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THE
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING
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SOCIALIST
REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No:
49/2002/QD-BGDDT
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Hanoi,
December 05, 2002
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DECISION
PROMULGATING THE PROVISIONAL REGULATION ON JOB-TRAINING -
INTERMEDIATE VOCATIONAL- TERTIARY ACCREDITATION
THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Pursuant to the Government’ s Decree
No.86/2002/ND-CP of November 05, 2002 defining the functions, tasks, powers and
organizational structures of the ministries and ministerial-level agencies;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No.29/CP of March 30, 1994 on the tasks,
powers and organizational apparatus of the Ministry of Education and Training;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No.43/2000/ND-CP of August 30, 2000
detailing and guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the
Education Law;
At the proposals of the directors of the Department for Universities and the
Department for Intermediate Vocational Training and Job-Training,
DECIDES
Article 1.- To
promulgate together with this Decision the Provisional Regulation on
Job-Training- Intermediate Vocational- Tertiary Accreditation.
Article 2.- This
Decision takes effect 15 days after its signing.
Article 3.- The
directors of the Office, the Department for Universities, the Department for
Intermediate Vocational Training and Job Training, the Department for Planning
and Finance and the principals of relevant schools shall have to implement this
Decision.
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MINISTER OF EDUCATION AND
TRAINING
Nguyen Minh Hien
PROVISIONAL REGULATION
ON JOB TRAINING- INTERMEDIATE VOCATIONAL- TERTIARY
ACCREDITATION
(Issued together with Decision No. 49/2002/QD-BGDDT of December 5, 2002 of
the Minister of Education and Training)
Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1.- Concepts
and purposes
1. Accreditation means a training process which
allows the recognition and transfer of study and training results of trainees
from one level to one or several other levels or in other branches of the same
level within the educational and training system.
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Article 2.- Regulation
scope
This Regulation shall apply to schools which are
permitted by the Ministry of Education and Training to experiment the
accreditation.
Article 3.- Subjects
entitled to accreditation
1. Persons who have graduated from formal courses
of job-training schools, intermediate vocational schools and colleges, and wish
to further their studies.
2. Persons who have graduated from overseas
formal training courses at levels equivalent to the job-training, intermediate
vocational and college levels of Vietnam, which must be recognized by the
Ministry of Education and Training.
Article 4.- General
principles and conditions for conducting accreditation
1. Schools which are allowed to organize
accreditation must satisfy the conditions on the training quality.
2. The training programs must be elaborated on
the following principles:
- They are designed according to soft principles
and developed along the direction of inheritance and accumulation so as to
minimize the time for re-study of the knowledge and skills they have already
accumulated from other study levels.
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- The designed training programs must suit the
conditions on ensuring the training quality.
- At the experimental stage, the training
programs must be inscribed in accreditation agreements to be submitted to the
Ministry of Education and Training for approval.
3. The procedures to recruit trainees and
organize the training must ensure the principles of fairness, democracy and
publicity, creating equal opportunity for every people.
4. The accreditation disciplines and quotas
shall be approved annually by the Ministry of Education and Training on the
basis of personnel requirement of each economic branch and each locality as
well as the conditions on ensuring the training quality of schools.
5. The lists of accreditation disciplines must
ensure the consistency in program contents and belong to the list of the
training disciplines already titles and promulgated by the State.
Chapter 2
TASKS AND POWERS OF
SCHOOLS
Article 5.- Tasks of
schools engaged in accreditation
1. Schools which plan to experiment the
accreditation must complete all procedures prescribed in Article 11 of this
Regulation.
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3. Schools which organize the accreditation must
elaborate their training programs according to the requirements stated in
Clause 2 of Article 4.
4. To organize experimental accreditation
courses at the request of the Ministry of Education and Training.
5. To strictly observe other legal documents
relating to training (recruitment examinations, teaching, learning, evaluation
tests, tuition rates,…).
Article 6.- Powers of
the schools engaged in experimental accreditation
1. All job-training, intermediate vocational
training and tertiary education establishments within the national education
system are entitled to align with one another for accreditation on the
principles agreed upon under the regulations of the Ministry of Education and
Training.
2. The experimental accreditation quotas shall
be separately assigned by the Ministry of Education and Training and not
included in the training quotas for recruitment planning year.
