Function
The Department of Culture and Society advises and assists the People's Committee at the commune level in performing the state management function for: Preschool education; general education (preschools, primary schools, secondary schools, general schools with many levels of education with the highest level being secondary school); community learning centers.
Duties and Powers
1. The Department of Culture and Society advises the People's Committee at the commune level:
a) Resolutions of the People's Council at the commune level, decisions of the People's Committee at the commune level on education development plans in the commune; organizing the implementation of local education development plans when approved; developing plans to implement education development programs and projects in the locality when approved;
b) Decisions, plans, programs, and projects for developing preschool, primary, and secondary education in the area in accordance with the province's education development strategy and the local socio-economic development plan; plans for implementing universal education and illiteracy eradication in the area.
2. Advise the Chairman of the People's Committee at the commune level:
a) Decisions, plans and other documents on education under the authority of the Chairman of the People's Committee at the commune level as assigned;
b) Decide to establish or permit the establishment, permit educational activities, suspend educational activities, merge, divide, separate, dissolve, and convert types of educational institutions under its management authority according to current laws;
c) Decide to establish the school council, recognize, appoint, and dismiss the Chairman of the school council, add and replace members of the school council and decide to recognize, appoint, re-appoint, extend the working period to retirement age, resign from office, dismiss, change job positions, reward and discipline the heads and deputy heads of public educational institutions under its management authority; recognize, supplement, and perfect the school council, recognize, dismiss, and remove the Chairman of the school council, Vice Chairman of the school council, principal, and vice principal of private and non-public educational institutions under its management authority according to the title standards and procedures prescribed by law;
d) Decision to grant junior high school diploma according to regulations.
3. Regarding finance, assets for education
a) Coordinate with relevant professional agencies to advise and submit to the People's Committee at the commune level to decide on planning, land use plans, and educational development plans in the area within the scope of decentralized management;
b) Coordinate with relevant professional agencies to advise and submit to the People's Committee at the commune level to decide on investment policies to build kindergartens, primary schools, secondary schools, general schools with many levels of education, including the highest level of secondary school, and community learning centers according to regulations; coordinate with relevant units to advise competent authorities to build national standard schools and land use plans for educational institutions in the area;
c) Coordinate with relevant professional agencies to advise and submit to the People's Committee at the commune level to decide on the allocation and assignment of budget estimates to affiliated educational institutions when approved by competent authorities; approve the final settlement, notify the annual final settlement and synthesize the budget final settlement reports of affiliated educational institutions;
d) Coordinate with relevant professional agencies to advise and assist the People's Committees at the commune level in guiding and inspecting the allocation and use of state budget and other legal financial sources for educational institutions in the area according to regulations;
d) Coordinate with relevant professional agencies to advise and submit to the People's Committee at the commune level to decide on payment (or authorize educational institutions to pay), settle expenses for tuition exemption and reduction, support for study costs, tuition support and other policies according to the provisions of law;
e) Coordinate with relevant professional agencies to advise and submit to the Chairman of the People's Committee at the commune level to develop plans and investments for educational institutions in the area according to regulations; report to competent authorities on the situation of mobilizing, receiving, managing and using funding of educational institutions under their management authority.
4. Advise and assist the People's Committee of the commune in guiding, propagating, disseminating and organizing the implementation of legal documents on education; deploying plans, programs, projects, schemes, policies and other contents on education after being approved by competent authorities.
5. Advise and assist the People's Committee of the commune in ensuring the implementation of state management tasks in the field of education related to the functions, tasks, powers and organization of specialized departments under the People's Committee at the commune level.
6. Regarding the team of teachers, educational institution managers, civil servants, employees and job positions, the structure of civil servants by professional title, the number of people working in public service units
a) Advise and submit to the Chairman of the People's Committee at the commune level a plan to propose the need for teachers under their management authority, and report to competent authorities according to regulations;
b) Advise and submit to the Chairman of the People's Committee at the commune level to decide on approving job positions, adjusting job positions and staff structure according to professional titles in public educational institutions under its management authority; manage job positions, staff structure according to professional titles and the number of employees in educational institutions under its management authority.
