Vietnam needs better integrated higher education
Vietnam needs a better integrated complex higher education system to improve training quality, a foreign education expert has suggested.
The Hanoitimes - Vietnam needs a better integrated complex higher education system to improve training quality, a foreign education expert has suggested.
At a workshop held in
A single coordinating body, he said, should take responsibility for implementing national priorities approved by the State for the higher education system.
The higher education sector has been expanding rapidly. From 2001 to 2011, there were on average eight new universities and twelve new colleges founded each year, and the enrollment increased from 162 students per 10,000 persons in 2001 to 251 students per 10,000 persons in 2011.
The growth is expected to rise to more than 400 students per 10,000 persons by 2020.
Hayden noted that
Authority for decision-making in
The government has responsibility for the two national universities.
The Ministry of Training and Education has responsibility for another 54 public universities and colleges, while 13 other ministries, together with many State agencies and provincial governments have responsibilities for another 250 public universities and colleges.
Hayden said the dispersal of authority within the system severely limited its capacity to make progress in a coordinated manner, leading to problems in implementing system-wide policies.
New accountability processes should also be deployed, he suggested, adding that line-management control by ministries and other State instrumentalities were significant impediments to accountability.
Organised by the Vietnam National University-HCM City's Development Fund in co-operation with the International Education Institute, the workshop was attended by many domestic and foreign educational experts.
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