MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence – Freedom – Happiness
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No. 35/2021/TT-BGDDT
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Hanoi, December 6, 2021
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CIRCULAR
ON COMPILATION, SELECTION, APPRAISAL, APPROVAL, AND USE OF TEACHING
MATERIALS, TEXTBOOKS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
Pursuant to the Law on
Education dated June 14, 2019;
Pursuant to the Law on
Higher Education dated June 18, 2012; the Law on Amendments to a number of
articles of the Law on Education dated November 19, 2018;
Pursuant to Decree No.
69/2017/ND-CP dated May 25, 2017 of the Government on functions, duties,
entitlements, and organizational structure of the Ministry of Education and
Training;
Pursuant to Decree No.
99/2019/ND-CP dated December 30, 2019 of the Government on elaborating and
providing guidelines for a number of articles of the Law on Amendments to a
number of articles of the Law on Higher Education;
At the request of the
Director of the Department of Higher Education;
The Minister of
Education and Training promulgates the Circular on compilation, selection,
appraisal, approval, and use of teaching materials, textbooks for higher
education.
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GENERAL
PROVISIONS
Article
1. Scope and regulated entities
1. This Circular provides for the compilation, selection,
appraisal, approval, and use of teaching materials, textbooks for higher
education.
2. This Circular applies to higher education institutions,
other institutions that are permitted to train higher-education levels;
academies, academies founded by the Prime Minister in accordance with the Law
on Science and Technology which are permitted to train doctoral levels
(hereinafter referred to as “training institutions”), and related
organizations, individuals.
3. The Ministry of Education and Training shall organize the
compilation of the general textbooks for subjects of political theory and
defense - security for higher education institutions.
Article
2. Interpretation of terms
For the purpose of this
Circular, the following terms shall be construed as follows:
1. Teaching materials include textbooks, lectures of
lecturers, and reference materials
2. Textbook means the main material for teaching, learning,
researching of a course, compiled, selected, appraised, approved, and used by a
training institution in accordance with regulations of this Circular and other
relevant laws.
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4. Reference material means reference books, monographs,
translation books, manuals, exercise books, and other materials that have been
published; articles, scientific works, and materials announced domestically and
internationally, also including digital materials used by lecturers and
students during their process of teaching, learning, or scientific researching;
materials that help lecturers and students learn and improve their knowledge or
learn about each section or the entire course in the training program.
Article
3. General requirements
1. The compilation, selection, appraisal, approval, and use of
teaching materials, textbooks for higher education shall comply with
regulations of the Law on Intellectual Property, Publishing Law, and other
relevant laws.
2. Teaching materials are published for lecturers and students
to use in teaching, learning, and researching a course of the training program
in a training institution. Such materials shall not have names that cause
confusion in their uses.
Article
4. Textbook requirements
1. A textbook is the main teaching material of lecturers and
students of a training institution in teaching, learning, and researching a
course in the training program. Such textbooks shall be published in writing
with names that do not cause confusion for the general textbooks in training
institutions.
2. A textbook shall concretize the requirements for knowledge,
skills, and attitudes prescribed in each course of the training program, field,
and level; satisfy the requirements for the innovation of teaching method,
examination, evaluation of learning outcomes, and training quality assurance.
3. The content of a textbook shall be consistent with the
target and content of the training program, ensuring the standard of knowledge,
skills and satisfying the output standard of the course.
4. The knowledge in a textbook shall be presented in a manner of
science and logic, ensuring the balance between the theory and practice; be
appropriate with the reality; be updated with new knowledge in terms of
science, technology, and socio-economic development that is certified and
approved.
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6. The language used to compile the textbooks is Vietnamese or
a foreign language. Such a language shall be consistent with the teaching
language of the course.
7. A training institution shall stipulate the content,
structure, form, and specific requirements for its textbooks, ensuring the
uniformity and consistency in accordance with regulations of relevant laws.
Article
5. Lecture requirements
1. A lecture shall have content that is appropriate and
consistent with the content prescribed in the detailed syllabus of the course
and the official textbook, satisfying the output standard of the course and
requirements of the training program.
2. A lecture shall have specific content, lists of references,
examples, learning questions, discussion orientations, and practical exercises;
be regularly updated with new knowledge to ensure it is more scientific,
modern, and highly practical, satisfying the training requirements. Lecturers
shall compile their lectures in the teaching language of the course and take
responsibility for the professional content of the lectures.
3. A training institution shall stipulate the content, form,
and specific requirements for lectures of each course of the training program,
field, and level; stipulate the entitlements and responsibilities of its own
and its lecturers, ensuring the uniformity and consistency in accordance with
regulations of relevant laws.
Article
6. Reference requirements
1. Reference materials shall specify full names of the
authors, publishers, publishing years, specific origin notes, and content
consistent with the training field and program; and be regularly supplemented
with new materials, helping lecturers and students learn and improve their
knowledge or learn about each section or the entire related courses in the
training program.
2. The language of the reference materials shall be suitable
for lecturers and students to conveniently use in teaching, learning, and
researching.
