The DECISION by the PRIME MINISTER on the approval of the project "construction of the learning society in the period 2005-2010" FROM the PRIME MINISTER pursuant to the law on organization of the Government of 25 December 2001;
Pursuant to the law on education in March 1998;
Considering the recommendation of the Minister of education and training, the DECISION: article 1. Build the country become a learning society with the basic criteria is creating opportunities and favorable conditions for people of all ages, all levels are learning regular, continuous learning, lifelong learning everywhere, at all times, all levels, all levels; mobilizing the general power of the whole society to join in building and development education; every person, every organization has the responsibility, the duty of learning and active participation to build the learning society.
Build the country become a learning society is based on the development platform at the same time, mount, connected the two constituent parts: formal education and continuing education of the national education system, in which continuing education academic programs implementation aimed at creating the best conditions to meet all requirements of lifelong learning continuous learning, all citizens will be an important function of parts, making the premise to build learning society. Therefore, the scope of this project will focus primarily on the problem of continuing education.
Approval of the project "construction of the learning society in the period 2005-2010" with the following principal contents: i. the OBJECTIVE on the basis of good formal education according to the objectives of the education development strategy to 2010 proposed continuing education development to be achieved by 2010 the following basic criteria : 1. improving literacy outcomes, striving for the literacy rate of people aged 15 and over increased from 94% (in 2000) over 98%, which for people aged from 15 to 35 on the rate reached 99%; particularly rapidly increasing the rate of illiterate in the minority.
Mobilization older children because of the difficult circumstances are not going to school in the school attended by the universal program reaches over 65% for children aged from 6 to 10 and reached over 55% for children aged from 11 to 14 years.
Ensure the ratio of literate people equally between men and women.
2. Striving to reach over 80% of the province-level officers (hereinafter referred to as the social level) and the district (district level) are learning, fostering updated knowledge of management, law, economy and society in order to enhance the work.
3. a 100% rate of public servants in State agencies are participating in the training, retraining, improvement of professional proficiency, professional, political, management, information technology, foreign languages, etc.
4. Reaching 85% rate on the number of workers in the fields of agriculture, forestry, fishery access and enjoy the program fostered better understanding, labor, production capacity and enhance the quality of life.
5. a 100% rate in the County, the district has the continuing education center at district level; 100% of the province, the city has a continuing education centre provincial level and over 80% of the communes, wards and towns in the country built up Community Learning Center.
II. MAIN TASKS 1. Build the movement "the country become a learning society" a) built the movement "the country become a learning society" aligns closely with the movement of "whole people unite to build cultural life". Raise awareness about the rights and responsibilities of each individual, each in regular education, continuous learning, lifelong learning and to participate in building learning society to meet the requirements, the Mission in the new stage of development of the country.
b) established and implemented the contents, measures, mechanism of action, coordination between the bodies of State administration, education, political institutions, political-social, social organizations, unions from the central to grassroots levels to implement, organize activities to attract all people to join the movement to build the country becomes a the learning society. Construction of the concrete measures to implement the Organization and maintain regularly the movement "the country become a learning society" with high quality and high efficiency.
c) encourage, promote activity, learning to mobilize resources, attracting all social forces to participate in building learning society, contribute to building the Vietnam education development, healthy, just brought the ethnic identity, gradually reaching the world's advanced level; to overcome these limitations, weaknesses, prevent negative, create the necessary conditions and opportunities for learning. Building the sense of self study, self often raise the level of each person and the sense of responsibility of each family, their lines, a village, Hamlet, Hamlet, every organization, every agency or unit.
Replicate and promote the effectiveness of the model: "family school", "hospitality line extension", "locality, a cultural village", "Town, Ward, the extension school" with the content, the criteria defined, specific, practical.
