Circular No. 19/2019/TT-BGDDT dated November 12, 2019 on promulgating regulation on regular refresher training of teachers, managers of early childhood education institutions, general education institutions and teachers of continuing education centers

CIRCULAR

PROMULGATING REGULATION ON REGULAR REFRESHER TRAINING OF TEACHERS, MANAGERS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, GENERAL EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS AND TEACHERS OF CONTINUING EDUCATION CENTERS

Pursuant to the Law on Education dated June 14, 2005 and Law on Amendments to the Law on Education dated November 25, 2009;

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 69/2017/ND-CP May 25, 2017 defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Education and Training;

Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 75/2006/ND-CP dated August 02, 2006 detailing and guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the Education Law; the Government's Decree No. 31/2011/ND-CP dated May 11, 2011 amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Government's Decree No. 75/2006/ ND-CP of August 2, 2006, detailing and guiding a number of articles of the Education Law; the Government’s Decree No. 07/2013/ND-CP dated January 9, 2013 amending Point b, Clause 13, Article 1 of the Government's Decree No. 31/2011/ND-CP of May 11, 2011 amending, supplementing a number of articles of the Government's Decree No. 75/2006/ND-CP dated August 2, 2006 detailing and guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the Education Law;

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 101/2017/ND-CP dated September 01, 2017 on training and refresher training of officials and public employees;

At the request of the Director General of Teachers and Educational Managers Department;

The Minister of Education and Training promulgates a Circular on regulation on regular refresher training of teachers, managers of early childhood education institutions, general education institutions and teachers of continuing education centers.

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Article 2. This Circular comes into force from December 28, 2019. The Circular supersedes Circular No. 26/2012/TT-BGDDT dated July 10, 2012 of the Minister of Education and Training on regulation on regular refresher training of teachers of early childhood education institutions, general education institutions and continuing education centers.

Article 3. Chief of Office, Director General of Teachers and Educational Managers Department, Heads of units under the Ministry of Education and Training, Directors of Education and Training Departments, relevant organizations and individuals shall be responsible for the implementation of this Circular./.

PP. MINISTER
DEPUTY MINISTER




Nguyen Huu Do

REGULATION

REGULAR REFRESHER TRAINING OF TEACHERS, MANAGERS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, GENERAL EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS AND TEACHERS OF CONTINUING EDUCATION CENTERS.
(Issued together with Circular No. 19/2019/TT-BGDDT dated November 12, 2019 of the Minister of Education and Training)

Chapter I

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Article 1. Scope

This Regulation promulgates regular refresher training of teachers, managers of early childhood education institutions, general education institutions and teachers of continuing education centers, including: organization of regular refresher training; assessment and recognition of the result of regular refresher training of teachers, managers of early childhood education institutions, general education institutions and teachers of continuing education centers.

Article 2. Regulated entities:

This Regulation applies to:

1. Teachers who are taking care of, nurturing and educating children at preschools, kindergartens, nursery schools, daycare groups, independent kindergarten classes (hereinafter referred to as “early childhood education institutions”); teachers who are working at primary schools, middle schools, high schools, combined schools, selective schools, boarding schools for ethnic minority students and day schools for ethnic minority students (hereinafter referred to as “general education institutions”) and teachers who are working at continuing education centers. The teachers who are taking care of, nurturing and educating children at early childhood education institutions and teachers who are working at general education institutions and continuing education centers are referred to as “teachers”.

2. Principals and deputy principals of early childhood education institutions and general education institutions (hereinafter referred to as “managers”).

3. Relevant organizations, individuals.

Article 3. Purposes of regular refresher training

1. Provide refresher training according to requirements for the working positions. Annually, provide refresher training in specialized knowledge and skills that are compulsory for teachers and managers. This is the basic for management, direction and organization of refresher training and self-improvement in order to improve the qualities and capacity for professional skills of teachers and managers. Raise the level of responsiveness of teachers and managers according to the requirements for working positions; meet requirements for the development of early childhood education, general education, continuing education and meet the professional standards.

