In accordance with the Decree No. 124/2014/ND-CP dated December 29, 2014 of the Government amending Clause 6, Article 31 of the Government’s Decree No. 73/2012/ND-CP of September 26, 2012, on foreign cooperation and investment in education, from February 16, 2015, The foreign teachers and lecturers teaching in short-term training institutions, preschool education institutions, compulsory education institutions, vocational education institutions, and higher education institutions capitalized by foreign partners must not have at least 5 years of experience in the disciplines that they teach.
Besides, the Decree also focuses that foreign teachers and lecturers of foreign-invested vocational education institutions and higher education institutions must satisfy the conditions such as the maximum ratio of students to teachers is 25 students per teacher, applicable to social science, economics, and services; 20 students per teacher, applicable to technology disciplines; 15 students per teachers, applicable to arts; the proportion of teachers that hold post-graduate degrees must not be lower than 15% total number of teachers in vocational intermediate schools and vocational colleges or the quantity of permanent teachers must be able to undertake at least 60% of the program of each discipline …and have at least 5 years’ experience in their teaching specialties.
This Decree takes effect on February 16, 2015.
