Resolution No. 41/2000/QH10 on Implementing Universal Secondary Education

RESOLUTION OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

On the implementation of universal secondary education

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM

Pursuant to Article 84 of the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1992;
Pursuant to the Education Law,
After considering the Government's proposal on the policy for reforming the general education program, the report on the review of the Cultural, Educational, Youth, Adolescents, and Children Committee of the National Assembly, and the opinions of the National Assembly deputies,

RESOLVES

Agree with the Government's proposal on the policy to implement universal secondary education throughout the country from 2001 to 2010; while emphasizing the following points:

I. OBJECTIVES OF UNIVERSAL SECONDARY EDUCATION

The objectives of universal secondary education during the period of 2001-2010 must ensure that most young people and adolescents continue their studies after completing primary school to achieve a lower secondary education level before reaching the age of 18, meeting the requirements for raising the educational level of the population, training human resources, and nurturing talent to serve the cause of industrialization and modernization of the country.

Universal secondary education must achieve the following targets:

1. For communes, wards, and towns:

Ensuring the maintenance and consolidation of the results and completion of the universal primary education target.

Mobilizing at least 95% of primary school graduates each year to enroll in lower secondary education; in communes with difficult and extremely difficult socio-economic conditions, this ratio should be at least 80%.

Improving the quality of comprehensive education at the lower secondary level; reducing the rate of retention and dropout; ensuring that at least 90% of students graduate from lower secondary education each year; in communes with difficult and extremely difficult socio-economic conditions, this ratio should be at least 75%.

Ensuring that at least 80% of young people and adolescents aged 15 to 18 have completed lower secondary education; in communes with difficult and extremely difficult socio-economic conditions, this ratio should be at least 70%.

2. For districts, towns, and cities under provinces:

Ensuring that 90% of communes, wards, and towns achieve the universal secondary education targets.

3. For provinces and centrally-administered cities:

Ensuring that 100% of districts, towns, and cities under provinces achieve the universal secondary education targets.

II. RESPONSIBILITIES OF CITIZENS, HOUSEHOLDS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND THE STATE FOR UNIVERSAL SECONDARY EDUCATION

1. Citizens within the scope of universal education have the right and obligation to study to achieve a lower secondary education level before reaching the age of 18.

2. Households have the responsibility to create conditions for members within the specified age group to study to achieve universal secondary education.

3. The State shall adopt policies to ensure conditions regarding teachers, schools, textbooks, equipment, and finance for universal secondary education; continue to implement tuition fees at the secondary level, while exempting or reducing tuition fees for poor individuals and those benefiting from social policies; provide textbooks and learning materials for individuals with particularly difficult economic circumstances.

4. The State encourages organizations and individuals to contribute efforts and material support for universal secondary education.

5. The Vietnam Fatherland Front and its member organizations have the responsibility to mobilize the entire population to actively implement and supervise the universal secondary education program.

III. IMPLEMENTATION OF UNIVERSAL SECONDARY EDUCATION

1. Entrust the Government to direct the implementation of universal secondary education; direct the Ministry of Education and Training, relevant ministries and sectors, People's Committees of provinces and centrally-administered cities to organize and implement universal secondary education; ensure financial conditions, teacher staffing, upgrading and construction of schools, and standardized equipment to meet the requirements of universal secondary education.

2. Entrust the Standing Committee of the National Assembly, the Cultural, Educational, Youth, Adolescents, and Children Committee of the National Assembly to monitor the implementation of universal secondary education; the Ethnic Councils, other Committees of the National Assembly, Delegations of National Assembly Members, National Assembly Members, People's Councils at all levels, and People's Council Members to monitor the implementation of universal secondary education within their respective responsibilities.

This Resolution was adopted by the tenth session of the tenth National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on December 9, 2000./.