Circular No. 60/2012/TT-BGDDT dated December 28, 2012 promulgation of Regulations concerning education accreditors

CIRCULAR

PROMULGATION OF REGULATIONS CONCERNING EDUCATION ACCREDITORS

Pursuant to the Law on Education dated June 14, 2006 and amendment to articles of the Education Law dated November 25, 2009;

Pursuant to the Law on Tertiary Education dated June 18, 2012;

Pursuant to Decree No.36/2012/ND-CP dated April 18, 2012 of the Government providing for the function, mission, authority and structure of ministries and ministerial agencies;

Pursuant to Decree No.32/2008/ND-CP dated March 19, 2008 of the Government providing for the function, mission, authority and structure of the Ministry of Education and Training;

Pursuant to Decree No.31/2011/ND-CP dated may 11, 2011 of the Government on the amendment to some articles of Decree No.75/2006/NĐ-CP dated August 02, 2006 of the Government providing for details and guidelines for articles of the Law on Education;

At the request of the Director of Department of Education Testing and Accreditation;

The Minister of Education and Training promulgates the Circular of Regulations concerning the education accreditor

Article 1. The regulation concerning the education accreditor is issued together with this Circular

Article 2. This Circular comes into force from February 15, 2013.

Article 3. The chief office, Director of Department of Education Testing and Accreditation, Directors of relevant entities affiliated with the Ministry of Education and Training; Chairperson of People's Committee of centrally-affiliated provinces and cities; Director of Department of Education and Training, National and regional university and institution, Rector of university, college and technical college, Director of Education Accreditation Organization and education accreditor shall take responsibility to implement this Circular./.

REGULATION

CONCERNING EDUCATION ACCREDITORS
(Issued together with Circular No.60/2012/TT-BGDDT dated December 28, 2012 of the Minister of Education and Training

Chapter I 

GENERAL REGULATIONS

Article 1. Scope and regulated entities

1. This document provides for the education accreditor (hereinafter referred to as referred to as accreditor) including the standard, procedure for accreditor recruitment; issuance and revocation of the accreditor card, responsibilities and rights of accreditors.

2. This document applies for pre-school, high school, technical college, college, university accreditors and relevant organizations and individuals.

Article 2. The accreditor

Accreditor means the selected who has completed the training course for accreditors as regulated, have accreditor card issued and undertake the mission of education accreditation at the request of education facilities and other competent authorities.

Chapter II

PROCEDURES, STANDARDS AND DOCUMENTS REGARDING ACCREDITOR RECRUITMENT

Article 3. Steps for accreditor recruitment

1. Step 1: The Department of Education Testing and Accreditation shall prepare the annual plan for accreditor recruitment and lodge it to the Minister of Education and Training for approval.

2. Step 2: Based on the plan approved by the Minister of Education and Training, the Department of Education Testing and Accreditation shall publish the plan for accreditor recruitment, receive and process applications and post the list of eligible candidates on the website of the Ministry of Education and Training.

3. Step 3: The Director of Department of Education Testing and Accreditation shall form an accreditor recruitment council.

4. Step 4: The council of accreditor recruitment shall organize the examination through the interview or practical skill test. The candidate shall be graded on a scale from 0 to 100.

5. Step 5: The council of accreditor recruitment shall determine the selected candidates. A candidate is considered qualified if he/she:

a) satisfies all standards prescribed in Article 4 of this document;

b) gains at least 50 points for the examination.

c) Qualified candidates shall be selected according to their mark in the descending order (until the requirement is met) In case there are 2 or more people sharing the same mark for the examination, the Chairperson of the Council shall select in the following orders of priority: professional qualifications, seniority in education, foreign language certificates; if no candidate is selected according to these criteria, the decision shall be made by the Director of Department of Education Testing and Accreditation after receiving the report from the Chairperson of the Council.

d) The recruitment result must not be used for the next recruitment

6. Step 6: Publishing of the results:

a) The Chairperson of the accreditor recruitment council must publicly post the result of the recruitment at the working facility and on the website of the Ministry of Education and Training within 10 working days from the day organizing the examination.

b) The candidate shall be entitled to submit an examination appeal within 10 working days from the day the result is published. The Chairperson of the accreditor recruitment council shall organize the processing of the appeals within 10 working days from the deadline for submitting appeals.

