After the policy of transferring vocational education from the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs to the Ministry of Education and Training, the Government has drafted a decree stipulating the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Education and Training.
The draft decree defines the organizational structure of the Ministry of Education and Training as 19 units, up from 23 previously. Five departments will no longer exist, including: Department of Physical Education, Department of Ethnic Education, Department of Continuing Education, Department of Facilities, Department of Science, Technology and Environment.
According to the draft, the Ministry of Education and Training will have an additional Department of Vocational Education and Continuing Education. Two units will be renamed, including: the Department of Political Education and Student Affairs will be renamed the Department of Students; the Department of Information Technology will be renamed the Department of Science, Technology and Information.
Thus, 19 units under the organizational structure of the Ministry of Education and Training are expected to include: Department of Preschool Education; Department of Primary Education; Department of Secondary Education; Department of Higher Education; Department of National Defense and Security Education; Department of Students; Department of Legal Affairs; Department of Organization and Personnel; Department of Planning and Finance; Office; Inspectorate; Department of Teachers and Educational Managers; Department of Quality Management; Department of Science, Technology and Information; Department of International Cooperation; Department of Vocational Education and Continuing Education; Education and Times Newspaper; Education Magazine; Vietnam Institute of Educational Sciences.
If approved and promulgated, this draft decree will replace Decree 86/2022/ND-CP of 2022 of the Government regulating the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Education and Training.
At the same time, abolish the regulations on vocational education stipulated in Decree 62/2022/ND-CP of 2022 of the Government stipulating the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs; abolish Decision 29/2017/QD-TTg of 2017 of the Prime Minister stipulating the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the General Department of Vocational Education under the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs.
