What is the percentage of the content and academic load of the joint training program taught by full-time lecturers in Vietnam?
What is the percentage of the content and academic load of the joint training program taught by full-time lecturers in Vietnam?
Under Article 5 of the Regulation on Undergraduate Education issued with Circular 08/2021/TT-BGDDT:
Joint training
1. Joint training programs shall only be offered in part-time mode of study according to regulations in Clause 22 Article 1 of the Law on Amendment to Law on Higher Education and Clauses 2 and 3 of this Article. Joint training in health-related disciplines that award practitioner certificates is not permitted.
2. Minimum requirements for institutions in charge of joint training:
a) The institution has been accredited by a licensed educational accreditation organization and the accreditation is unexpired according to regulations;
b) The training program of the joint training has been offered for at least 03 consecutive cohorts in full-time mode of study; from the 2024 cohort onwards, the training program must be accredited as per applicable regulations;
c) Full-time lecturers shall teach at least 70% of the content and academic load of the training program;
d) Regulations on joint training have been promulgated and quality assurance conditions of the institution cooperating in the joint training have been appraised;
dd) Training institutions affiliated to the Ministry of National Defense or Ministry of Public Security are exempt from Points a and b of this Clause but may cooperate in training only with educational institutions affiliated to the same supervisory ministry and be assigned the joint training by the supervisory ministry in writing.
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Thus, according to the above regulation, the full-time lecturers shall teach at least 70% of the content and academic load of the joint training program.
What is the percentage of the content and academic load of the joint training program taught by full-time lecturers in Vietnam? (Image from the Internet)
What are the responsibilities of joint training parties in Vietnam?
Under Clause 4, Article 5 of the Regulation on Undergraduate Education issued with Circular 08/2021/TT-BGDDT, the responsibilities of joint training parties in Vietnam are as follows:
- The institution in charge of joint training and the institution participating in joint training shall sign a joint training agreement, negotiate the rights and responsibilities of both parties for the joint training in detail, manage teaching activities to ensure training quality and execute the agreement in compliance with regulations of this Regulation and other relevant law provisions;
- The institution in charge of joint training shall manage training quality; and report on joint training activities to the People’s Committee of the province where the joint training takes place before admission; if the institution participating in joint training fails to meet quality assurance conditions according to regulations of a unit of study or the training program, transfer students to the institution in charge of joint training to continue providing training for them and ensure their rights;
- The institution participating in joint training shall cooperate with the institution in charge of joint training in ensuring facilities for training; and partake in management and teaching under the agreement between the two parties;
- The institution in charge of joint training and the institution participating in joint training shall take responsibility before the law for execution of the joint training agreement; compliance with admission and training regulations; and assurance of legitimate rights of lecturers and students throughout the training process.
What is the deadline for a university in Vietnam to report to the provincial People's Committee where the joint training is carried out?
Under Article 22 of the Regulation on undergraduate education issued with Circular 08/2021/TT-BGDDT:
Reporting, retention and information publication requirements
1. Before December 31 of every year:
a) Training institutions shall report data on new students, graduates, dropouts and current students of the year, students expected to graduate next year and graduates employed within 12 months after graduation (sorted by type of admission, academic discipline, cohort and mode of study) to the Ministry of Education and Training and their supervisory authorities;
b) Training institutions shall report on admission and training situations in provinces where they are located to People's Committees of the provinces.
2. Training institutions shall retain and protect training-related documents according to regulations promulgated by the Ministry of Education and Training.
a) Admission decisions, original transcripts, decisions on graduation recognition and master registers of awarding of degrees to students shall be permanently retained in training institutions;
b) Other documents pertaining to admission and training shall be retained throughout the training process;
c) Admission- and training-related documents no longer retained shall be disposed of in compliance with existing state regulations.
3. Training institutions shall publish the following information on their websites at least 45 days before a training program starts:
a) Training institution regulations and relevant regulations on training management;
b) Decisions to offer new programs and the decisions mentioned in Point b Clause 1 Article 21 for programs to be offered;
c) Quality assurance conditions per existing regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training;
d) Proofs that training programs meet training program standards promulgated by the Ministry of Education and Training;
dd) Admission announcements according to existing admission regulations;
e) Proofs of meeting the minimum requirements for joint training in part-time mode of study according to regulations in Clauses 2 and 3 Article 5 of this Regulation.
Thus, according to the above regulation, the university reports to the provincial People's Committee where the joint training is carried out before December 31 each year.
