Evaluation criteria for accrediting organization accrediting the quality of higher education and preschool colleges in Vietnam

Evaluation criteria for accrediting organization accrediting the quality of higher education and preschool colleges in Vietnam

The evaluation criteria for accrediting organizations of higher education and pedagogical colleges in 13/2023/TT-BGDĐT are as follows:

(1) Standard 1: Organization and management

- Criterion 1.1: Education accrediting organizations ensure the maintenance of conditions for permitting education quality accreditation activities;

- Criterion 1.2: Vision, mission, strategy and culture of an education accreditation body are built, implemented, evaluated, and adjusted in accordance with the development goals of a legal entity with the main function of accrediting education quality;

- Criterion 1.3: Develop and issue internal documents to organize and implement education quality accreditation activities, including documents on: organization and operation; internal spending; functions and tasks of units under the education quality accreditation organization; management and use of officials and employees; evaluation and recognition of educational institutions and training programs meeting quality standards;

- Criterion 1.4: Develop and issue internal documents to organize the management of auditors to ensure independence, objectiveness, honesty, and non-conflict of interests with related parties, including:

++ Code of ethics for inspectors;

++ Regulations on the assessment of auditors;

++ Regulations on the explanation and settlement of citizens' complaints and recommendations about the accreditors or the results of education quality accreditation activities;

+ Criterion 1.5: Report to the Ministry of Education and Training according to regulations; implement the quality improvement of the education quality accreditation organization to meet the requirements and satisfaction of the stakeholders;

+ Criterion 1.6: Every year, actively participate and contribute to the Ministry of Education and Training in formulating, supplementing, perfecting, and implementing policies on the development of higher education and pedagogical colleges, policies on quality assurance, and education quality accreditation.

(2) Standard 2: Leadership team, accreditors, education quality accreditation council…

(3) Standard 3: Facilities, equipment…

(4) Standard 4: Educational accreditation activities…

(5) Standard 5: Publicity and transparency of operations…

More details regarding the standards can be found in 13/2023/TT-BGDĐT.

Cycle and process of evaluating the quality accreditation organizations of higher education and preschool colleges in Vietnam

Specifically, the cycle and process of evaluating the quality accreditation organization of higher education and preschool colleges are as follows:

- Evaluation cycle:

+ The evaluation cycle of the domestic education accrediting organization is 05 years, which is carried out before the expiration of the operation license of the education quality accreditation organization;

+ The evaluation cycle of foreign education accrediting organizations operating in Vietnam according to the time limit specified in the decision on recognition of education quality accreditation activities in Vietnam.

- Evaluation process:

+ Self-assessment of education quality accreditation organizations;

+ Evaluation of the educational quality accreditation organization of the Ministry of Education and Training.

More details can be found in Circular 13/2023/TT-BGDĐT, effective as of August 11, 2023.

>> CLICK HERE TO READ THIS ARTICLE IN VIETNAMESE