What documents are included in the application for primary students to enroll into ethnic secondary schools in Vietnam?

What documents are included in the application for primary students to enroll into ethnic secondary schools in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 2 Article 10 of the Regulation on organization and operation of boarding ethnic secondary schools issued together with the Circular 04/2023/TT-BGDĐT stipulating the application for primary students to enroll into ethnic secondary schools in Vietnam as follows:

Eligibility requirements and application documents

1. Eligibility requirements for enrollment:

a) Being eligible candidates specified in Article 9 of this Regulation;

b) Meet the requirements in the Regulation on enrollment of lower-secondary and upper-secondary boarding ethnic schools promulgated by the Ministry of Education and Training.

2. Application documents

a) Lower-secondary school enrollment

- Copy of valid birth certificate;

- Lawful grounds for confirming information about residence;

- Primary school transcripts or other documents that can replace school transcripts;

- Certificate of priority benefits issued by a competent authority (if any);

b) Upper-secondary school enrollment

- Copy of valid birth certificate;

- Lawful grounds for confirming information about residence;

- A certified copy or a photocopy enclosed with the original for comparison of the lower-secondary boarding ethnic school diploma or provisional lower secondary school graduation certificate;

- Lower-secondary school transcripts;

- Certificate of priority benefits issued by a competent authority (if any).

As regulations above, the application for primary students to enroll into ethnic secondary schools in Vietnam includes:

- Copy of valid birth certificate;

- Lawful grounds for confirming information about residence;

- Primary school transcripts or other documents that can replace school transcripts;

- Certificate of priority benefits issued by a competent authority (if any).

Which entities are eligible for direct admission to the upper-secondary boarding ethnic schools in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 11 of the Regulation on organization and operation of boarding ethnic secondary schools issued together with the Circular 04/2023/TT-BGDĐT stipulating students learning at ethnic secondary schools in Vietnam as follows:

Enrollment method, priority and direct admission

1. The enrollment method and priority benefits shall comply with the Regulation on enrollment of lower-secondary and upper-secondary boarding ethnic schools promulgated by the Ministry of Education and Training.

2. Direct admission

Direct admission to the upper-secondary boarding ethnic school of the following:

a) Students from ethnic minorities with very small population;

b) Lower secondary students specified in Article 9 of this Regulation who have won national or international prizes in culture, art, physical training, sports, science and technology are admitted directly into the upper-secondary boarding ethnic school;

c) Primary students specified in Article 9 of this Regulation who have won provincial prizes or higher in culture, arts, physical training and sports may be admitted directly to the lower-secondary boarding ethnic school.

As regulations above, entities eligible for direct admission to the upper-secondary boarding ethnic schools in Vietnam are:

+) Students from ethnic minorities with very small population;

+) Lower secondary students specified in Article 9 of this Regulation who have won national or international prizes in culture, art, physical training, sports, science and technology are admitted directly into the upper-secondary boarding ethnic school;

+) Primary students specified in Article 9 of this Regulation who have won provincial prizes or higher in culture, arts, physical training and sports may be admitted directly to the lower-secondary boarding ethnic school.

Who are eligible candidates for enrollment into ethnic secondary schools in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 9 of the Regulation on organization and operation of boarding ethnic secondary schools issued together with the Circular 04/2023/TT-BGDĐT stipulating eligible candidates for enrollment in Vietnam as follows:

- Students being ethnic minorities who themselves and their parents or guardians permanently reside for 36 consecutive months or more, up to the date of submission of enrollment documents, in:

+) Communes, wards, townships of Region III and extremely disadvantaged villages in ethnic minority areas and mountainous areas, extremely disadvantaged communes in coastal areas and islands according to regulations of competent authorities (hereinafter referred to as extremely disadvantaged communes and villages);

+) Communes, wards and townships of regions II and I in ethnic minority and mountainous areas according to regulations of competent authorities.

- Students from ethnic minorities with very small population as defined in Decree No. 57/2017/ND-CP dated May 9, 2017 of the Government stipulating priority policies for enrollment and learning support for kindergarten children, students from ethnic minorities with very small population.

- Students being Kinh people who themselves and their parents or guardians have permanently resided for 36 consecutive months or more, up to the date of submission of enrollment documents, in extremely disadvantaged communes and villages. The boarding ethnic school is allowed to enroll no more than 10% of Kinh students in the total number of new enrollments each year.

- In case the number of eligible candidates specified in Clauses 1, 2 and 3 of this Article is smaller than the size of the boarding ethnic school in the province, the People's Committee of the province may specify more regions to create human resources for ethnic minorities in order to enroll more ethnic minority people from poor or near-poor households that they and their parents or guardians have resided since for 36 consecutive months or more in this area, up to the date of application submission.

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