7. Step 7: After satisfying regulations in from Clause 1 to 6 of this Article, within 10 working days, the Chairperson of the accreditor recruitment council shall make a list of the selected candidates and lodge it to the Director of Department of Education Testing and Accreditation for issuing a decision on accreditor recruitment; publish the list at the working facility and on the website of the Ministry of Education and Training. The Director of Department of Education Testing and Accreditation shall be responsible to the Minister of Education and Training for the results of the accreditor recruitment.

Article 4. Standards applied to accreditors

An accreditor shall:

1. Have good moral and health to meet the job requirement.

2. Have one of the following qualifications:

a) A university degree for the accreditor of a pre-school or high school.

a) A master degree for the accreditor of a university or technical college.

3. Satisfy the following seniority requirements:

a) The accreditor of pre-school, high school education must hold the position of teacher, educational manager or senior teacher, educational manager of a pre-school or high school for at least five years.

a) The accreditor of university and technical college education must hold the position of teacher, educational manager or senior teacher, educational manager of a university or technical college for at least ten years.

4. Have an insight into laws and policies on education.

5. Have a certificate of completing the training course for the accreditors as regulated by the Ministry of Education and Training.

6. Have an informatics certificate level B1

7. Have a foreign language certificate equivalent to level B1 or 3 in the six-point scale according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Article 5. Application, content and methods of accreditor recruitment

1. Application:

a) The application form (Appendix I) with 4 photos sized 3x4 cm in the form of the one in ID card which are taken not more than 6 months from the day on which the application is submitted.

b) Curriculum vitae (Appendix II) certified by the chief of the company or People’s Committee of ward, commune, district town in the residence is required for the candidate who is no longer working at their previous company up to the day filing the application;

c) Legal copies of qualifications;

d) Health certificate issued by the health centre of the district or a superior health center in not more than 6 months to the day submitting the application

2. Recruitment criteria:

The competency and professional qualifications of education accreditation of the candidate

3. Recruitment methods:

Document examination, interview, written examination or practical skill test

4. An application will be rejected if the applicant:

a) is facing criminal charges, serving jail sentence or having an unspent conviction;

b) is undergoing compulsory treatment in a rehabilitation center;

is having legal capacity limited or incapacitated;

d) is given a warning or facing a heavier discipline (applied to candidates who are officials and public employees)

Article 6. The council of accreditor recruitment

1. The formation of the council

a) The Director of Department of Education Testing and Accreditation shall issue a decision on the formation of the accreditor recruitment council;

b) The Council shall have not more than nine members including the Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of the Council who are the Director of Department of Education Testing and Accreditation; members of the Council who are the directors and experts of relevant entities affiliated with the Ministry of Education and Training, experts of education accreditation and assurance, at least one third of whom are experts of education accreditation and assurance.

c) The Council shall have secretaries who are experts of the Department of Education Testing and Accreditation and relevant entities affiliated the Ministry of Education and Training.

d) The Council is entitled to use the seal of the Department of Education Testing and Accreditation during its operation.

2. Responsibilities of the Council:

a) Organize examinations for the candidate’

b) Request the Director of Department of Education Testing and Accreditation to approve the list of the selected candidates.

c) Handle complaints and denouncement during the process of recruitment in accordance with regulations of law.

3. Entitlements

The Chairperson of the Council is entitled to decide recruitment criteria and methods:

4. The accreditor recruitment council shall work in compliance with regulations of collective and draw conclusion by two-thirds vote

Chapter III

ISSUANCE AND REVOCATION OF THE ACCREDITOR CARD

Article 7. The power to issue and revoke the accreditor card

The Director of Department of Education Testing and Accreditation shall have the power to issue and revoke the accreditor card.

