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FOREWORDS
1. Rationale
Education and training takes important role for the development
of each person and the socio-economic development of each nation.
In the national education, general education (GE) is a foundation for
university, college and professional secondary education. It means
that GE not only prepares students for further study but also provides
the society with a qualified human resource.
General education takes a great position and importance for the
education sector in particular as well as for the national economy in
general, especially in the period when high quality workforce is
demanded increasingly in many countries, serving the requirements
of industrialization and modernization. In the global economy of the
fiercely competitive free market, a high quality well-trained
workforce is a vital element of a national economy to attract foreign
investment and to provide the country with jobs and wealth.
The Resolution No. 90/CP dated 21/8/1997 by the Government
regarding direction and guidelines for socialization activities of
education, health and culture; the Decree No. 73/1999/ND-CP dated
19/8/1999 regarding socialization activities for education, health,
culture and sport; the Decree No. 115/2010/ND-CP dated
24/12/2010 stipulating the state management responsibility for
education is a legal corridor that facilitates the implementation of
educational socialization in order to gradually raise the level of
educational enjoyment corresponding to the material and spiritual
development of people.
Ho Chi Minh City is a major economic center of the country, has
been being a very active center in the development in all aspects,
including education. The advanced school model, in consistent with
