Mr. Tran Van Quyet's locality (Dak Nong) has a document stipulating the criteria for appointing cadres (including the principal) as follows: "...theory level is from intermediate to higher; management State management: Hold the rank of specialist (understood as a certificate of state management training at the specialist rank) or equivalent or higher...".

Mr. Quyet is a primary school administrator, has a certificate of training for state officials and civil servants and a certificate of training for the title of primary school teacher, stage II.

He asked, are your two certificates understood as equivalent according to the above regulations or not? To appoint the principal, do you still need a "certificate of fostering state management for the professional rank"?

The Ministry of Education and Training responded to this issue as follows:

The training and retraining of civil servants and public employees must be based on the standards of civil servant ranks and professional titles of public employees; standards for leadership and management positions; employment position; associated with the use and management of cadres, civil servants and public employees, in accordance with the training and retraining plan and the needs of building and developing human resources of agencies and units.

Point b, Clause 1, Article 26 of Decree No. 101/2017/ND-CP dated September 1, 2017 of the Government on training and fostering cadres, civil servants and public employees, providing for certificates of training for cadres and civil servants, civil servants including certificates of training programs according to the standards of leadership and management positions.

Point c, Clause 1, Article 26 of Decree No. 101/2017/ND-CP stipulating the certificate of training program according to the requirements of the working position, specialized knowledge and skills is one of the bases for assessing the level of completing the year's tasks of the cadres, civil servants and public employees.

Currently, there is no equivalent regulation for the certificate of professional training with the certificate of standardization of leadership and management positions. In order to appoint leaders and managers (including school principals), it is necessary to have a certificate of training program according to the standards of leadership and management positions as prescribed in Point b, Clause 1, Article 26 of the Decree. No. 101/2017/NĐ-CP.