Circular No. 36/2011/TT-BLDTBXH promulgates the model of the Vocational Teacher Certificate, the model of the certified copy, and regulations on managing and issuing the Vocational Teacher Certificate for intermediate vocational education and higher vocational education.

CIRCULAR

Issuing the model of the Vocational Teacher Certificate, the model of the copy, and regulations on management,

issuance of the Vocational Teacher Certificate for intermediate vocational level and college vocational level teaching,

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Pursuant to the Vocational Training Law dated November 29, 2006;

Pursuant to Decree No. 186/2007/NĐ-CP dated December 25, 2007 of the Government stipulating the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of the Ministry of Labor - War Invalids and Social Affairs;

Pursuant to Decision No. 86/2008/QĐ-TTg dated July 3, 2008 of the Government stipulating the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of the General Department of Vocational Training under the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs;

The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs issues the model of the Vocational Teacher Certificate, the model of the copy, and regulations on management and issuance of the Vocational Teacher Certificate for intermediate vocational level and college vocational level teaching as follows:

Article 1. Scope of Regulation and Applicability

This Circular issues the model of the Vocational Teacher Certificate, the model of the copy, and regulations on management and issuance of the Vocational Teacher Certificate for intermediate vocational level and college vocational level teaching applicable to individuals who have completed training or standardized vocational teacher training programs according to the Framework Curriculum for Vocational Teacher Training stipulated in Circular No. 19/2011/TT-BLĐTBXH dated July 21, 2011 of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, which provides the Framework Curriculum for Vocational Teacher Training for intermediate vocational teachers and college vocational lecturers, and applies to technical universities, technical colleges, universities, colleges, and vocational colleges assigned the task of training and upgrading lecturers and vocational teachers (hereinafter referred to as training and upgrading institutions for vocational teachers).

Article 2. Model of the Vocational Teacher Certificate

1. The Vocational Teacher Certificate has a size of 10cm x 14cm, consisting of 4 pages; page 1 and page 4 are the cover of the Certificate; page 2 and page 3 are the body of the Certificate.

2. The font used in the model of the Vocational Teacher Certificate is the Vietnamese font of the Unicode character set according to Vietnam Standard TCVN 6909:2001, Times New Roman style (hereinafter referred to as Times New Roman style).

3. The cover of the Vocational Teacher Certificate is dark red, laminated, with letters printed on the cover in yellow. The content of page 1 from top to bottom is as follows: at the top is the line of text The bottom line reads in Times New Roman font, capitalized, bold, font size 12; in the middle includes 3 lines of text: the top line is the phrase “VOCATIONAL TEACHER CERTIFICATE” and the middle line is the phrase “VOCATIONAL TEACHING” in Times New Roman font, capitalized, bold, font size 16, the bottom line is the line of text “Intermediate Vocational Level, College Vocational Level Teaching” in Times New Roman font, regular, bold, font size 14. Page 4 does not print text and images.

4. The body of the Vocational Teacher Certificate has a white background, with wave patterns in light blue; 3 lines of text on page 2 are bright red: the top line is the phrase “VOCATIONAL TEACHER CERTIFICATE”, the middle line is the phrase “VOCATIONAL TEACHING” in Times New Roman font, capitalized, bold, font size 16, the bottom line is the line of text “Intermediate Vocational Level, College Vocational Level Teaching” in Times New Roman font, regular, bold, font size 14; the line of text “DIRECTOR/CHIEF” on page 3 is black, in Times New Roman font, capitalized, bold, font size 14; in the center of page 3 there is an embossed National Emblem; other letters and lines on pages 2 and 3 are black.

5. Specific content printed on the cover and the body pages of the Vocational Teacher Certificate according to Model No. 1 issued together with this Circular.

Article 3. Model of the Copy of the Vocational Teacher Certificate

The model of the copy of the Vocational Teacher Certificate is implemented according to Article 2 of this Circular; the line of text (COPY) in yellow on page 1 and black on page 2, in Times New Roman font, capitalized, font size 14. Specific content is implemented according to Model No. 2 issued together with this Circular.

Article 4. Management of Teaching Certificate Blanks and Teaching Certificates for Vocational Education

1. The Teaching Certificate Blank for Vocational Education according to the model prescribed in Article 2 of this Circular shall be printed, issued, and uniformly managed nationwide by the General Department of Vocational Training based on serial numbers.

