In order to improving the activity of legal departments of the Education and Training sector, on 23 June 2015, the Minister of Education and Training and the Minister of Justice signed the Program for coordinating performance of the activity of legal departments of the two ministries for the 2015-2020 phase.
Effective coordination on 9 fields of state management
According to the Program, in the 2015 - 2020 phase, the two ministries will enhance the effective coordination on 9 fields of state management. Accordingly, for the legislative development, the two ministries will closely coordinate to promulgate legal normative documents, and programs, schemes and projects related to education and training. In particular, the two ministries will focus on the implementation of the tasks defined in Resolution No. 88/2014/QH13 of the National Assembly on innovation of programs and textbooks of general education and development of the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Education. As for inspecting, reviewing and codifying legal normative documents, the two ministries will promptly exchange and agree to handle legal normative documents contrary to laws, and jointly organize inspection missions to examine the implementation of laws related to the education and training sector in ministries, sectors, localities and education and training institutes.
Regarding education and training, the two ministries specifically identified a number of coordinating activities, including the implementation of Decision No. 549/QD-TTg dated 4 April 2013 of the Prime Minister approving the overall Scheme to build Hanoi Law University and Ho Chi Minh Law University as key universities for training law officers, and Decision No. 2083/QD-TTg dated 8 November 2013 of the Prime Minister approving the project of "Building the Judicial Academy as a major center for training judicial titles"; and the establishment of the 2nd base of Hanoi Law University in Bac Ninh province. In addition, the two ministries will collaborate in the training, fostering and building law lecturers in universities and law junior colleges, contributing to improving the quality and qualifications of law lecturer teams.
Annually examining the implementation of the Program
Leaders of the two ministries allocated to the Legal Department of the Ministry of Education and Training and the Department of General Affairs on Legal Development of the Ministry of Justice being the focal points for developing, supervising and urging the implementation of the Program and organizing annual Seminars on the activity of legal departments in the Education and Training sector. Annually, based on tasked assigned by the Program, the two ministries will collaborate to develop Plan of assessing results reached and suggesting directions and tasks of the collaboration for the next year. After 5 years of implementation, the review and evaluation of the implementation of the Program will be conducted.
Speaking at the signing ceremony, the Minister of Justice Ha Hung Cuong emphasized that recently the coordination between the two ministries has been basically effective, there were still some drawbacks, however. Therefore, in order to meet the requirements of the new era, the good performance of the Program will support the two ministries to fulfill their political tasks assigned.
The two ministers also pledged to make every effort to implement the program in a comprehensive manner, along with the direction of units under the two ministries, Departments of Justice and Departments of Education and Training to seriously implement the Program, especially in strengthening the capacity for officials being responsible for the activity of legal departments.