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The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) is seeking opinions from ministries, agencies and the public for stricter standards to recognise secondary and high schools as nationally-graded level.

The ministry has posted a draft regulation online, which adds new requirements for the recognition, in a hopes of soliciting opinions.

Under the draft regulation school drop-out rates and that of repeaters would not allowed to be higher than 5%, compared to the currently stipulated level of 6%. Schools would also have to be acknowledged as a “Friendly school and active students” in the year before the year seeking for the nationally-graded title.

Besides these criteria, the ministry will maintain current regulations in which the highest class size is 45 and each school have no more than 45 rooms. The classrooms would not be allowed to be used for two learning sessions per day and at least 30% of the teachers must be considered 'good quality'.

The local Department of Education and Training will check recoganised schools every two and a half years. If schools fail to ensure the meet these standards, the department will propose to the chairman of the provincial People’s Committee a revocation of their certificate.