2. Build and develop strong education systems often concurrently with the continuing strengthening and perfecting education system construction of infrastructure to consolidate and expand the base of continuing education in order to meet the needs of lifelong learning, often of every object. Focus on building the Organization primarily: a) The continuing education centre focused to consolidate, build, expand the reasonable scale, to improve quality, the capacity of the Centre for continuing education provincial and district level have been established, and directed the establishment of the Center for continuing education in the County , district, province, City currently not available. Improve the organizational and operational regulations of the Centre for continuing education, which should clearly define the functions, tasks, team, standards of infrastructure to build the centre capable of implementing the content of continuing education in accordance with the law and as a base for building development plan and investment plan.
b) Community Learning Centre for sustainable development and scaling the model Community Learning Centre on the locality, wards and towns throughout the country in order to make the program delete illiterate, continued education after the literate and the educational programs to meet the requirements of learners in the community. On the basis of links, reviews, experiences about learning centre model community to continue building and enacting the regulations clearly states the objective, content, forms of organization, the operating mechanism of this model and replicate, evolve. Striving to 2010 reaching over 80% of the number of communes, wards and towns throughout the country have Community Learning Center.
c) scaling the Open training facilities, the development of Community institutions do of links, reviews, comprehensive experience of the content, programs, forms and training methods of the current Open training facility as a base to build, tune supplement the regulation on organization and operation of the training facility open, overcoming the limitations and continue development, expansion of the existing facilities in principle: the training activities of the Open training facility should be made according to the method of distance learning is primarily.
d) The other regular facilities

The State encourage, create conditions conducive to the agencies, institutions, production establishments, services, business in the different economic sectors formed the basis of the study, regular training for employees, particularly for workers in the agricultural sector and in the social-economic conditions difficult and especially hard. Development of the learning organization forms to make the popular program the knowledge to applications in science, engineering, technology into production; learning cultural knowledge, society, life, career goals in order to improve the personality, expand understanding, fostering professional service, improve the quality of life, find and create employment, adapt the social life of the school.
3. Build the content, programs, educational methods often match the Organization continuing education a) renovation, additions, improve and enhance the quality of the program to remove illiteracy, supplementary programmes; the training program, the fostering of professional expertise; programs to improve and update the knowledge, skills, and technology transfer of the profession, which should particularly attach importance to improving the quality of the regular education program to get diplomas, certificates of the national education system.
b) implement innovative methods of continuing education in the spirit of promoting the active role at maximum capacity, self study and exploit the potential of the learner experience.
c) expand the scope of applicable objects, forms of learning: just do just learning, distance learning, self-study guides to get the diploma of the national education system aims to create favorable conditions for learners of all ages are learning conditions raise the education level and collaboration between regular education and formal education of the education system the nation.
d) promote applied remote education method to perform the regular education program; increase the ability to quickly provide the opportunity to study under distance education method for the region's social-economic conditions difficult and especially hard. Strengthen the use of mass media and modern communications, the media hear-see; make the most of the medium of radio, China Central television, local service for teaching and learning as distance education modalities to enhance the quality and efficiency of educational activities. Build and perfect the mechanism of checking, assessment, teaching and learning quality assurance.
4. Construction, upgrading, training staff, teachers, employees, collaborators in the regular educational institution a) formulated and promulgated regulations on standard mode, the policy for the object type in the regular educational establishments.
b) take advantage of every possibility, grey in the formal institutions and the whole society to develop continuing education, education outside the school. Encourage teachers, scientists, experts, with extensive experience on all areas participating in continuing education activities, education outside the school.
III. Practical SOLUTIONS. Strengthening the leadership of the party organization of the levels for the regular educational establishments. Innovating the mechanism of educational management, assigned responsibilities clearly; There is close coordination between the various governmental departments, organizations from the central to the base to steer the Organization, implementing the "movement" of the country become a smelly "study. Promote the role of the powerful political organization, social-political organizations, social organizations, in particular the need to promote the important role of the Vietnam study Promotion in the Organization of the activity of learning and active participation in other activities aimed at promoting the movement "the country become a learning society".
2. organizations disseminating, often on purpose, meaning, the content of the movement to every people, every organ, every organization aware, concur, and have the responsibility to actively participate in building the movement. Use multiple news media and by various forms of organizing, advocacy measures aimed at promoting and maintaining regular movements.
3. Modify, Supplement, improve and enact mechanisms, policy and law system of continuing education; build the management coordination mechanism closely, ensuring between formal education and continuing education.
4. Strengthen inspection, test, review, quality control; perform the emulation, regular, recurring rewards for this career.
