Decentralization and further decentralization to the commune level in the field of education

Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long works with the Ministry of Education and Training on the draft decree on the division of authority, decentralization and delegation of power - Photo: VGP/Duc Tuan

Also attending were Minister ofEducation and Training Nguyen Kim Son and leaders of a number of relevant ministries and branches.

According to the report of the Ministry of Education and Training, based on a review of the current legal system, the Ministry has identified 69 state management contents on education currently assigned to the People's Committees at the district level that need to be adjusted in a direction consistent with the 2-level local government organization model.

Accordingly, the Ministry proposed to decentralize 36 contents (accounting for 52%) to the Department of Education and Training; proposed to transfer 33 contents to the People's Committee at the commune level (accounting for 48%).

The Ministry of Education and Training said that the proposal was built on the basis of a thorough 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 proposes 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, transfer - unified throughout the province. Transfer all authority to reorganize general education institutions (primary schools, secondary schools), kindergartens 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.

Leaders of ministries and branches attended the meeting - Photo: VGP/Duc Tuan

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

The Ministry proposes to transfer 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 proposed 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.

At the meeting, opinions from ministries and branches highly appreciated the efforts of the Ministry of Education and Training, which was the first Ministry to send the draft Decree to the Ministry of Justice for appraisal. Opinions said that the Ministry of Education and Training needs to clarify more tasks, "which is decentralized, which is delegated"; and more clearly define general authority and specific authority.

Concluding the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long requested the Ministry of Education and Training to review and compile all existing tasks and clearly state and define the authority of each level. At the same time, there needs to be a specific explanation for decentralization and delegation of authority, avoiding the extreme of "retaining too much or pushing everything away". Each task retained needs to have a clear explanation as to why.

It is important to note that only those tasks that are responsible for unified management nationwide should be retained. Try to decentralize as much as possible, the Deputy Prime Minister stated.

Representative of the Ministry of Education and Training reports on the implementation of decentralization and delegation of authority in the education sector - Photo: VGP/Duc Tuan

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, retaining only tasks of national or highly specialized nature.

The Deputy Prime Minister 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.

The Deputy Prime Minister also noted the need to consult local authorities during the decentralization process; not to leave any work undone.

Source: Chinhphu.vn

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