Article 8. Issuance of the accreditor card

1. The accreditor card shall be granted to the person satisfying all recruitment requirements prescribed in Article 3 of this document.

2. The accreditor card (Appendix III) shall be expired after five years of issuance.

3. The Director of Department of Education Testing and Accreditation shall grant the accreditor card to the recruited accreditors within 15 days from the day on which the recruitment decision is issued

4. The accreditor card shall be used for the registration for working as an education accreditor as prescribed in Article 13 of this document.

5. The accreditor card shall not be granted in the cases mentioned in Clause 4 in Article 5 of this document.

Article 9. Revocation of the accreditor card

An accreditor will have his/her accreditor card revoked if he/she:

1. commits a fraud in pursuit of being recruited;

2. is not qualified for issuance of the accreditor card.

3. intentionally makes dishonest and subjective conclusion of education accreditation or commits any of the violations as prescribed in Article 14 of this document.

Article 10. Re-issuance of the accreditor card

1. The accreditor card shall be re-issued in the following cases:

a) The card is expired as prescribed at Clause 2 in Article 8 of this document;

b) The card is lost or damaged.

2. An application for re-issuance of the accreditor card includes:

a) The application form of the accreditor clarifying the reason for re-issuance;

b) The declaration of education accreditation activities in which the accreditor involves verified by the education accreditation organization in the latest two years;

c) The old, damaged or expired accreditor card.

3. The Director of Department of Education Testing and Accreditation shall re-issue the card or give notice in writing in case the application is rejected and provide explanation within 20 working days from the day on which the satisfactory application is received.

4. The expiration date of the re-issued card is as same as that of the lost or damaged one.

Chapter IV

RESPONSIBILITIES, RIGHTS OF ACCREDITORS AND CONDITIONS FOR WORKING AS ACCREDITORS

Article 11. Responsibilities of accreditors

1. Abide by rules and regulations of education accreditation.

2. Comply with provisions of the education accreditation contract.

3. Do not obstruct or interfere in the operation of the education facility during the time carrying out the mission.

4. Perform the accreditation tasks objectively and honestly.

5. Protect confidentially the accreditation result before it is published.

6. Be responsible to the law and education accreditation organization for evaluation results and personal comments in the report of peer-assessment.

7. Retain documents about the education accreditation tasks he/she performed.

8. Fulfill other obligations in compliance with regulations of law.

Article 12. Rights of accreditors

1. During the accreditation of an education facility or program, the accreditor is entitled to:

a) professional autonomy

b) request the education facility undergoing accreditation to sufficiently and opportunely provide documents, information on accredited sectors depending on the requirement of the assigned mission.

c) be enabled to perform his/her duty;

d) earn the remuneration and wages as regulated.

2. Education accreditors are entitled to refuse to accredit any education facility or program considered legally ineligible.

3. Education accreditors are entitled to participate in occupational organizations in compliance with regulations of law.

Article 13. Conditions for working as accreditors

1. A person may work as an accreditor if he/she:

a) posses the unexpired accreditor card; and

b) is working for an education accreditation organization founded and operating in accordance with regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training.

2. An accreditor is not allowed to involve in the accreditation of the education facility or program in the following cases:

a) The accreditor contributes capital to or owns share of the education facility.

b) Parent, spouse and sibling of the accreditor is in the board of directors of the education facility.

Article 14. Prohibited acts

Education accreditors are prohibited from:

1. Receiving any other money amount or benefit from the education facility requiring the accreditation.

2. Lending the accreditor card to another person

3. Revealing the information about the education facility undergoing the accreditation in performance of the accreditor’s duty, unless otherwise accepted by such facilities or permitted by law.

Chapter V

IMPLEMENTATION

Article 15. The Department of Education Testing and Accreditation

1. Perform the function of state management related to the accreditor.

2. Recruit accreditors, issue and revoke the accreditor card in compliance with regulations in Article 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 of this document.

