What is university enrolment target for distance education model in preschool education in Vietnam?

What is university enrolment target for distance education model in preschool education in Vietnam?

Article 10 of Circular 03/2022/TT-BGDDT has the following provisions:

1. Education institutions that meet all minimum requirements for implementing distance education, satisfy information technology requirements in managing, organizing online training, including: courseware in combination with primary learning objects, online lectures, and learning management systems (LMS) for learners and other applicable regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training are allowed to determine enrolment target for distance education model of majors that they are allowed to provide via full-time university education in accordance with Clauses 2, 3, and 4 of this Article and relevant law provisions and shall be held accountable for decision on distance education for every major.

2. Annual university enrolment target for distance education of education institutions shall be determined for every field of distance education and up to total capacity of distance education which is determined based on training capacity of each field, satisfy criteria under Clause 3 and Clause 4 of this Article, minus total students who are currently pursuing distance university education at education institutions and distance education stations in respective fields, plus number of students who pursue distance university education in said fields and are expected to graduate in that year.

3. Criterion of number of students pursuing distance university education per lecturer in a field:

a) Lecturers for the purpose of determining enrolment target for distance education are full-time lecturers and visiting lecturers who lecture and provide instructions in correspondence courses of education institutions for an average of 8 hours or more in a week; individuals who lecture and provide instructions in correspondence courses for less than 8 hours in a week on average shall be counted based on their working time;

b) Multipliers based on academic levels and titles of lecturers attending correspondence courses, including visiting lecturers shall equal those applicable to full-time lecturers for the purpose of determining enrolment target under Article 5 hereof;

c) The maximum number of students pursuing distance education per lecturers attending correspondence courses in a field shall equal that applicable to students pursuing full-time education per lecturer in accordance with Point b Clause 1 Article 6 hereof.

4. The criterion of students pursuing distance university education per managerial official, employee in charge of distance education (per education institution):

a) Managerial officials, employees in charge of distance education are officials and employees who have entered to termed employment contracts for 12 months or more in the year and are working full-time (as per applicable Labor Code on working hour and resting hour of employees) to manage, assist distance education of education institutions and distance education stations thereof; persons working other than full-time for distance education purposes shall be counted based on the time which they spend serving management and assistance of distance education;

b) Multipliers based on academic levels and titles of managerial officials, employees in charge of distance education shall equal those applicable to full-time lecturers for the purpose of determining enrolment target under Article 5 hereof;

c) Number of students pursuing distance education per managerial official, employee in charge of distance education must not exceed 200 students.

Enrolment target for master, doctoral education in preschool education in Vietnam

Article 11 of Circular 03/2022/TT-BGDDT has the following provisions:

1. Maximum master enrolment target of education institutions shall be determined for each major and based on maximum master enrolment target, satisfy all requirements under Clause 3 of this Article, and ensure the percentage of students per thesis instructor qualifying thesis instructor standards under applicable regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training.

2. Maximum doctoral enrolment target of education institutions shall be determined for every major and based on maximum doctoral training capacity of the major, satisfy requirements under Clause 3 of this Article, minus students who are currently pursuing doctoral degree and plus researchers of the major expected to graduate in the year.

3. Criteria for determining master, doctoral enrolment target

a) The criterion of maximum number of researchers, higher education students per full-time lecturer and visiting lecturer within appropriate academic levels and titles and specialty for the purpose of determining enrolment target of education institutions shall conform to Schedule 3 (for full-time lecturers) and Schedule 4 (for visiting lecturers) under Appendix 1 attached hereto;

b) The criterion of equipment and amenity: Education institutions must have adequate amenities, laboratories, practice equipment, libraries, lecture halls, offices of lectures, instructors, researchers, and students depending on major and type of training program;

c) The criterion of market employee demand, requirements for socio-economic development: Education institutions when determining enrolment target must rely on employee demand of the market, nationwide, provincial, and sector-wide socio-economic development demands.

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