Vietnam: Conditions for reassessing the assessment result given by the external assessment commission

According to Article 21 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, within 10 working days from the day on which the external assessment report (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) and the request for the contract liquidation of the education quality assessment organization are received, the educational institution may request the education quality assessment organization to reassess the external assessment result upon the occurrence of the following issues:

+ The external assessment result makes the educational institution fail to satisfy the requirements as prescribed in Clause 4 Article 27 of this Regulation against the expectations of the educational institution;

+ The educational institution does not concur with part or the whole assessment report made by the external assessment commission.

- The commission that reassesses the assessment result given by the external assessment commission shall be established by the education quality assessment organization. The composition of this commission is similar to that of the external assessment commission. The members that participated in the external assessment commission at the educational institution may not join the reassessment commission.

- The reassessment commission shall examine the documents of the external assessment commission, consult with the members of the external assessment commission; carry out the survey at the educational institution, consult with the heads of the educational institution, the internal assessment panel, and make a report on the reassessment of the assessment result given by the external assessment commission.

- The reassessment result is considered the final conclusion of the education quality assessment organization about the educational institution. The educational institution must pay the cost of the reassessment of the assessment result given by the external assessment commission under the economic contract signed with the education quality assessment organization.

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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