3. Safely reserve, store dossiers and documents regarding the process of accreditor recruitment as currently regulated.

4. Publish the list of accreditors and expiration date of their accreditor cards; the list of accreditors whose cards are revoked and revocation date on the website of the Ministry of Education and Training.

Article 16. The Education Accreditation Organization

1. Make annual plans for accreditor recruitment and lodge it to the Department of Education Testing and Accreditation.

2. Employ accreditors from the list of the selected accreditors of the Ministry of Education and Training to serve its operation.

3. Take responsibility for all accreditors working at the organization in accordance with this document and other relevant regulations.

APPENDIX I

APPLICATION FORM FOR EDUCATION ACCREDITOR
(Issued together with Circular No.60/2012/TT-BGDDT dated December 28, 2012 of the Minister of Education and Training)

SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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APPLICATION FOR THE POSITION OF EDUCATION ACCREDITOR

                        To: Department of Education Testing and Accreditation

                               Ministry of Education and Training

1. Full name:……………………………….Male/Female:…………………….

2. Date of birth:……………………………………………………………

3. Ethnicity:………………………………………………………………

4. Homeland:…………………………………………………………..

5. Permanent residence:………………………………………………………

6. Current residence:……………………………………………………

7. Contact:..............................................................................................

Upon careful consideration on recruitment standards applied to education accreditors, I consider myself to be qualified for the position. As for that reason, by this letter, I apply for the accreditor post at the council of education accreditor recruitment.

Dossiers attached to this application include:

1. Curriculum vitae;

2. Health certificate;

3. Copies of qualifications;

4. 02 envelopes and 04 photos sized 3x4 cm in the form of the one in the ID card.

I hereby declare that my dossier are true, correct and eligible for the audition and will take full responsibility for any wrong information.

APPENDIX II

FORM OF CURRICULUM VITAE OF THE APPLICANT FOR EDUCATION ACCREDITOR POST 
(Issued together with Circular No.60/2012/TT-BGDDT dated December 28, 2012 of the Minister of Education and Training)

Full name (in capital):……………………………….Male/Female:………………..

Date of birth:……………………………………………………………

Ethnicity:………………………………………………………………

Homeland:…………………………………………………………..

Current residence:……………………………………………………

Company:..................................................................... Position:………………………….

Academic title, degree:…………………………………………………………..

Place of work:……………………………………………………………………………

II. Summary of training and working process

1. Professional qualifications:

2. Foreign language:

3. Informatics:

4. Training courses for accreditor having been completed:

5. Working process

6. Total time of teaching or managing in education industry:.....year

I hereby declare that the above-mentioned information is correct and will take full responsibility if there is any wrong information.

Dated……..

APPENDIX III

SPECIMEN OF THE CARD OF EDUCATION ACCREDITOR
(Issued together with Circular No.60/2012/TT-BGDDT dated December 28, 2012 of the Minister of Education and Training)

1. Size: 7 cm x 10 cm

2. Major feature: The card has two sides in which one is in Vietnamese and the other in English

a) The front side:

Notes:

- The front side of the card is in pink and has National emblem on the ground with the watermark of KDCLGD

- Name of Vietnam (in Vietnamese and black)

- Name of issuance agency (Both in Vietnamese and English, black)

- Name of card: “Thẻ kiểm định viên kiểm định chất lượng giáo dục” (“Education accreditor”) (in both Vietnamese and English, red)

- Card number (in black):

- Full name, date of birth and homeland of the person receiving the card (in Vietnamese, black):

- Place and time of issuance (in Vietnamese, black):

- The issuer: “CỤC TRƯỞNG” (“DIRECTOR GENERAL” ) (in Vietnamese and English, black);

- Signature of the authorized issuer and the seal of the Department of Education Testing and Accreditation

- On the left is a photo sized 3x4cm in the form of the one in the ID card of the accreditor sealed by the Department of Education Testing and Accreditation

b) The back side of the card

Notes:

+ The back side is in pink with the intaglio National emblem

+ The content (both in Vietnamese and English, black)./.