5. The solution of the financial funding to implement activities in the field of continuing education is mainly based on the spirit of promoting the effective altitude of socialized according to resolution No. 2005/NQ-CP on April 18, 2005 on promoting socialization of educational activities , health, culture and sport in order to mobilize all social resources to develop continuing education. Issue, specific policy encouraging and regulating the responsibility of the local branches, the social-economic organization and enable workers to join the construction of infrastructure, support for learners.
The State set aside budget to support the development of continuing education. State budget focused partial support for compiled programs, documentation, training, teacher serves for continuing education activities; the priority focus of funding invested to build the basis of continuing education in the areas of difficulty, the minority ethnic community. The local is responsible for balancing the budget earmarked funding support for the construction of infrastructure, teaching and learning equipment procurement and support the regular service of the educational institutions of local regular according to the current rules.
Article 2. Implementation 1. The Ministry of education and training is responsible for: a) in collaboration with the Ministry of labor, invalids and Social Affairs to lead the ministries, agencies and localities to materialize this project content into the program, the project with the target, solutions and appropriate step to implementing organizations; hosted, in collaboration with relevant agencies, the local to specific rules about programs, textbooks, materials used for continuing education and direction to the organization implementing the project content.
b) presiding, in cooperation with the Ministry of labor, invalids and Social Affairs, the Ministry of Interior, Ministry of natural resources and environment, Ministry of construction, Ministry of finance, the Ministry of planning and investment to build the mechanisms, policies related to implementing the content of the project; in collaboration with the Ministry of planning and investment and the Ministry of finance system for the balance, arranged funding from the State budget according to the current rules to implement the goals and tasks of the project.
c) presiding, in cooperation with the social-political organizations, social organizations, unions, the news agency to implement the activities promote the movement "the country become a learning society".
d) test, the general situation and the results of the project; materialize and steer the implementation of content management authority; specific provisions on time, the content of periodic evaluation reports the results of the project with regard to the agencies involved; the report and the recommendations with Prime solutions necessary to implement effective schemes.

2. The Ministry of labour, invalids and Social Affairs, in collaboration with the Ministry of education and training and the ministries and agencies concerned, the specific phươg the content of this project to the direction and implementation of the Organization in the field of vocational training.
3. The Ministry of finance is responsible for: a) the layout of the budget support for education to make the content of the project and perform the inspection, the Inspector of Finance according to the current rules.
b) presiding, in cooperation with the Ministry of education and training, Ministry of labor, invalids and Social Affairs and other relevant agencies to build and issued or the authority issued legal documents on financial policies, mechanisms for regular education.
4. Ministry of planning and investment has responsibility: a) capital investment support deployed for regular education institutions in these regions in difficulty; synthesis and put into the general balance of the State budget annually to support continuing education b) presiding, in cooperation with the Ministry of education and training, Ministry of labor, invalids and Social Affairs and other relevant agencies to build and issued or the authority issued the legal text of the mechanism policy, investment support for continuing education within the jurisdiction assigned to it.
5. The ministries, other bodies are responsible for implementing the content of the scheme in the scope, jurisdiction to manage and coordinate with the ministries and agencies concerned, local to steer, implemented the contents of the scheme a way to sync.
6. the people's committees of provinces and cities under central responsibility: materialize this project content into the program, the project with the objectives, content, solutions and appropriate steps to steer the Organization, implemented on the area; in collaboration with the Ministry of education and training, Ministry of labor, invalids and Social Affairs and other relevant agencies to steer, implemented consistently, efficiently the content of this project.
7. Recommended Vietnam Fatherland Front, the Vietnam General Confederation of labor, the Vietnam Women's Union, the Communist Youth Union Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam study Promotion Association, the Vietnam farmers Association, Scientific Association and the Vietnam engineering, the mass and social organizations to participate actively in the activities of the movement and the content outlined in the The scheme to achieve its goal of building learning society in the country.
Article 3. This decision takes effect 15 days from the date The report.
Article 4. The Ministers, heads of ministerial agencies, heads of government agencies, the Chairman of the people's committees of provinces and cities under central authority responsible for the implementation of this decision.