Two-thirds of universities and collegeshad started making changes to meet the Government's tertiary educationreform target by 2012, Tran Quang Quy, Deputy Minister of Education andTraining told an online conference on May 17.
The HCM City University of Technical Education, for example, willreduce the number of credits for four-year courses to 140-150 from thecurrent 185.
Associate Professor Dr Thai Ba Can, the university rector, said thecredit point reduction would bring the university in line withinternational practices.
Over the next three years, the university would adopt policies toattract Ph.Ds and Overseas Vietnamese scientists and visiting professorsfrom famous foreign universities, Can said.
The university's lecturers and management staff would be able toattend training programmes in Vietnam and abroad, he said.
Can said the university also aimed to improve its laboratories,libraries, and other facilities over the next three years.
Many universities and colleges throughout the country have set upstanding boards responsible for drafting reforms in management,educational training and strategies for development until 2015.
Moreover, they have set up and announced output standards for studentson their websites.
Students and experts have been invited to many seminars and workshopsfor their input on tertiary education reform by 2012.
Many commented on inefficient State spending on education, loweringtuition fees, poor and outdated facilities, a shortage of teachingcurricula and lecturers and low salaries.
They said that the State should develop better investment policies,issue new tuition fees and set higher salaries for lecturers to givethem better security and help them focus on teaching and research.
Moreover, the ministry should tighten up enrolment quotas, implementbetter monitoring of quotas and impose tougher punishments if quotasaren't followed.
Students at the seminars have called on universities and colleges tobuild more student dormitories, so they can be more secure and focus onlearning.
According to Quy, the ministry has been co-operating with the Ministryof Construction, and the People's Committees of Hanoi and HCM City, where there are large numbers of students from provinces, toimplement dormitory construction projects to house nearly 200,000students by 2011 and ensure 60 per cent of students have accommodationsby 2015.
Additionally, they have made a plan to build a network of universitiesand colleges for Hanoi and HCM City and areas around bothcities by 2010, he said.
At the conference, the ministry also asked universities and collegesto boost their teaching curricula by 2012, Quy added./.
The HCM City University of Technical Education, for example, willreduce the number of credits for four-year courses to 140-150 from thecurrent 185.
Associate Professor Dr Thai Ba Can, the university rector, said thecredit point reduction would bring the university in line withinternational practices.
Over the next three years, the university would adopt policies toattract Ph.Ds and Overseas Vietnamese scientists and visiting professorsfrom famous foreign universities, Can said.
The university's lecturers and management staff would be able toattend training programmes in Vietnam and abroad, he said.
Can said the university also aimed to improve its laboratories,libraries, and other facilities over the next three years.
Many universities and colleges throughout the country have set upstanding boards responsible for drafting reforms in management,educational training and strategies for development until 2015.
Moreover, they have set up and announced output standards for studentson their websites.
Students and experts have been invited to many seminars and workshopsfor their input on tertiary education reform by 2012.
Many commented on inefficient State spending on education, loweringtuition fees, poor and outdated facilities, a shortage of teachingcurricula and lecturers and low salaries.
They said that the State should develop better investment policies,issue new tuition fees and set higher salaries for lecturers to givethem better security and help them focus on teaching and research.
Moreover, the ministry should tighten up enrolment quotas, implementbetter monitoring of quotas and impose tougher punishments if quotasaren't followed.
Students at the seminars have called on universities and colleges tobuild more student dormitories, so they can be more secure and focus onlearning.
According to Quy, the ministry has been co-operating with the Ministryof Construction, and the People's Committees of Hanoi and HCM City, where there are large numbers of students from provinces, toimplement dormitory construction projects to house nearly 200,000students by 2011 and ensure 60 per cent of students have accommodationsby 2015.
Additionally, they have made a plan to build a network of universitiesand colleges for Hanoi and HCM City and areas around bothcities by 2010, he said.
At the conference, the ministry also asked universities and collegesto boost their teaching curricula by 2012, Quy added./.