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Article
7. Use of textbooks and materials for teaching
1. With regard to published textbooks, training institutions
may provide, distribute, gift, lease, trade, lend, use them as general
textbooks, or contribute them to open educational resources in order to bring
published products to users. Such processes shall comply with regulations of
relevant laws.
2. Approved textbooks of training institutions shall be used
as the main materials for lecturers and students in teaching, learning, and
researching the courses. A textbook may be used for many courses with suitable
or similar content.
3. With regard to higher education training, training
institutions shall ensure each course has at least one textbook used as the
main material for lecturers and students to use in teaching, learning,
researching the course. The content of such a textbook shall satisfy at least
70% of the knowledge content of the course.
4. With regard to master’s degree training, training
institutions shall have textbooks as the main materials for lecturers and
students to use in teaching, learning, and researching each course of the
training program; If a course does not have its textbooks, training
institutions shall have teaching materials used as replacements for the
textbooks. The content of such replacements shall satisfy at least 70% of the knowledge
content of the course.
5. With regard to doctoral education training, training
institutions shall have textbooks or materials (as replacements for textbooks)
for students and lecturers to use in teaching, learning, and researching of
each content or major of the training program. Such textbooks or materials
shall include announced monographs, scientific works related to the content,
major of teaching, learning, and researching of lecturers and students,
satisfying the requirements of the training program; ensuring conformity with
the target and content of the training program, knowledge standard, skills; and
ensuring the output standard of the training program.
6. Textbooks used in training institutions shall be compiled,
selected, appraised, and approved in accordance with this Circular and other
relevant laws. Materials (as replacements for textbooks) for teaching,
learning, and researching for lecturers and students used in training
institutions shall be approved in accordance with regulations of the department
of training, ensuring conformity with regulations of relevant laws.
7. Training institutions shall rely on their target, teaching
content, output standard of the training program, and field of teaching to
disclose their textbooks, materials for teaching, learning, researching for
each content, major, and course in the training program, arranged in order of
preference in use.
8. A training institution shall stipulate the entitlements and
responsibilities of its affiliates, lecturers, and students in using textbooks
and materials for the teaching of each content, major, course of the training
program, field, and level.
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1. Lectures of lecturers shall be provided for students
before, during, or after teaching hours in order to serve their purposes of
learning and researching. Directors or principals of training
institutions (hereinafter referred to as “principals of training institutions”)
shall stipulate the content, form of lectures, and provision of lectures for
students.
2. Reference materials shall be made public on their names,
publishing years, places of publication, or addresses to access data sources on
the internet; be regularly updated with new materials for lecturers and
students to know and use in their process of teaching, learning. Such materials
shall be easily and conveniently accessed and used by lecturers and students.
3. Training institutions shall specifically stipulate the
process of incorporating lectures, reference materials into teaching and
learning; stipulate the use, supervision, entitlements, responsibilities of
lecturers, students, and related parties in providing and approaching lectures
compiled by lecturers, reference materials for each course of the training program,
field, and level; stipulate the publicity and degree of publicity of lectures
of lecturers.
Article
9. Cost of compilation, selection, appraisal, approval, and use of teaching
materials, textbooks
1. Training institutions shall be responsible for allocating
legal sources of income, sponsorship, and aid to pay the cost of the
organization of compilation, selection, appraisal, approval, and use of
teaching materials and textbooks.
2. Specific expenditures and expenditure rates for organizing
the compilation, selection, appraisal, approval, and use of teaching materials,
textbooks shall be in accordance with regulations of the current law and
specified in the regulations of training institutions.
Chapter
II
COMPILATION
AND APPRAISAL OF TEXTBOOKS
Article
10. Determination of textbooks for compilation and selection
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2. Training institutions shall specifically stipulate the
requirement and process of determining necessary textbooks, textbooks that will
be compiled or selected; develop plans for compilation and selection suitable for
the demand of training institutions.
Article
11. Compilation of textbooks
1. Principals of training institutions shall organize the
compilation of necessary textbooks in accordance with regulations prescribed in
Article 10 of this Circular in the forms of tasks assignment, ordering, or
bidding for units, individuals inside and outside their institutions, ensuring
compliance with regulations of the department of training and regulations of
relevant laws.
3. The compiled textbooks shall satisfy the requirements in
accordance with regulations prescribed in Article 3, Article 4 of this Circular
and other requirements in accordance with regulations of the training
institution.
4. Training institutions shall stipulate the requirement,
standard, criteria of compiled textbooks and the process of compiling them;
stipulate the standard, composition, and number of members participating in the
compiling process; stipulate the entitlements and responsibilities of their
own, authors, compilers, lead authors or co-authors, and related parties
engaged in their compilation of textbooks.
Article
12. Appraisal and publication of textbooks
1. Principals of training institutions shall establish their
appraisal boards to appraise the drafts of compiled textbooks in accordance
with regulations prescribed in Article 11 of this Circular.
2. Members of the appraisal board are scientists inside or
outside the training institution who have high qualifications suitable for the
content of textbooks; have reputations and teaching experiences; have doctoral
degrees or the title of associate professor in appraising master textbooks and
doctoral textbooks. Members who have participated in compiling the textbooks
shall not participate in the appraisal of those textbooks.
