Objectives for promulgation of assessment standards of teacher training programs in Vietnam

Specifically, according to Article 3 of Circular No. 02/2020/TT-BGDĐT of the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam, objectives for promulgation of assessment standards of teacher training programs at college and post-secondary levels are as follows:

1. Schools shall self-evaluate all activities related to their training programs based on the assessment standards so as to enhance the quality of training programs and give proper explanations for the actual quality of each training program to competent authorities and the society.

2. Education accrediting organizations (hereinafter referred to as “accrediting organizations”) shall employ the assessment standards for peer assessment and granting of accreditation status to training programs.

3. Other organizations and individuals shall evaluate and give comments and social criticism on training programs of the schools they are interested in based on the assessment standards.

According to Clause 4 Article 2 of Circular No. 02/2020/TT-BGDĐT of the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam, “standard for assessment of training program quality” means the level of requirements in terms of contents and capacity that the training program must fulfill in order to be granted accreditation status. The name of each standard shall represent one or more than one important aspect of the training program that must be assessed.

Besides, this Circular stipulates that "assessment of training program quality” refers to collection and processing of data and drawing of conclusions based on assessment standards for all activities relating to a training program in a school, including objectives and expected learning outcomes; training program description; curriculum structure and contents; approaches to teaching and learning; admission and learner support; evaluation of learner performance; managers, lecturers, teachers and workers; facilities and equipment; quality assurance and enhancement; and actual learning outcomes.

View full text at Circular No. 02/2020/TT-BGDĐT of the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam, effective from March 23, 2020.

Le Hai

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