To:

- Departments of Education and Training of provinces and cities [1];
- Vietnam Education Publishing House
- Pedagogical University Publishing House
- Ho Chi Minh City University of Education Publishing House
- Vietnam National University Publishing House
- Vinh University Publishing House
- Hue University Publishing House

In order to timely implement and use textbooks for grades 3, 7, and 10 that implement General Education Programs promulgated with Circular No. 32/2018/TT-BGDDT dated December 26, 2018 (hereinafter referred to as “General Education Programs 2018”), the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam requests Departments of Education and Training and publishing houses to perform the following specific contents:

I. Organization of advanced training in using textbooks for grades 3, 7, and 10 in the 2022-2023 school year for teachers

1. Purposes and requirements

a) Purposes

Strengthen the qualification for teachers expected to teach grades 3, 7, and 10 in the 2022-2023 school year and managers in using textbooks that implement General Education Programs 2018.

b) Requirements

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2. Content:  Guidelines on the use of textbooks for grades 3, 7, and 10 for teachers regarding learning subjects/educational activities chosen by educational facilities according to Circular No. 25/2020/TT-BGDDT dated August 26, 2020 on regulations on the selection of textbooks in general education facilities.

3. Advanced training subjects: All teachers teaching in grades 3, 7, and 10 in the 2022-2023 school year and managers of educational facilities.

4. Forms of organization and implementation time

a) Organize advanced training via online forms combined with direct forms by classes corresponding with learning subjects/educational activities for each set of textbooks in their areas for every teacher assigned to teach grades 3, 7, and 10 in the school year 2022-2023 and managers.

b) The advanced training shall be completed before July 31, 2022; provinces shall take charge and cooperate with publishing houses that have textbooks selected for the development of plans for organization and implementation of training and advanced training according to the time frame prescribed in the Appendix enclosed with this Circular.

In case Departments of Education and Training and publishing houses prepare sufficient conditions for organizing advanced training prescribed in this Official Dispatch, the mentioned entities may agree on the implementation of advanced training at a time different from the time frame in the Appendix enclosed with this Official Dispatch (such advanced training is also subject to completion before July 31, 2022) and submit reports on contents related to the above-mentioned requirements and detailed implementation plans before the implementation to the Ministry of Education and Training (via the Primary Education Department or Secondary Education Department).

5. Budget

a) The budget for traveling, eating, resting, and other benefits for teachers and managers participating in the advanced training process shall be paid by their appointed persons according to current regulations. 

b) The budget and benefits related to reporters shall be paid by publishing houses.

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a) Departments of Education and Training shall:

- Proactively cooperate with publishing houses in developing advanced training plans for teachers teaching grades 3, 7, and 10 in the 2022-2023 school year and managers according to the prescribed time progress. Based on the number of teachers participating in the advanced training, Departments of Education and Training shall arrange teachers into classes by learning subjects/educational activities and sets of textbooks, ensuring that every teacher teaching grades 3, 7, and 10 and managers that receive advanced training teach textbooks appropriate with the selection of educational facilities.

- Issue decisions on the mobilization and preparation of the list of teachers participating in the advanced training corresponding to each class of each learning subject/educational activity and each set of textbooks that have sufficient information on teachers such as full names, titles, units, learning subjects/educational activities of advanced training that such teachers participated in, phone numbers, and email addresses for the support of publishing houses during the process of participating in the advanced training via the internet, schedule specific classes for each learning subject/educational activity according to the prescribed time progress for quality assurance, and send the list of teachers participating in advanced training classes to publishing houses that have textbooks selected before the organization of the advanced training for cooperation during the implementation process.

- Assess teachers via their reports at the end of the advanced training period as per regulation. Teachers who do not participate in the advanced training or fail to satisfy the required assessment shall not be appointed to teach grades 3, 7, and 10 in the 2022-2023 school year.

