The Party Committee of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee has just submitted a document to the Standing Committee of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee on asking for opinions on the draft Plan to reorganize public service units, state-owned enterprises, and organizations within the state administrative system.
In the field of education, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee proposed to keep 1,930 educational institutions under the People's Committees at the commune level.
For public educational service units under the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City, the education and training sector plans to arrange from 278 units (including 22 units in the city and 256 units in departments) to 256 units (a reduction of 22 units).
Of which, 198 units will remain, including: 170 high schools and general schools with many levels of education; 3 public kindergartens, 22 centers supporting the development of harmonious education and specialized education schools; 1 center for technical - comprehensive and vocational education; 2 existing autonomous centers with regular expenditures: Ho Chi Minh City Center for Foreign Languages - Information Technology, Center for Information and Educational Programs.
For universities, rearrange 39 universities, colleges and secondary schools into 21 universities and colleges, no more secondary schools, reduce 18 units including 1 college and 17 secondary schools.
Converting and arranging 41 vocational education and training centers (including 40 units under the Department of Education and Training of the City and 1 unit under the Youth Volunteer Force) into 37 vocational secondary schools, reducing 4 units according to the roadmap and instructions of the Ministry of Education and Training on the arrangement of public service units.