appropriate to the characteristics of creative labor.

The National Assembly listened to Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son present the Report on 3 projects: Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Education, Law on Higher Education (amended), Law on Vocational Education (amended).

Appreciating the Government's efforts in regulating the above specific issues in the Draft Laws this time, delegate Bui Hoai Son suggested that the Drafting Committee should have a provision assigning the Government to issue decrees, and the Ministry of Education and Training to issue circulars guiding the implementation of specific regulations on art education. Consider the possibility of building a separate Decree on the organization and management of art education in the national education system, submitted simultaneously with the draft laws. This will be an important legal basis for the Ministry of Education and Training to closely coordinate with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in managing this field.

Hanoi – as the country’s cultural, educational and creative center – needs to be identified as the “locomotive of national arts education”. The city has the conditions to pilot a separate management, enrollment and accreditation model for the arts sector; at the same time, develop art schools to become the “nucleus” in the capital’s cultural industrial ecosystem.

"If done well, Hanoi will not only train artistic talents but also contribute to forming a creative force - a special human resource for the knowledge economy and cultural industry of Vietnam in the new period," the delegate emphasized.

According to delegate Bui Hoai Son, education is not only a career of "cultivating people", but also a career of "nurturing the soul". We cannot only teach people to create wealth, but must teach people to create beauty and spread humanistic values.

Therefore, the delegates suggested that the National Assembly, the Government and the drafting agencies correctly recognize the position and role of art education, considering it an organic part of national education. Institutionalizing the characteristics of this field is not only a technical legislative requirement, but also a way for us to nurture the "soft power" of the nation in the era of integration and creativity.

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