Proposal for commune level to establish, dissolve, merge kindergartens and general schools

According to Chinhphu.vn , on the afternoon of May 23, Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long worked with the Ministry of Education and Training on the draft Decree on the decentralization of authority of local authorities in the field ofeducation according to the model of organizing two-level local authorities and the draft Decree on decentralization and delegation of authority in state management of the field of education.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long works with the Ministry of Education and Training on the draft Decree on the delimitation of authority of local authorities in the field of education.

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The Department of Education and Training has full authority to manage the teaching staff.

According to the report of the Ministry of Education and Training at the meeting, up to now, 69 state management contents on education assigned to the People's Committees at the district level have been identified and need to be adjusted in a direction suitable to the 2-level local government organization model.

Accordingly, the ministry proposed decentralizing 36 contents (accounting for 52%) to the Department of Education and Training and proposed transferring 33 contents to the People's Committees at the commune level (accounting for 48%).

The Ministry of Education and Training said that the proposal was built on the basis of careful analysis of management capacity and practical requirements, ensuring the principle of strong decentralization but not laxity or division of expertise.

Regarding the division of authority in the field of education, the Ministry of Education and Training proposed to assign the Department of Education and Training full authority to manage the team of teachers and educational managers, including: recruitment, use, appointment, training, evaluation, and transfer - unified throughout the province.

Transfer all authority to reorganize general education institutions, preschools and community education models to the People's Committees at the commune level, including the right to establish, permit operation, suspend, dissolve, merge and convert types.

Regarding the draft Decree on decentralization and delegation of authority in state management of education, the Ministry of Education and Training designed it in the direction of "decentralization with conditions, criteria, and post-audit", ensuring transparency, standardization, and national consistency.

The Ministry proposed transferring the authority to approve foreign integrated education programs and license the organization of international foreign language exams from the Ministry of Education and Training to the chairman of the provincial People's Committee or the director of the Department of Education and Training.

Allow the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee to decide to establish representative offices of foreign vocational education institutions in Vietnam.

The Ministry of Education and Training also believes that it is necessary to develop a set of indicators to evaluate the effectiveness of implementing the decentralization model in education, as a basis for regular inspection and monitoring at the local level.

"Avoid extremes of keeping too much or pushing it all away."

Concluding the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long requested the Ministry of Education and Training to review and summarize all existing tasks and clearly state and define the authority of each level.

At the same time, it is necessary to explain specifically about decentralization and delegation of power, avoiding the extreme of "keeping too much or pushing everything away". Each retained task needs to have a clear explanation of why; it is necessary to note that only those tasks that are responsible for unified management nationwide should be retained; try to decentralize as much as possible.

The Ministry of Education and Training needs to study and increase the authority delegated to the commune level. With tasks in this field, the grassroots level can perform more. The Ministry needs to decentralize more thoroughly, only retaining tasks of national or highly specialized nature.

The Deputy Prime Minister also noted the need to consult local authorities during the process of decentralization and delegation of power; not to miss any work; and agreed on a number of contents regarding the transfer of authority from the Government and the Prime Minister to the Minister of Education and Training.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/de-xuat-cap-xa-thanh-lap-giai-the-sap-nhap-truong-mam-non-pho-thong-185250523230634017.htm