2. Training institutions providing teacher training for vocational education shall receive Teaching Certificate Blanks for Vocational Education from the General Department of Vocational Training and establish registers to manage these blanks.

When receiving certificate blanks, training institutions providing teacher training for vocational education must submit a report on the number of certificates issued since the last purchase up to the time of this purchase, along with the Decision recognizing trainees' completion of courses and plans for future vocational pedagogical training and upgrading, to the General Department of Vocational Training.

3. In case Teaching Certificate Blanks for Vocational Education are lost, training institutions providing teacher training for vocational education must prepare a record and report to the General Department of Vocational Training for tracking purposes.

For damaged Teaching Certificate Blanks for Vocational Education, training institutions providing teacher training for vocational education must prepare a record, recall them, and return them to the General Department of Vocational Training for supplementary issuance.

For damaged Teaching Certificates for Vocational Education, a record must be prepared before they are destroyed, and a copy sent to the General Department of Vocational Training for reporting.

Records confirming damaged Teaching Certificate Blanks and Teaching Certificates for Vocational Education must clearly state their serial numbers, condition, and cause of damage.

Article 5. Issuance of Teaching Certificates and Copies of Teaching Certificates for Vocational Education

1. The heads of training institutions providing teacher training for vocational education are responsible for:

a) Issuing Teaching Certificates for Vocational Education to graduates of vocational pedagogical training programs or standardized vocational pedagogical upgrading programs for vocational teachers at the intermediate level and vocational instructors at the college level, as stipulated in Circular No. 19/2011/TT-BLDTBXH dated July 21, 2011 of the Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs, within no more than thirty working days from the end date of the course;

b) Maintaining a register to track the issuance of Teaching Certificates for Vocational Education and issuing copies of Teaching Certificates in accordance with the regulations of the General Department of Vocational Training;

c) Reporting annually, every six months, the number of issued Teaching Certificates along with the Decision recognizing trainees' completion of the course to the General Department of Vocational Training.

2. When issuing Teaching Certificates for Vocational Education to trainees, training institutions providing teacher training for vocational education must perform the following tasks:

- Affixing the trainee's photograph (in the format of an identity card, size 3x4 cm) on the certificate;

- Stamping over the photograph (no more than one quarter below, right corner);

- Accurately and clearly filling out all contents in the Teaching Certificate for Vocational Education (on pages 2 and 3) using black ink, with the trainee's full name written in capital letters.

3. For trainees undergoing standardized vocational pedagogical upgrading: training institutions providing teacher training for vocational education must verify the academic credentials and teaching certificates previously held by the trainee before participating in the upgrading program, retain one copy of the existing certificate and one confirmation of the vocational teaching experience (if applicable).

4. A Teaching Certificate for Vocational Education is issued only once. If a trainee has received a Teaching Certificate for Vocational Education and it is lost, a copy may be issued upon request.

Article 6. Revocation of Vocational Teaching Credentials

The heads of training institutions for vocational teachers shall issue decisions and carry out the revocation of Vocational Teaching Credentials in the following cases:

1. The person holding the Vocational Teaching Credential is found to have engaged in fraudulent behavior during study, examination, or in preparing documents to obtain the Vocational Teaching Credential;

2. The Vocational Teaching Credential was issued by a person without authority;

3. The Vocational Teaching Credential has been altered;

4. The holder of the Vocational Teaching Credential allows another person to use their Vocational Teaching Credential.

Article 7. Responsibilities of the General Department of Vocational Training

The General Department of Vocational Training is responsible for guiding, inspecting, and supervising the issuance and management of Vocational Teaching Credentials, compiling statistics on credential issuance nationwide, and reporting to the Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs.

Article 8. Effective Date

This Circular takes effect from February 2, 2012, and replaces Decision No. 10/2006/QĐ-BLĐTBXH dated December 6, 2006, of the Minister of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs regarding the issuance of the model Vocational Teaching Credential. All previous regulations concerning the management and issuance of Vocational Teaching Credentials that conflict with this Circular are hereby abolished.

Article 9. Responsibility for implementation

The Minister, Heads of Ministries equivalent to Ministries, Heads of Government Agencies, Heads of Central Agencies of Political-Social Organizations with vocational training facilities; Chairpersons of People's Committees of provinces and centrally-administered cities; Directors of Departments of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs of provinces and centrally-administered cities; Chief of the Office of the Ministry, Director of the General Department of Vocational Training; Heads of training institutions for vocational teachers, Heads of agencies and units related to this Circular are responsible for its implementation./.