The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) is seeking comments on a draft Circular amending Circular No. 04/2016/TT-BGDDT dated March 14, 2016 on accreditation of university and college training programs (Circular 04) and replacing related Circulars.
The draft Circular amending Circular 04, after being issued, will abolish the Circulars regulating the standards for assessing the quality of training programs in some specific fields because the provisions of these Circulars are not compatible with current regulations on how to assess criteria and standards.
Specifically, unlike Circular 04, the draft revised Circular has integrated professional instructions and forms into the attached appendices.
In particular, the draft includes 8 standards and 52 criteria with an Appendix on criteria assessment instructions and an Appendix on forms.
Thus, compared with Circular 04, the revised draft reduces the number of standards from 11 to 8, overcoming the overlap when evaluating according to the standards of Circular 04.
The revised draft on accreditation of university and college training programs has been shortened from 11 standards to 8 standards (Illustration: My Ha).
According to the Ministry of Education and Training, the draft revised Circular stipulates 10 criteria and conditions as mandatory criteria for training programs to meet quality standards.
This is the regulation currently applied by FIBAA (with 29/4 criteria), this regulation is also suitable for the context and current situation of building and developing training programs in Vietnam.
The results of the quality assessment analysis of more than 1,200 training programs evaluated according to domestic standards from 2017 to present show that the criteria that were not met (below 4 points as prescribed in Circulars 03 and 38) were mainly related to program design, construction and evaluation.
This also shows that the development of training programs that meet output standards and the assessment of learners; collecting feedback from stakeholders to improve the quality of training programs are weaknesses, and it is necessary to have regulations for schools to pay attention to and implement.
The draft revised Circular changes the way of evaluating criteria, standards and training programs in accordance with international practices on quality assessment.
According to Circular 04, the assessment criteria include 7 levels from 1 to 7; the revised draft currently has 2 levels (pass/fail).
According to the Ministry of Education and Training, the 7-level criteria assessment approach as in the old circular is suitable to help develop an internal quality assurance system in the initial stages of familiarization and to shape the quality management model in ASEAN countries.
However, this approach is not popular in quality assessment in many countries and international assessment organizations. Vietnamese higher education institutions have carried out assessment up to the second cycle and have about 10 years of experience in implementing university quality assessment activities, so it is necessary to adjust the assessment method.
Draft Circular amends and supplements regulations to expand the rights of accreditation organizations in developing external assessment tools. The Ministry of Education and Training promulgates education quality accreditation standards, accreditation processes and cycles.
Based on the framework of 8 standards and 52 criteria for evaluating training institutions issued by the Ministry of Education and Training, accreditation organizations are allowed to develop professional guidelines and integrated criteria for evaluating training programs in specific specialized fields according to Government regulations.
The draft Circular amends regulations on assessment forms, quantity and composition of external assessment teams; clearly defines the responsibilities of training institutions in their commitment to ensuring the maintenance of the industry; clearly defines the responsibilities of relevant units under the Ministry of Education and Training and the coordination between units in activities to ensure and assess educational quality...
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