Plan for school arrangement after provincial-city mergers.

(Dan Tri Newspaper) - The latest resolution of the Government has outlined a plan for reorganizing schools after the merger of 34 provinces and cities.

Preschool children in Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: Dang Huong).

The latest government resolution on administrative unit restructuring in 2025 not only impacts the overall management structure but also brings about notable changes in the field of education .

According to Resolution No. 126/NQ-CP, which has just come into effect, the plan for organizing public non-profit units in the education sector will retain public secondary schools, primary schools, and kindergens and transfer their management to local commune-level authorities.

Meanwhile, vocational training centers and continuing education centers currently under the district-level People's Committees are expected to be transferred to the Department of Education and Training for management and reorganization to provide services based on regional areas (inter-communes, wards).

After implementing the two-tiered local government model, the Department of Education and Training will no longer exist.

In official document No. 1581, the Ministry of Education and Training requested provincial People's Committees to only review and identify the current state management contents of education being implemented at the district level in order to adjust and transfer them to the provincial level (Department of Education and Training) or the commune People's Committee for management.

The Ministry requests that provinces and cities carry out administrative activities related to education in a normal, smooth, continuous, and uninterrupted manner, without affecting the normal functioning of society, citizens, and businesses.

State management responsibilities in the field of education must be assigned to specialized agencies with sufficient capacity to ensure the implementation of tasks related to job position decisions, financial quotas, staffing allocation, and budget distribution for the education sector in the province.

Decentralization needs to be implemented in a strong but not lax manner; ensuring that no professional management content and quality assurance conditions in the national education system are overlooked, fragmented, or interrupted.

The Ministry of Education and Training emphasizes that state management of professional content, recruitment, placement, assignment, secondment, and development of the teaching staff should be assigned to specialized agencies at the provincial level (Department of Education and Training) for unified implementation throughout the province. This aims to ensure overall regulation and timely handling of localized teacher shortages and surpluses between localities.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/giao-duc/phuong-an-sap-xep-truong-hoc-sau-khi-sap-nhap-tinh-thanh-20250514095040856.htm