What are the 08 criteria and scoring for assessing intermediate schools and colleges in Vietnam under Circular 14/2024/TT-BLDTBXH?

What are the 08 criteria and scoring for assessing intermediate schools and colleges in Vietnam under Circular 14/2024/TT-BLDTBXH?

Under Article 3 of Circular 14/2024/TT-BLDTBXH...Download, the criteria and scoring for assessing intermediate schools and colleges are provided as follows:

(1) Criteria for Quality Accreditation of intermediate schools and colleges (hereafter referred to as schools):

Criterion 1: Mission, objectives, organization, and management;

Criterion 2: Training activities;

Criterion 3: Teachers, management staff, public employees, employees;

Criterion 4: Curriculum and training materials;

Criterion 5: Infrastructure and training equipment;

Criterion 6: Scientific research and international cooperation;

Criterion 7: Students and student support activities;

Criterion 8: Supervision and quality assessment.

- Additionally, the evaluation points for each standard that meets requirements are 2 points, and standards that do not meet requirements are 0 points.

Each standard that meets requirements scores 2 points, and standards not meeting requirements score 0 points. A standard is considered met based on the school's compliance for 02 years including 01 year before the assessment year and the year of assessment for intermediate schools, and 03 years including 02 years before the assessment year and the year of assessment for colleges.

A summary table of criteria, number of standards, and calibration points for each criterion is in Appendix 01.

Moreover, Criterion 1 will be specifically stipulated in Article 4 of Circular 14/2024/TT-BLDTBXH Download as follows:

1. Criterion 1 - Mission, Objectives, Organization, and Management

   + Standard 1.1: The mission and objectives of the school are specifically defined, suitable to the functions, tasks, and development orientation of the school, aligning with the workforce demands in the national and local sectoral/economic-social development strategies, and are publicly announced.

   + Standard 1.2: The school has regulations on organization and operation, clearly assigning the functions and tasks of the units belonging to and under the school, in alignment with the mission, objectives, sectoral structure, professions, and training scale of the school.

   + Standard 1.3: The school has established and operates a quality assurance system.

   + Standard 1.4: Annually, the school's quality assurance system is evaluated, and improvement measures are implemented to enhance management effectiveness and efficiency.

   + Standard 1.5: A Board of Trustees or school council (party committee, executive board for armed forces schools), party organizations, unions, and other advisory councils are established according to regulations, setting strategic directions aligned with the mission and objectives of the school.

What are the 08 criteria and scoring for assessing intermediate schools and colleges in Vietnam under Circular 14/2024/TT-BLDTBXH? (Image from the Internet)

What are the regulated entities of Circular 14/2024/TT-BLDTBXH in Vietnam?

According to Article 1 of Circular 14/2024/TT-BLDTBXH Download, the regulations are as follows:

- Circular 14/2024/TT-BLDTBXH Download prescribes the criteria and standards for quality accreditation of colleges, intermediate schools, and vocational education and training centers (hereinafter referred to as vocational education and training institutions); it also sets the criteria and standards for quality accreditation of training programs at elementary, intermediate, and college levels.

- Circular 14/2024/TT-BLDTBXH Download applies to vocational education and training institutions, enterprises, and other establishments registered to operate vocational education and training (hereinafter referred to as training establishments); organizations accrediting vocational education and training quality, and relevant units and individuals.

- The contents of Circular 14/2024/TT-BLDTBXH Download do not apply in the following cases:

+ The content of Chapter II stipulated in Circular 14/2024/TT-BLDTBXH Download does not apply to vocational education and continuing education centers, pedagogical colleges, and pedagogical intermediate schools;

+ The content of Chapter III stipulated in Circular 14/2024/TT-BLDTBXH Download does not apply to the vocational education and training programs within the pedagogy training major under the state management authority of the Ministry of Education and Training.

What are the cases of meeting or failing to meet vocational education and training accreditation standards in Vietnam under Circular 14?

According to Article 5 of Circular 14/2024/TT-BLDTBXH...Download, the cases of meeting or failing to meet vocational education and training accreditation standards in Vietnam are as follows:

(1) Meeting vocational education and training accreditation standards

A school is assessed as meeting quality accreditation in vocational education and training standards when fulfilling the following requirements:

- Total assessment points for accreditation criteria reach 80 or higher;

- assessment points for each criterion meet 60% of the criterion's standard points;

- assessment points for criteria 2, 3, 4, 5 are 80% or more of the standard points.

(2) Failing to meet vocational education and training accreditation standards

A school is assessed as not meeting vocational education standard quality accreditation when it does not meet the requirements stipulated in Clause 1, Article 5, Circular 14/2024/TT-BLDTBXH.