Organizational structure of an education accreditation organization in Vietnam

According to Article 12 of the Regulations on conditions for the foundation and dissolution, missions and rights of the education accreditation organization promulgated together with Circular No. 61/2012/TT-BGDĐT of the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam, the organizational structure of an education accreditation organization includes:

- Director, Vice Director and Council of education accreditation;

- Offices and professional divisions for the purpose of launching the operations of education accreditation.

The Director, Vice Director and member of the Council of education accreditation must achieve all standards for accreditors.

The Director of state-owned education accreditation organizations shall be appointed by the Minister of Education and Training. The Director of non state education accreditation organizations shall be appointed by the head of the founding organization or individual founder. The Director shall take legal responsibility for the operation of the education accreditation organization; carry out the duty to approve plans for education accreditation and the component of external board evaluation, decide whether education facilities or programs could be recognized as those meeting the education quality standard. The Director of the education accreditation organization shall decide to form the council of the education accreditation and professional divisions in pursuit of launching operations of the education accreditation organization.

The Council of the education accreditation shall shoulder the responsibility to inspect the education accreditation results and request the Director to recognize or not recognize education facilities and programs meeting the education quality standard.

- Components of the Council of the education accreditation consist of the chief of the education accreditation organization and professional divisions; some accreditors; representatives of relevant ministries, departments, education facilities, enterprises and occupational social organization. The member's quantity of the Council of the education accreditation shall be decided by the Director but it is required to be an odd number and there must be at least 9 members, in which:

+ The Chairperson of the Council shall be the Director or Vice Director authorized by the Director of education accreditation organization.

+ The Vice Chairperson of the Council shall be the Vice Director and chief of professional divisions of the education accreditation organization.

+ The term in office of the Council's member is 5 years; however; the member is not allowed to serve in the office for more than two continuous terms. Members of the Council who are representatives of relevant ministries, departments, education facilities and occupational social organizations shall not be allowed to serve in the Council if they are no longer holding the position in the agency they represent.

- The Council shall have secretaries (in which the Head Secretary is a member of the Council) founded by the Director of the education accreditation organization due to the proposal of the Chairperson of the Council.

View more provisions at Circular No. 61/2012/TT-BGDĐT of the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam, effective from February 15, 2013.

Le Vy

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