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Article 4. Principle of regular refresher training

1. Meet requirements for tasks throughout the school year; meet professional standards; meet requirements for working positions and the development needs of early childhood education institutions, general education institutions, continuing education centers of sectors and administrative divisions.

2. Ensure the development of awareness of self-study, continuous refresher training at early childhood education institutions, general education institutions and continuing education centers; selection for the programs for refresher training according to professional standards and working positions of teachers and managers.

3. Carry out assignment, delegation and mechanism for cooperation in provision of regular refresher training.

4. Ensure reality, quality, publicity, transparency and effectiveness.

Chapter II

ORGANIZATION OF REGULAR REFRESHER TRAINING

Article 5. Regular refresher training programs

Develop regular refresher training programs according to the programs issued by the Minister of Education and Training (hereinafter referred to as “the regular refresher training programs”), including: the regular refresher training programs for teachers, managers of early childhood education institutions; the regular refresher training programs for teachers, managers of general education institutions; the regular refresher training programs for teachers of continuing education centers.

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2. Forms of regular refresher training:

a) Full time: Carry out full-time refresher training; instruct teachers, managers in self-study, practice, systematization of knowledge, reply to questions, contents of regular refresher training in order to meet the needs of teachers and managers for regular refresher training; facilitate exchange, sharing and discussion about expertise, professionalism and practice of skills for teachers and managers.

The duration and number of teachers and managers who participate in full-time refresher training shall comply with delegation of management, ensure the requirements for purposes, objectives, contents, methods, the duration of refresher training specified in the regular refresher training programs and the regulations of this Regulation.

b) Distance: Carry out the distance refresher training, promote the application of information technology to online refresher training and training for teachers and managers in order to ensure the requirements for purposes, objectives, contents, methods and duration of refresher training specified in the regular refresher training programs and the regulations of this Regulation;

c) Part time: Combine the full-time refresher training with distance refresher training specified at Points a and b of this Clause in order to ensure the efficiency and requirements for regular refresher training of teachers and managers.

Article 7. Regular refresher training documents

1. Drafting of the documents on regular refresher training

a) The drafted documents shall conform to requirements for refresher training of teachers and managers according to the professional standards, working positions, requirements for innovation and improve the quality of teaching and education in conformity with the plans for refresher training and the needs for development of human resource of early childhood education institutions, general education institutions, continuing education centers of the sectors and administrative divisions.

b) The drafted documents shall ensure a combination of theory and practice; knowledge, experience and practical skills;

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d) The drafted documents shall conform to the forms of regular refresher training:

- Full-time regular refresher training documents: the documents shall be drafted and distributed in forms of printed matters, audio tapes, video tapes and other information storage devices in accordance with the regulations of the regular refresher program and this Regulation.

- Distance regular refresher training documents: the documents shall be drafted in form of learning materials (including: video tapes, short films; radio programs, television programs; printed books, guiding documents on teaching and learning via computers; online lessons, online discussions and teleconferences; virtual exercises, simulation exercises and practical exercises or other relevant materials) in order to ensure adequate provision and conveyance of the contents and objectives of the regular refresher training programs for learners. The learners can self-study and self-improvement according to regulations of this Regulation.

- Part-time regular refresher training documents: Combine the full-time regular refresher training documents with the distance regular refresher training documents.

2. The education institutions performing the tasks in regular refresher training (hereinafter referred to as “education institutions performing tasks”) shall be responsible for drafting and evaluation of the documents on regular refresher training. The teachers and managers can use the refresher training materials drafted by the education institutions; extract and use other appropriate documents.

Article 8. Regular refresher training plan

1. The regular refresher training plan shall be made according to the school year, including the plans of teachers, managers, early childhood education institutions, general education institutions, continuing education centers, Education and Training Divisions, and Departments of Education and Training.

2. The plan shall clearly state the objectives, contents, forms of regular refresher training and the outputs in order to meet the requirements for the continuing professional development for teachers and managers.