Chapter 3
IMPLEMENTATION
ORGANIZATION AND EVALUATION SUPERVISION
Article 7.- Councils for
elaboration of accreditation programs
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Article 8.- The National
Accreditation Council
The Councils for branch accreditation at various
training levels on the national scale shall be decided under decisions of the
Minister of Education and Training. The organization and operation of these
Councils shall comply with the provisions in the Charter of the National
Accreditation Council, promulgated by the chairman of the Council.
Article 9.- The principles
for alignment and agreement in accreditation
1. The alignment between two schools for
accreditation must be recorded in a written agreement on the contents relating
to the accreditation. These contents shall include:
- The responsibility for elaboration and
organization of implementation of the training programs;
- The commitment to observe the Education and
Training Ministrys regulations on relevant matters;
- The framework agreement on matters of mutual
concern of the two parties and other cooperation plans related to training.
2. The recognition of the training quality
between the trainee- transferring school and the trainee-receiving school shall
be undertaken by the schools themselves. The relevant departments of the
Ministry of Education and Training shall have to join the training
establishments in supervising the quality of training programs, the process of
organizing the training and the issuance of training diplomas and certificates.
3. The training programs must strictly comply
with the contents inscribed in the agreements on accreditation cooperation.
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5. The trainee- receiving school and the
trainee- transferring school must regularly inform each other of matters
related to the accreditation agreement. Each of them must not alter at its own
will the agreed conditions without consultation with its partner.
6. A school may negotiate and sign accreditation
agreements with many schools. Each accreditation agreement is only valid for
the two schools which sign the agreement.
7. The negotiation and signing of an agreement
shall be effected by representatives authorized by two schools.
8. The accreditation agreement is compiled
according to set form issued together with this Decision and is an important
document in the dossier of application for accreditation.
9. For persons who have graduated from one
school and wish to continue with higher studies at another school while the
latter does not enter into accreditation cooperation with their school, they
must make their applications for recruitment registration, made according to
set form, with certification by the school where they studied, before sending
their dossiers to the accreditation schools.
10. For persons who have graduated from one
school which has dissolved or dropped the training in the disciplines which
they have graduated from, the trainee-receiving schools must organize
recruitment examinations as prescribed.
11. In case of necessity, trainees must take
compulsory supplementary training courses in order to acquire enough knowledge
for higher studies.
On the basis of the agreement reached with the
trainee- transferring school, the trainee-receiving school shall have to
organize such supplementary training courses.
Article 10.- Mutual
recognition of trainees study results between two schools in accreditation
agreement
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2. The recognition of training diplomas and
certificates of persons who have graduated from overseas training courses for
their entrance into colleges or universities in Vietnam must be based on the
equivalent in the training program contents, study results, training duration
and actual evaluation tests. The translations of diploma appellations and mark
sheets from foreign languages into Vietnamese must be notarized in Vietnam or
the originals thereof must be produced to the training establishments when so
requested.
3. Depending on the training process in each
school, trainees may have their study results recognized according to credits,
units, subject study programs and whole course results in order to enjoy
immunities.
4. If a school refuses to recognize the study
results of a trainee who has graduated from another school, it must make a
written reply, clearly stating the reasons therefor. The time limit for making
reply to the involved parties shall be one month as from the date of receiving
their requests.
Article 11.- Procedures
for experimental accreditation registration
1. Schools which plan to experiment the
accreditation must submit their dossiers to the Steering Committee for
Elaboration of Accreditation Program of the Ministry of Education and Training
after getting the approval from their managing agencies. Such a dossier shall
include:
- A report to the Ministry of Education and
Training with the proposal of the managing agency. The report must clearly
state the training discipline (confirming the training demand); the training
establishment; the organization of the training process; the alignment partner
(if any); the proposed training quotas; the recruitment criteria, forms and
conditions; tuition fees; conditions on ensuring training quality and
commitments to ensure quality.
- The accreditation agreement between the
parties.
- The training program.
- The training plan.
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3. The decisions officially replying the training
establishments shall be issued within 30 days as from the date of receiving
full dossiers as provided for in Clause 2 of this Article.
Article 12.- Organization
of experimental accreditation courses
1. The training duration shall be determined on
the basis of the training contents, methods of organizing the training,
teaching and practicing conditions to achieve the training objectives
(according to qualification standards). The duration for accreditation from the
intermediate vocational level to the collegial level shall not be less than one
year and six months and not exceed two years. The duration for accreditation
from the collegial level to the university level shall not be less than one
year and six months and not exceed two years.
