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Article 2: Educational aims

The aim of education is to train Vietnamese into all-round developed persons with good ethics, firm knowledge and good health, a sound aesthetic sense and a firm professional level, who are loyal to the ideal of national independence and socialism; to form and foster the personality, quality, and capacity of citizens in order to meet the need of building and defending the Fatherland.

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1. Vietnamese language is the official language used in the schools.
   
   

2. The State creates conditions for the people of ethnic minorities to learn the language and the script of their ethnic groups. The teaching and learning of the languages and scripts of the ethnic minorities shall conform with prescriptions of the Government.

The national educational system comprises:

1. Infant education composed of creches and preschool education;
   
   

2. General education comprises two educational levels: primary education and secondary education; the secondary education comprises two grades, basic secondary education and general secondary education;
   
   

3. Vocational education comprises vocational secondary education and job training secondary education:
   
   

4. Higher education trains two degrees, college and university degrees: post university education has two levels, master's degree and doctorate.

The forms of education comprises formal and non formal education.

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Learning is the right and obligation of citizens.

All citizens without distinction of ethnicity religion, belief, sex, family, origin, social position or economic status are equal in learning opportunities.

The State observes social equity in education and creates conditions so that everybody can afford education. The State and the community provide assistance so that poor people can learn and create conditions for outstanding learners to develop their talents.

The Stale gives preference to and create conditions for children of ethnic minorities and the families in the areas with exceptionally difficult economic and social conditions, the beneficiaries of preferential policies, the disabled and the beneficiaries of other social welfare policies, to exercise their right and discharge their obligation of learning.

1. The State decides the plan and level of universal education and adopts policies to ensure conditions for achieving universalization of education in the whole country.
   
   

2. All citizens within the prescribed age group have the obligation to learn in order to reach the level of universal education.
   
   

3. The family has the responsibility to create conditions for all members within the prescribed age group in the family to learn in order to reach the level of universal education.

All organizations, families and citizens have the responsibility to care for the educational work, build the movement of learning and a sound educational environment and coordinate with the school in achieving the goals of education.

The State holds the key role in the development of education, carries out diversification of the types of school and the forms of education, encourages, mobilizes and creates conditions for organizations and individuals to take part in the development of education.

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SCHOOL, FAMILY AND SOCIETY

The school has the responsibility to take the initiative in coordinating with the family and society to achieve the objective and principles of education.

1. Parents or tutor have the responsibility to raise, care for and create conditions for their children or the tutored person to study, train and take part in activities of the school.
   
   

2. All members of the family have the responsibility to build a cultured family, create a favourable environment for all-round development, ethical, intellectual, physical, aesthetic of children. Adults have the responsibility to educate and set example for children and together with the school raise the quality and efficiency of education.

Article 83: Rights of parents or tutor of pupils

Parents or tutors of the pupils have the following rights:

1. To ask the school to inform them of the result of studies and training of their children or the tutored persons.
   
   

2. To take part in educational activities according to the plan of the school, to take part in the activities of parents and tutors of pupils organized by the school;
   
   

3. To ask the school and educational management agency to settle according to law questions related to the education of their children or the tutored persons.

1. State agencies, political organizations, socio-political organizations, social organizations, socio-professional organizations, economic organizations, people's armed forces units and all citizens have the responsibility:

   a/ To help the school organize educational activities and scientific research activities and create conditions for teachers and learners to make visits, practice tours and conduct scientific research;

   b/ To help build a movement of learning and a sound educational environment, to prevent activities that badly affect the youth, youngsters and children:

   c/ To create conditions for learners to entertain themselves, conduct healthy cultural, physical training and sport activities;

   d/ To contribute human, financial and material resources to the educational work according to their capacity.

2. The Vietnam Fatherland Front, member organizations of the Front have the responsibility to urge the entire people to care for the educational cause.
   
   

3. The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union has the responsibility to coordinate with the school in educating the youth, youngsters and children, urging its members and the other youth to be exemplary in studies, training and taking part in the development of educational work.

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