3. Develop the regular refresher training plan:

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b) Early childhood education institutions, general education institutions, continuing education centers: According to the guidance of Departments of Education and Training, the Education and Training Divisions, the delegation of management and the regular refresher training plans of teachers and managers, the early childhood education institutions, general education institutions and continuing education centers shall develop the regular refresher training plans and submit them to the superior education management authorities in June every year;

c) Education and Training Divisions: According to the guidance of Departments of Education and Training and the regular refresher training plans of early childhood education institutions, general education institutions and continuing education centers, the Education and Training Divisions shall develop the regular refresher training plans and submit them to the Departments of Education and Training in June every year;

d) Departments of Education and Training: According to guidance of the Ministry of Education and Training and the regular refresher training plans of the Education and Training Divisions, high schools, general education institutions under their management and continuing education centers, the Departments of Education and Training shall develop the regular refresher training plans in order to implement in July every year,

Article 9. Regular refresher training speakers

1. Regular refresher training speakers are teachers of the education institutions performing tasks; key experts, educational managers, teachers and managers of early childhood education institutions and general education institutions. The speakers shall meet the standards specified in Clause 2 of this Article.

2. Standards of speakers:

a) Have obtained at least a bachelor's degree. Have excellent qualities and professional capacity;

b) Master the regular refresh training programs. Be capable of conveying the contents of documents on regular refresher training in conformity with subjects of regular refresher training;

c) Have experience of regular refresher training of teachers and managers (from 3 years or more). Have sense of responsibility, the ability to cooperate with colleagues. Have the ability to guide and consult teachers and managers for self-study. Master the process of organization, contents, techniques, methods and forms of evaluation of the results of regular refresher training according to regulations;

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3. Responsibility of speakers: the speakers shall be responsible for carrying out tasks assigned by the governing body, the facilities that perform the regular refresher training according to the visiting regime or labor contracts.

Article 10. Education institutions performing tasks

1. The education institutions shall include:

a) Teachers: pedagogy schools, education institutions with pedagogy faculties, education institutions that are allowed to train and carry out refresher training of teachers;

b) Managers: pedagogy schools, education institutions with pedagogy management faculties, education institutions that are allowed to train and carry out refresher training of educational managers.

2. Education institutions that carry out regular refresher training shall meet the following requirements:

a) Education institutions specified at Clause 1 of this Article;

b) Ensure the capacity for development of the documents on regular refresher training according to regulations of Article 7 of this Regulation;

c) Ensure the contingent of speakers that meet standards according to regulations of Article 9 of this Regulation;

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3. The education institutions preforming tasks shall carry out regular refresher training according to the method of assigning tasks or signing the contracts.

Chapter III

EVALUATION AND RECOGNITION OF RESULTS OF REGULAR REFRESHER TRAINING

Article 11. Evaluation and classification of the results of regular refresher training

1. Carry out evaluation of the application of the knowledge of regular refresher training to the practice of teaching and learning, education for children and students; the practice of management of early childhood education institutions, general education institutions and continuing education centers. Carry out evaluation through the system of multiple-choice questions (theoretical contents), research exercises and essays (practical contents) in order to meet requirements for objectives and contents of the regular refresher training program and regulations of this Regulation.

2. The theory and practice tests shall be graded on a 10-point scale. A test is satisfactory if its score is 05 or higher.

3. Classification of the results:

a) Completion of the plans for regular refresher training: the teachers and managers shall conform to regulations of the refresher training courses; pass all the tests according to regulations of Clause 2 of this Article;

b) Non-completion of the plans for regular refresher training: the teachers and managers fail to meet the requirements specified in Point a of this Clause.

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Article 12. Issuance of certificates of regular refresher training

Comply with regulations of training, refresher training of officials and public employees.

Chapter IV

IMPLEMENTATION

Article 13. Mechanism for cooperation between Departments of Education and Training, Education and Training Divisions and education institutions performing tasks in performance of the tasks.

