Eligibility requirements for training institutions to self-evaluate the training program in Vietnam

Eligibility requirements for training institutions to self-evaluate the training program in Vietnam (Internet image)

Article 4 of Circular 52/2011/TT-BGDDT stipulates the appraisal of vocational training programs in Vietnam as follows:

1. The training institutions in Vietnam are allowed to evaluate the training program if they meet the following conditions:

- Having been established and organized to train for more than 3 years;

- Having at least 5 tenured teachers with university degrees or higher in accordance with the major registered for opening, in which there is at least one teacher with master degree or higher;

- The training major registered for opening must be in the list of training majors issued by the Ministry of Education and Training;

- Having no violation in the process of self-evaluation of previous training programs or evaluation of training programs for other training institutions.

2. The training institutions in Vietnam that are decided on opening training majors by the competent authorities shall appoint the evaluation of training programs of professional intermediate level for other training institutions if they meet the following conditions:

- Having at least 5 tenured teachers with university degrees or higher in accordance with the major registered for opening, in which there is at least one teacher with master degree or higher;

- Implementing to train the professional intermediate level of the major need to be evaluated and having at least 3 courses of students of the major need to be evaluated have graduated;

- Having no violation in the process of self-evaluation of training programs or evaluation of training programs for other training institutions;

- Having no violation of current regulations on enrollment, organization, and management of training and other relevant provisions of law for a period of three consecutive years to the date of being appointed the evaluation of training program of the professional intermediate level for the training institutions with the major registered for opening.

3. Process for evaluation of training programs

- Before filing dossiers to register for opening a training major, the training institutions send an official dispatch to the agencies that are competent to decide on opening the major to propose for self-assessment of training program (Appendix VII) or request the competent agencies to appoint an reputed training institution for appraising the training program. Within a period of not more than 5 working days after receiving the written request of the training institutions on permitting them to self-evaluate training program or appointing an reputed training institution to evaluate, the agencies that are competent to decide on opening the major must send written reply.

Where the majors need to be appraised are not in the list of branches issued by the Ministry of Education and Training or within the jurisdiction of the ministries, branches and localities, there is no any training institution that is eligible in accordance with provisions for evaluation of the training programs of the major registered for opening and other special cases, the competent agency deciding on opening the major sends a written request to the Ministry of Education and Training for single settlement.

- After receiving the opinions of the competent authorities for permission to self-evaluate training program or appointing a reputed training institution to evaluate training programs, the training institutions conduct to perform the following tasks:

• If the training institutions are allowed to self-organize the evaluation of training programs, heads of the training institutions make the decisions to establish the Appraisal Council and organize the appraisal Council meetings to appraise the training programs of their institutions.

• If the training institutions are not allowed to self-organize the evaluation of training programs, after receiving the opinions of the competent authorities decided on opening the major, the training institutions send the training programs to the training institutions appointed by the competent agency for the appraisal. Heads of training institutions that were appointed to appraise shall make decisions on establishment of appraisal council and organize the appraisal Council meetings on the training programs for a period of not more than 20 working days from the date the competent agencies decided on opening the majors send official dispatches to appoint the training institutions to conduct the function of evaluation and have received training programs of the training institutions requesting for evaluation.

• Composition of the appraisal council, content, and method to conduct the meetings of the appraisal Council shall comply with regulations on evaluation of current vocational education programs. After evaluation of training programs has been completed, heads of the training institutions doing appraisal confirm in the minutes of the appraisal Council (Appendix VI) and in the training programs.

• For the training programs solved by the single case, the training institutions shall send the training programs to the Ministry of Education and Training. Within a period of not more than 20 working days after receiving written reply from the competent agency on the decision on opening the majors and programs of training institutions, the Ministry of Education and Training shall issue a written reply.

4. Funding to evaluate training programs shall be paid by training institutions registered for opening the training majors in accordance with current regulations.

More details can be found in Circular 52/2011/TT-BGDDT, which comes into force from December 26, 2011.

Thuy Tram

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