Sutdents at the United Nations International School of Hanoi.

International schools will be regulated by the Education Law from July 1 next year under amendments approved by the National Assembly on Wednesday.

Currently “international schools are regulated only by the Investment Law, and education officials are outsiders,” Thi said.

According to Thi, the notable change brought by the approved adjustments to the Education Law concern regulations on suspending or closing down schools that fail to meet training quality requirements.

Under the new rules, local schools have to make public its targets, academic programs, human resources, finances, certificates and quality.

They also allow individuals and private organizations to run services to assess education quality, removing the exclusive purview that state-owned agencies had until now.

While turning down the Ministry of Education and Training’s proposal to give the education minister authority over establishment of universities, the National Assembly the minister will be given more responsibilities for assessing applications for their opening.

The Prime Minister will still have final say in approving the establishment of a higher education institution.

The latest amendments also make preschool education compulsory from next year, in addition to primary and high school education.

Source: Thanh Nien, Tuoi Tre