7. Advise and assist the People's Committee at the commune level in implementing preschool education programs, primary education programs, secondary education programs, continuing education programs, and vocational education programs in the locality.
8. On the organization and management of educational institutions
a) Advise and assist the People's Committee at the commune level in managing the organization and personnel of community learning centers (directing the use, evaluation, training, fostering and implementation of policies for teachers, management staff, civil servants and employees of community learning centers under their management authority according to regulations);
b) Advise and assist the People's Committee at the commune level in organizing the implementation of autonomy, being accountable for performing tasks, ensuring the quality of education and educational activities under its management authority;
c) Advise and guide the work of primary school admission under the management authority; carry out the work of universalizing education, compulsory education, eliminating illiteracy and building a learning society in the area; direct, guide and supervise schools in the area under the management authority to implement the work of assessing the quality of education, building schools that meet national standards, implementing quality improvement plans to continuously maintain and improve the quality of education according to regulations; receive records of educational quality assessment of schools in the area under the management authority for appraisal before sending to the Department of Education and Training; advise competent authorities on support policies for community learning centers to operate effectively, contributing to the good implementation of local economic, cultural and social development goals;
d) Advise and assist the People's Committee at the commune level in organizing the management of preschools; primary schools, secondary schools, general education facilities with multiple levels of education with the highest level being secondary school, and community learning centers in the management area;
d) Advise and assist the People's Committee at the commune level in performing its responsibility to explain educational activities, educational quality, teacher and learner management, and implement educational development policies under its management authority before the People's Council at the commune level, the People's Committee at the provincial level, the Department of Education and Training and the whole society;
e) Advise and assist the People's Committee at the commune level in coordinating with the Department of Education and Training and relevant agencies in managing the implementation of regulations on extra teaching and learning in the area.
9. Advise and submit to the Chairman of the People's Committee at the commune level to decide within his/her authority or propose to the competent authority to decide on regular salary increases, early salary increases and implementation of regimes and policies on salaries, allowances and bonuses for civil servants and contract workers in educational institutions under his/her management authority in accordance with the provisions of law and regulations of the People's Committee at the provincial level.
10. Testing in the field of education
a) Advise and assist the People's Committee at the commune level in organizing the inspection of law compliance for educational institutions under the state management authority of the People's Committee at the commune level;
b) Advise and assist the People's Committee at the commune level in resolving complaints, resolving denunciations and handling violations in the field of education for educational institutions in the area under its management authority according to the provisions of law;
c) Advise and assist the People's Committee at the commune level in organizing inspections of conditions to ensure educational quality of educational institutions in the area under its management authority;
d) Advise and assist the People's Committee at the commune level in organizing inspection and supervision of the implementation of management work for teachers, educational institution managers, civil servants, and workers at educational institutions under its management authority.
11. Advise and submit to the Chairman of the People's Committee at the commune level for decision or submit to the competent authority for decision on rewarding organizations and individuals with many contributions to the cause of educational development in the area.
12. Advise and assist the People's Committees at the commune level in organizing the updating of information and data into the education sector database system and the universal education management information system, ensuring completeness, accuracy, timeliness and the ability to connect and communicate data with related systems; carry out statistical work, periodic and ad hoc reporting, and publicity in the education sector under the management authority according to the guidance of the Department of Education and Training.
13. Advise and assist the People's Committees at the commune level in organizing and implementing administrative reform tasks, applying information technology, digital transformation and developing digital government in the field of education; measures to ensure information security, network security and personal data protection for information technology systems and educational databases in the area according to the provisions of law.
14. Organize the implementation of public services in the field of education within the scope of state management according to the provisions of law.
15. Perform other tasks and powers within the scope of assigned authority, decentralization, delegation, and authorization according to the provisions of law and other regulations of competent authorities.
Circular 15/2025/TT-BGDDT takes effect from July 24, 2025.
Updated on 7/30/2025
Source: https://laichau.gov.vn/tin-tuc-su-kien/chuyen-de/tin-trong-nuoc/chuc-nang-nhiem-vu-cua-phong-van-hoa-xa-hoi-thuoc-ubnd-cap-xa-trong-linh-vuc-giao-duc-va-dao-tao.html
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