2. The compulsory study subjects shall be
determined by the schools on the basis of the approved training programs.
3. In cases where it is necessary to organize
supplementary courses for persons who have passed the recruitment examinations
so as to enable them to further their study at higher levels, the schools shall
have to organize such courses before starting the accreditation. The duration
of a supplementary training course shall not exceed two months and not be
calculated into the accreditation duration prescribed in Clause 1 of this
Article.
4. The experimental accreditation must be
organized in form of formal concentrated training.
Article 13.- Management
of accreditation
1. The Department for Universities and the
Department for Intermediate Vocational Training and Job Training shall have to
manage the accreditation programs, guide and assist schools in developing the
training programs and supervise the implementation of regulations.
2. Each school shall assign a section with the
function to organize the alignment, draw up programs, determine accreditation
courses, advise and guide trainees, supervise, evaluate and report on the
implementation process.
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Dossiers related to accreditation should be uniformly
archived in order to serve the study, supervision, evaluation and inspection
when necessary. The to be archived dossiers shall include:
- Dossiers on preparation of accreditation
dossiers;
- The lecturing plan and roll-call books of the
lecturers;
- The book of monitoring of implementation of
funding and tuition fees of trainees and students;
- Semester examination results;
- Result books and diploma and
certificate-granting books.
Article 15.- Supervision
and evaluation
The schools must supervise the following
criteria:
- The number of trainees and students, who have
graduated, dropped out, repeated a class or been disciplined;
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- Adjustments in the training process regarding
the programs, organization of teaching and learning, actual evaluation tests;
- Necessary recommendations.
Article 16.- Reporting
regime
1. Once a year at the end of a school- year,
schools aligned in accreditation must send their reports on the implementation
of the accreditation programs according to the above evaluation criteria to
training partners, superior managing bodies and the Ministry of Education and
Training.
2. Apart from the evaluation figures, the report
contents must express the schools analyses of the training quality and
efficiency.
Chapter 4
RESPONSIBILITIES AND
RIGHTS OF TRAINEES
Article 17.-
Responsibilities of trainees
1. Trainees who wish to sit for accreditation
recruitment exams must fill in the exam registration papers and fully submit
dossiers and fees as required. In case of necessity, trainees must produce the
originals of their granted certificates or diplomas.
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3. When recruited, the trainees must pay tuition
fees according the general regulations of the State.
4. The trainees must abide by all other training
regulations.
Article 18.- Rights of
trainees
1. Trainees shall be recruited on the following
principle: Persons who graduated excellent shall be entitled to take a
recruitment exam immediately after their graduation. The exam results shall be
added with 1 to 2 points to be decided by the school principals. Persons who
graduated good shall be entitled to take a recruitment exam immediately after
their graduation; persons who graduated medium must have at least two years’
working experiences in their trained specialties so as to be able to take the
recruitment exams.
Trainees entitled to social policies shall be
given priority according to the current enrollment regulations issued by the
Ministry of Education and Training when they take the recruitment exams.
2. Trainees, before starting their training
courses at the transferring schools, must be provided with information on
compatible training courses, the pre-conditions, forms of examinations and
other requirements on which the receiving schools shall base to recruit
trainees.
3. Trainees may request the educational and
training establishments to supply educational facilities with quality as
announced.
Chapter 5
EXAMINATIONS, TESTS AND
GRADUATION RECOGNITION
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The examinations and tests must comply with the
current regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training, applicable to
formal training.
Article 20.- Graduation
recognition
1. The recognition of graduation shall comply
with the Regulation on organizing formal college and university training,
examinations, tests and graduation recognition, issued together with Decision
No. 04/1999/QD-BGD of February 11, 1999 of the Minister of Education and
Training.
2. Trainees who have graduated from formal
accreditation courses shall have their graduation diplomas written with such
formal training form. In accreditation, it is forbidden to change the diploma
appellation from informal training system to formal training system.
Article 21.- Non-recognition
of graduation
Graduation diplomas shall not be granted and
graduation shall not be recognized in the following cases:
1. The dossiers of registration for recruitment
are untruthful;
2. Trainees have failed to complete their
training programs;
3. The training establishments fail to abide by
the regulations on recruitment exams, fail to implement the training programs
and organize the training process as already registered with the Ministry of
Education and Training.
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MINISTER OF
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Nguyen Minh Hien