Van Hien University’s IT and hotel management majors in HCM City are awarded quality accreditation certificates by the Quality Management Department and Centre for Education Quality Accreditation at Da Nang University on April 5. (Photo courtesy of the university) HCMCity (VNS/VNA) - Universities nationwide are paying more attentionto educational quality accreditation and assurance from domestic andinternational organisations and centres.
The universities have set up educational quality assurance committees thatoffer teachers' guidance in training methodology and assessment to meetcriteria in quality accreditation.
According to Dr Dinh Thanh Viet, head of the educational quality assurancecommittee at Da Nang University, it is difficultfor university lecturers to change, but when they recognise theimportance and the benefits for students to receive qualityaccreditation, they are ready to do.
Rector of Ho Chi Minh City University of Education Huynh Van Son said that in2018 the university started a project on quality assurance andgovernance, which has improved management and training under thesponsorship of the Agence Universitaire de La Francophonie (AUF), asociety of universities offering training in French.
“The project has improved the awareness of university’s lecturers and managersabout quality assurance in training programmes and higher educationgovernance,” Son said.
The staff learned from experts from other universities in thecountry, he added.
As part of the project, the university developed a plan to improvethe professional capacity of lecturers. The universityheld training courses, including ones on establishing and operatinga quality assurance system.
Similar projects are also being carried out at the University of Medicine andPharmacy and the University of Social Sciences and Humanities under the VietnamNational University HCM City.
Dr Tu Minh Thien, rector of Van Hien University in HCM City, said theuniversity was accredited according to the Ministry of Education and Training’snew set of quality criteria in March last year.
On April 5, Van Hien University’s IT and hotel management majors in HCMCity were awarded a quality accreditation certificate from the QualityManagement Department and Centre for Education Quality Accreditation Centre atĐà Nẵng University.
These majors met the ministry’s 50 quality criteria. Each yearthey attract nearly 200-300 students each. Around 90 percent of theirgraduates receive jobs in IT and hotel management.
Thien said the university would continue registering accreditation forundergraduate and postgraduate majors such as English language, businessadministration and others, according to domestic and international standards.
Dr Le My Phong, deputy head of the Quality Management Department under theMinistry of Education and Training, said that quality accreditation was veryimportant for universities to affirm their training quality and consolidatetheir position in the country’s higher education system.
According to the ministry, 150 universities and 342 training programmesnationwide are accredited by domestic centres.
The universities include member universities of Vietnam National University - Hanoiand HCM City, Quy Nhon University, Vinh University, Hong Duc University, Van HienUniversity, and others.
Many universities such as member universities of Vietnam National University - Hanoiand HCM City, and Ton Duc Thang University in HCM City, have been accredited bythe ASEAN University Network and accreditation organisations in France andother countries./.
These majors met the ministry’s 50 quality criteria. Each yearthey attract nearly 200-300 students each. Around 90 percent of theirgraduates receive jobs in IT and hotel management.
Thien said the university would continue registering accreditation forundergraduate and postgraduate majors such as English language, businessadministration and others, according to domestic and international standards.
Dr Le My Phong, deputy head of the Quality Management Department under theMinistry of Education and Training, said that quality accreditation was veryimportant for universities to affirm their training quality and consolidatetheir position in the country’s higher education system.
According to the ministry, 150 universities and 342 training programmesnationwide are accredited by domestic centres.
The universities include member universities of Vietnam National University - Hanoiand HCM City, Quy Nhon University, Vinh University, Hong Duc University, Van HienUniversity, and others.
Many universities such as member universities of Vietnam National University - Hanoiand HCM City, and Ton Duc Thang University in HCM City, have been accredited bythe ASEAN University Network and accreditation organisations in France andother countries./.
VNA