3. The appraisal board shall appraise the drafts of textbooks
in accordance with regulations of the training institution and other
regulations of relevant laws. During the process of appraising, the appraisal
board may invite delegates who are not its members to attend appraisal meetings
if necessary. Opinions of members outside the appraisal board are only for
references, these members shall not participate in voting or deciding issues
within the function of the appraisal board.
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5. The principal of the training institution shall rely on the
appraisal result and proposal of the appraisal board in accordance with
regulations prescribed in Clause 4 of this Article to complete the drafts of
textbooks and organize their publication for teaching, learning, and
researching course in the training program of the institution.
6. Training institutions shall stipulate the specific
structure, composition, and standard of members who participate in appraisal
boards including people outside their institutions; stipulate the organization,
operation, appraisal process, work rules, appraisal result, responsibilities,
and entitlements of appraisal boards, their members, and related parties.
Article
13. Appraisal and selection of published books to use as textbooks
1. The principal of the training institution shall rely on the
proposal of specialized departments and lecturers to establish the appraisal
board; organize the appraisal for published books compiled by domestic or
foreign collectives or individuals suitable for the target and demand of the
training institution in order to use them as textbooks for teaching, learning,
and researching courses in the training program of the institution. The
appraisal process of compiled drafts of textbooks applies to the appraisal of
published books to use as textbooks in accordance with regulations prescribed
in Clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 Article 12 of this Circular.
2. The principal of the training institution shall rely on the
appraisal result and proposal of the appraisal board in accordance with
regulations prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article to select published books
and use them as textbooks for teaching, learning, and researching courses in
the training program of the institution.
3. Training institutions shall stipulate specific and public
requirements, criteria, conditions, selection process of textbooks;
responsibilities, entitlements of their own, and related parties in selecting
textbooks.
Article
14. Approval of textbooks
1. The principal of the training institution shall consider
issuing decisions on the approval of compiled, appraised, or published
textbooks in accordance with regulations prescribed in Article 12 of this
Circular; or appraised, selected books in accordance with regulations
prescribed in Article 13 of this Circular to use as textbooks for lecturers and
students in teaching, learning, and researching courses in the training program
of the institution.
2. Training institutions shall stipulate the specific
requirement and approval process to incorporate into the compiled, appraised,
and published textbooks or appraised and selected books to use as their
textbooks; stipulate the duties and entitlements of people competent to
appraise and related parties in appraising and incorporating textbooks into use
in accordance with their regulations and regulations of relevant laws.
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IMPLEMENTATION
Article
15. Develop and perform regulations of training institutions
Pursuant to this Circular
and other regulations of relevant laws, the principal of the training
institution shall:
1. Direct the development, issuance, and organization of the
implementation of internal regulations on the compilation, selection,
appraisal, approval, and use of textbooks, lectures, reference materials for
higher education including foreign joint training programs in Vietnam for
issuance of bachelor's degrees based on the advice of the board of science and
training and other related internal regulations of the training institution;
concretize and may have higher requirements but shall not contrary to
regulations of this Circular, ensuring uniformity and consistency with
regulations of the current law. The prohibited content and acts in compiling,
selecting, appraising, approving, and using textbooks, lectures, and reference
materials for higher education shall be regulated and performed in accordance
with the Law on Intellectual Property, Publishing Law, and regulations of relevant
laws.
2. Disseminate and provide guidelines for lecturers, students
and related units, organizations, and individuals on regulations of the
training institution and regulations of relevant laws on the compilation,
selection, appraisal, approval, and use of textbooks, lectures, reference
materials for higher education; at the start of the semester, disseminate
guidelines for students on rights and responsibilities for approaching and
using textbooks, lectures, and reference materials.
3. Organize the internal inspection on the implementation of
plans, regulations of the institution, and other duties related to the
compilation, selection, appraisal, approval, and use of textbooks, lectures,
and reference materials of the institution for each course of the training
program, field, and level; be inspected and supervised by the Ministry of
Education and Training and competent state agencies in accordance with
regulations of the law.
Article
16. Disclosure and storage
1. Training facilities shall disclose their regulations and
other regulations related to the compilation, selection, appraisal, approval,
and use of textbooks, lectures, and reference materials for higher education on
their website at least 30 days before implementation. Disclose the list of textbooks,
reference materials on their website.
2. Training institutions shall store and preserve documents
related to the compilation, selection, appraisal, approval, and use of
textbooks, lectures, and reference materials for higher education in their institutions
in accordance with regulations of the law.
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1. This Circular comes into force as of January 21, 2022 and
replaces the content of regulations on the compilation, selection, appraisal,
approval, and use of textbooks for higher education in Circular No.
04/2011/TT-BGDDT dated January 28, 2011 of the Ministry of Education and
Training on compilation, selection, appraisal, approval, and use of textbooks
for higher education.
2. Chief of the Office, Director of the Department of Higher
Education, directors of affiliates of the Ministry of Education and Training;
directors and principals of training institutions shall implement this
Circular.
PP. MINISTER
DEPUTY MINISTER
Hoang Minh Son