1. Departments of Education and Training, Education and Training Divisions according to their competence shall take charge and cooperate with education institutions performing tasks in carrying out the following tasks:

a) Carry out survey on the needs for regular refresher training of teachers and managers in order to develop the plans for regular refresher training in conformity with subjects and practical needs;

b) Carry out regular refresher training of teachers and managers according to the regular refresher training programs and regulations of this Regulation.

2. The education institutions performing tasks shall take charge and cooperate with Departments of Education and Training, Education and Training Divisions in carrying out the following tasks:

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b) Promptly provide materials of refresher training and information about the situations of refresher training of teachers and managers;

c) Carry out regular refresher training and evaluate the results of regular refresher training according to regulations.

Article 14. Responsibilities of units under the Ministry of Education and Training

1. Teachers and Educational Managers Department;

a) Take charge and cooperate with the functional units under the Ministry of Education and Training in promulgation of the regulatory documents on regular refresher training of teachers and managers; inspection of regular refresher training of teachers and managers in the whole country; periodical organization of mid-term and final evaluations of regular refresher training of teachers and managers;

b) Carry out other relevant tasks assigned by the Minister of Education and Training. 

2. The inspectorate of the Ministry of Education and Training shall take charge and cooperate with the Teachers and Educational Managers Department and the functional units under the Ministry of Education and Training in inspecting the regular refresher training.

3. Other units under the Ministry of Education and Training shall cooperate in inspecting and examining regular refresher training in order to ensure the quality and effectiveness.

Article 15. Responsibilities of Departments of Education and Training

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2. Direct and inspect regular refresher training of teachers and managers of Education and Training Divisions, education institutions under their management

3. Take charge and decide selection of education institutions performing tasks that are capable of regular refresher training of teachers and managers according to their competence and regulations of this Regulation.

4. Advise the People's Committees of the provinces of the funding sources for regular refresher training and relevant conditions serving regular refresher training in accordance with regulations. The funding shall be estimated in the annual budget for frequent expenditure from the support funding of programs and projects or other sources according to regulations of the Law (if any).

5. Report on regular refresher training of teachers and managers to the Ministry of Education and Training (via Teachers and Educational Managers Department) in June every year (after the end of school year) according to request of the competent authority.

Article 16. Responsibilities of Education and Training Divisions

1. Comply with the mechanism for cooperation specified in Article 13 of this Regulation.

2. Direct and inspect regular refresher training of teachers and managers of education institutions under their management

3. Advise the People's Committees of the districts of the funding sources for regular refresher training and relevant conditions serving regular refresher training in accordance with regulations. The funding shall be estimated in the annual budget for frequent expenditure from the support funding of programs and projects or other sources according to regulations of the Law (if any).

4. Report on regular refresher training of teachers and managers to the Departments of Education and Training in June every year (after the end of school year) according to request of the competent authority.

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1. Instruct teachers and managers to make the plans for regular refresher training; make plans for regular refresher training of teachers, managers and carry out the plans for regular refresher training.

2. Summary and report on implementation of the plans for regular refresher training of teachers and managers in June every year (after the end of school year) according to delegation of management and request of the competent authority.

3. Carry out regimes and policies on teachers and managers who participate in regular refresher training according to regulations.

Article 18. Responsibilities and interests of teachers and managers

1. Develop and complete their plans for regular refresher training; strictly implement regulations on regular refresher training according to this Regulation.

2. Be entitled to full salary and allowances (if any) and other regimes and policies according to regulations during the implementation of the plans for regular refresher training.

Article 19. Responsibilities of education institutions performing tasks

1. Comply with the mechanism for cooperation specified in Article 13 of this Regulation; publicize the list of speakers; build a system of multiple-choice questions (theoretical contents), research exercises and essays (practical contents) to evaluate the results of refresher training according to each content of the regular refresher training program and send them to the Ministry of Education and Training (via the Teachers and Educational Managers Department) before organization of regular refresher training.

2. Cooperate with the other education institutions in training and regular refresher training of teachers and managers (if necessary). Be responsible for the quality and conditions for assurance about the implementation of regular refresher training and in accordance with regulations of this Regulation./.