The autonomy mechanism among universities in Vietnam has offered more room for these higher education institutes to better satisfy the demands of the market, but there raises a need for a master plan on university autonomy. These are opinions of participants in the conference on university autonomy in 2022, held by the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) yesterday.
The Ministry of Education and Training said that after the government allowed universities to have more autonomy, lecturers’ average income has increased by 20.8 percent.
Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCMC) has identified its mission from 2021-2025 with a vision to 2030 as a pioneer in management mechanism reform to follow the model of institute autonomy in higher education or university autonomy. This model is expected to boost the performance of university governance and encourage innovation. SGGP Newspaper has conducted an interview with Associate Prof. Dr. Vu Hai Quan – Director of VNU-HCMC about this matter.
Many legislators have voiced their support for university autonomy while talking to the press on the sidelines of the sixth session of the 14th National Assembly.
Capacity building for teachers is crucial to educational reforms, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the meeting of the National Committee for Education Reforms and the National Council of Education and Human Resources Development from 2016 – 2020 on May 29.
HA NOI (VNS) — Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung yesterday urged the education sector to accelerate granting autonomy to State-run universities, a move he described would be a breakthrough in improving tertiary education quality.
