05 steps of the external assessment of educational institutions in Vietnam

According to Article 20 of the Regulation on the process and frequency of education quality assessment of universities, colleges, and vocational high schools enclosed with Circular No. 62/2012/TT-BGDĐT of the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam, the external assessment shall be carried out after the education quality assessment organization and the educational (the survey and assessment carried out by an education quality assessment organizations based on the education quality assessment standards provided by the Ministry of Education and Training in order to determine the extent of the conformity of the educational institution with the education quality standards) institution has signed the external assessment contract, and the external assessment commission is established as prescribed in Article 19 of this Regulation.The external assessment includes the following 05 steps:

1. Examine the internal assessment documents: The external assessment commission shall examine the internal assessment report and relevant documents of the educational institution; collect, process the information and evidence related to the education quality assessment standard;

2. Carry out the preliminary survey at the educational institution;

3. Carry out the official survey at the educational institution;

4. Draft the external assessment report and send it to the educational institution for seeking opinions:

- The draft external assessment report must be passed by at least 2/3 of the commission members;

- The external assessment commission shall send the draft external assessment report to the educational institution for seeking opinions via the education quality assessment organization within 15 working days from the date on which the educational institution receives the draft report.

5. Complete the external assessment report:

Within 15 working days from the date on which the feedback from the educational institution is received, or from the deadline for the educational institution to give opinions, the external assessment commission shall send a notice about the accepted and rejected opinions via the education quality assessment organization. The reasons for rejecting opinions must be explained;

The external assessment commission shall complete the external assessment report, then send it together with the relevant documents (if any) to the Director of the education quality assessment organization. Then the education quality assessment organization shall officially send the external assessment report to the educational institution and request the contract liquidation.

Note: The external assessment commission must keep the information related to the works and assessment result confidential until the education quality assessment organization officially sends the external assessment report to the educational institution.

View more details at Circular No. 62/2012/TT-BGDĐT of the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam, effective from February 15, 2013.

Le Vy

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