Duties and powers of the Quality Control Department under the Ministry of Education and Training in Vietnam

Duties and powers of the Quality Control Department under the Ministry of Education and Training in Vietnam (Internet image)

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1. Position and functions of the Quality Control Department under the Ministry of Education and Training in Vietnam

The Quality Control Department is a unit under the Ministry of Education and Training, performing the function of advising and assisting the Minister in state management of education quality assurance and accreditation; examination and assessment of educational quality; management of diplomas and certificates; Manage the implementation of public regulations for educational institutions within the management scope of the Ministry of Education and Training. Perform public services in assigned work areas according to regulations.

The Quality Control Department has legal status, has a seal, and is allowed to open accounts at the State Treasury and commercial banks according to the provisions of the law.

(Article 37 of Decision 4668/QD-BGDDT 2022)

2. Duties and powers of the Quality Control Department under the Ministry of Education and Training in Vietnam

The duties and powers of the Quality Control Department under the Ministry of Education and Training in Vietnam are specified in Article 38 of Decision 4668/QD-BGDDT 2022, including:

- Regarding education quality assurance and accreditation:

+ Preside over the development of regulatory documents and instructions and carry out inspection, supervision, and assessment of education quality assurance and accreditation according to the provisions of law; professional training and implementation of public services in ensuring and accrediting educational quality;

+ Preside over the appraisal of dossiers allowing operations and suspending educational quality accreditation activities for educational quality accreditation organizations. Guide, inspect, supervise, and evaluate the activities of educational quality accreditation organizations and accreditor training and fostering establishments; inspect inspectors; issue and revoke inspector cards; inspect and supervise the activities of inspectors;

+ Appraise documents and recognize the activities of foreign educational quality accreditation organizations in Vietnam. Publicize the list of domestic and foreign education quality accreditation organizations legally operating in Vietnam and the results of education quality accreditation;

+ Coordinate to develop educational facility standards and training program standards and participate in testing and evaluation according to the Vietnam National Qualifications Framework;

+ Monitor and advise on the ranking of higher education institutions according to domestic and international rankings.

- Regarding examinations and assessments of educational quality:

+ Develop exam regulations and guide the implementation of exam regulations in organizing exams, including: High school graduation exam; National contest to select excellent students in cultural subjects for high school students; foreign language competency assessment test according to the 6-level foreign language competency framework for Vietnam; Vietnamese language proficiency test according to the Vietnamese Language Competency Framework for foreigners; Examination for information technology application certification. Monitor, supervise, inspect, and evaluate the implementation of exam regulations in the organization of exams at educational institutions. Training national teams and organizing delegations to participate in regional and international Olympic competitions every year;

+ Build and develop a bank of exam questions to serve as the exam questions for the annual high school graduation exam; organize exam questions for the high school graduation exam and the national exam to select excellent students in cultural subjects for high school students;

+ Organize and implement national and international education quality assessment programs;

+ Conduct professional training in building exam question banks, exam organization, and assessment of educational quality;

+ Implement public services on: building and developing exam question banks; organizing exams and evaluating educational quality; organizing examinations and specialized capacity assessments for domestic educational institutions in need; Exploit and use exam results and assess educational quality to improve the quality of education for organizations and individuals in need.

- Regarding the management of diplomas and certificates:

+ Develop regulations and instructions; inspect the management of diplomas and certificates within the management scope of the Ministry of Education and Training;

+ Develop agreements on diploma equivalence or mutual recognition of diplomas with countries and international organizations; regulate and implement public services on recognition and authentication of diplomas issued by foreign educational institutions for use in Vietnam;

+ Advise on promulgating regulations and instructions; inspecting the implementation of regulations on responsibilities and authority to grant diplomas of Vietnamese higher education institutions when training with foreign higher education institutions; regulating the responsibilities of foreign-invested higher education institutions to grant higher education degrees in Vietnam;

+ Manage cooperation in organizing foreign language certification exams in Vietnam; advise on promulgating unified regulations on the recognition of foreign language proficiency certificates in Vietnam;

+ Manage and implement public services for providing blank diplomas and certificates and public services for diploma and certificate information.

- Manage, monitor, inspect, and supervise the implementation of public regulations for educational institutions within the management scope of the Ministry of Education and Training.

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