A university was reported to be using "ghost" lecturers, what did the school say?

According to feedback from readers, Hoa Sen University (HCMC) uses lecturers not as listed publicly.

Suspicion that the number of permanent lecturers at Hoa Sen University is not the same as the public list

Specifically, NVA readers informed that according to the list of lecturers publicly announced in the announcement "Public disclosure of information on the permanent teaching staff of higher education institutions for the 2024 - 2025 school year" of Hoa Sen University signed on June 28, 2024 by Principal Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vo Thi Ngoc Thuy, the school's Faculty of Law - Psychology has 19 permanent lecturers.

Announcement of “Public disclosure of information on permanent lecturers of higher education institutions for the 2024-2025 academic year” of Hoa Sen University. Accordingly, the Faculty of Law - Psychology has 19 permanent lecturers.

But in reality, this reader believes that the department only has 8 permanent lecturers (3 have retired so far), the remaining 11 have never taught at the school.

In addition, this reader also expressed his curiosity when the names of these 11 lecturers completely disappeared from the public list of lecturers of the faculty posted on the school's website, replaced by completely new names.

According to readers, the number of permanent lecturers at the school is too small, leading to an overload of work for lecturers, making it difficult to ensure the quality of training for students. At the same time, this action is deceptive to students about the quality of training at the school.

To readers, the remaining 11 lecturers are like "ghost" lecturers, not directly teaching but still on the list of permanent lecturers of the school.

What does Hoa Sen University say about the reports of using "ghost" lecturers?

Hoa Sen University. Photo: Nguyet Minh

To answer the above questions, Dan Viet reporter contacted Hoa Sen University directly to find answers.

When asked to provide the working time of the lecturers to compare with the information provided by readers, Ms. Nguyen Thi Tuyet Huong - Head of the school's Marketing and Communications Department said that she only confirmed the information about the number of permanent lecturers of the current faculty to ensure compliance with the regulations on opening and maintaining majors.

As for providing a detailed list of lecturers and their working time, the school cannot provide it. According to Ms. Huong, this is confidential information between the HR department and the employee.

Specifically, in the response document of the school's media to Dan Viet reporter provided by Ms. Huong, there is the content: "At the time of making a public list of information about the permanent teaching staff of the 2024-2025 school year, the lecturers on the list mentioned by the reporter are permanent lecturers at the school.

However, later, some lecturers asked to transfer to other units inside and outside the school. The school also recruited replacements for these lecturers. And the number of lecturers still met the correct number of lecturers according to the regulations for opening and maintaining the major.

At the same time, the document also affirms that the lecturers currently listed on the Faculty of Law - Psychology's lecturer list on the school's website are all permanent lecturers of the school.

“The number of permanent lecturers of the Faculty of Law and Psychology is 20, including 5 associate professors, PhDs, and 15 masters. Recently, the school's website has been upgraded and updated. We will update this information in the near future,” Hoa Sen University informed.

To ensure multi-dimensional information, Dan Viet reporters talked with some students in their 3rd and 4th years, Faculty of Law - Psychology, Hoa Sen University.

When the reporter listed the names of 8 permanent lecturers who have worked and are working at the school as provided by readers, these students all answered that they knew or had studied. However, for the 11 names that readers reported never teaching at the school, most students had never heard of them, met them, or had never studied with them.

Some people claim that, although they have participated in many activities of the faculty, they have never met these lecturers.

Source: https://danviet.vn/mot-truong-dai-hoc-bi-phan-anh-dung-giang-vien-ma-nha-truong-noi-gi-20250306152729507.htm