- Take charge and cooperate with publishing houses in arranging convenient advanced training locations for teachers to travel; prepare financial conditions and physical facilities with sufficient essential equipment to ensure advanced training quality such as halls, tables, chairs, sound equipment, lighting, and other relevant equipment.

b) Publishing houses shall:

- Be responsible for preparing reporter staff sufficient in terms of number and quality to implement the advanced training for all teachers teaching grades 3, 7, and 10 in the 2022-2023 school year and managers according to the prescribed time progress; arrange at least 2 reports in 1 class for each learning subject/educational activity according to the specific advanced training schedule at Departments of Education and Training.

- Compile sets of electronic learning materials with documents related to advanced training, including selected textbooks, documents guiding the use of textbooks, example lessons, relevant supplementary materials when using textbooks, etc., and digitalize such documents and send the link with the account and password for login to the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam before June 15, 2022 (via the Primary Education Department or Secondary Education Department) for supervision of the implementation and distribution to Departments of Education and Training and teachers at least 5 days before the direct advanced training for teachers to proactively study and discuss during the process of participating in advanced training classes and at the same time for Departments of Education and Training to use such documents during the process of organizing continuing advanced training via the internet for teachers.

- Develop homework and exam questions after the advanced training for Departments of Education and Training to implement the assessment and recognition of continuing advanced training results as per regulation.

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II. Organization of the supply of textbooks in the 2022-2023 school year

1. Departments of Education and Training shall:

a) Take charge and cooperate with publishing house in developing plans, determining the time, locations, and composition, and organizing introduction seminars for textbooks for grades 3, 7, and 10 approved by the Minister of Education and Training of Vietnam and used in general education facilities; ensure an objective, honest, and sufficient introduction of the list of textbooks to use as the basis for implementing the process of selecting textbooks appropriate with their actual conditions. The time and forms of organization of introduction seminars for textbooks for grades 3, 7, and 10 shall be agreed on and implemented by provinces and publishing houses in an appropriate form, ensuring the completion before March 31, 2022.

b) Sufficiently and timely provide information on the number of textbook registration for publishing houses with textbooks selected 4 months before the opening of the new school year; cooperate with publishing houses in agreeing on the selection of relevant units capable of supplying textbooks.

c) Cooperate with publishing houses and relevant units in ensuring the supply of textbooks for grades 3, 7, and 10 with sufficient quantity, quality assurance, and punctual progress to general education facilities and relevant units, satisfying the demands of teachers, parents, and students in their areas before August 15, 2022; ensure that there is no delay or lack of textbooks for the 2022-2023 school year in their areas.

d) Be responsible for supervising the quality of textbooks and ensuring compliance with the textbook template approved by the Minister of Education and Training of Vietnam; be responsible for explaining and submitting reports on relevant contents in accordance with their functions and entitlements to the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam and People’s Committees of provinces;

2. Publishing houses shall:

a) Proactively cooperate with provinces in preparing contents and documents introducing textbooks and conditions for organizing seminars in a thoughtful, practical, and efficient manner; ensure the approved textbooks have equal chances of information provision and introduction before provinces implement the selection process as per regulation.

b) Take responsibility for the quality of textbooks in compliance with the textbook template approved by the Minister of Education and Training of Vietnam and selected by provinces.

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d) Have policies on textbook support for poor students; contribute and launch movements on constructing bookshelves in general education facilities. 

The Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam requests Departments of Education and Training, when receiving this Official Dispatch, to strictly implement and submit reports on the implementation to the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam (via the Primary Education Department or Secondary Education Department) before August 15, 2022. For more information, contact Mr. Nguyen Duc Manh, Primary Education Department, via the phone number: 0914111299 or the email: ndmanh.gdth@moet.gov.vn; Mr. Pham Duc Tai, Secondary Education Department, via the phone number: 0989651485 or the email: pdtai.@moet.gov.vn./.

PP. MINISTER
DEPUTY MINISTER




Nguyen Huu Do

[1] For Bac Lieu province, the Department of Education and Training is the Department of Education, Science and Technology.

Công văn 503/BGDĐT-GDTH năm 2022 thực hiện bồi dưỡng giáo viên và cung ứng sách giáo khoa lớp 3, lớp 7, lớp 10 năm học 2022-2023 do Bộ Giáo dục và Đào tạo ban hành