Many changes in the quality assessment standards of university training programs

The external assessment team of the Center for Education Quality Assessment of Ho Chi Minh City National University conducted a preliminary survey of 5 training programs at Ho Chi Minh City Open University - Photo: NT

The Ministry of Education and Training is seeking comments on a draft circular amending Circular No. 04/2016 on quality assessment of university and college training programs (Circular 04) and replacing related circulars.

The new draft circular has many changes towards approaching the inspection standards of regional and international organizations.

Accordingly, compared to Circular 04, the revised draft shortens from 11 standards to 8 standards and 52 criteria, overcoming overlap when evaluating according to the standards of Circular 04.

This draft also amends the regulation on 10 criteria and conditions which are mandatory criteria for training programs to meet quality standards. This is the regulation currently applied by FIBAA.

Circular 04 stipulates that the criteria assessment includes 7 levels from 1 to 7. The revised draft currently has 2 levels: pass/fail.

According to the draft revised circular, the number of forms and pages in self-assessment reports, external assessment reports... are all reduced compared to the regulations in Circular 04.

In addition, it also clearly stipulates the responsibilities of training institutions in committing to ensuring the maintenance of the industry, self-assessing the standards of training programs, and reducing administrative work for auditors.

According to the Department of Quality Management - Ministry of Education and Training, the results of 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) are mainly in terms of 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 7-level criteria assessment approach is suitable to help develop an internal quality assurance system at the initial stage of familiarization and to shape a quality management model suitable for the level of higher education institutions in ASEAN countries.

However, this approach is not popular in quality assessment of many countries and international assessment organizations, so it is necessary to adjust the assessment method.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/nhieu-thay-doi-trong-tieu-chuan-kiem-dinh-chat-luong-chuong-trinh-dao-tao-dai-hoc-20240817111330885.htm