DECISION No.2590-GD/DT of August 14, 1997 on the organization and operation of the boarding schools for ethnic monorities.

A general education boarding school for ethnic monorities is a school where ethnic minority cadres are trained to meet the requirements of socio-economic development of the locality; such schools occupy an important position in the course of educational development in mountainous areas and areas inhabited by ethnic minority peoples.

The general education boarding schools for ethnic minorities lie within the national system of public schools. The State shall provide the school boarders with necessary conditions for their study, including accommodation and meals.- (Summary)