The Ministry of Education and Training abolishes regulations on high-quality university-level training.

According to the Ministry of Education and Training , the Ministry has just issued Circular 11/2023/TT-BGDĐT (Circular 11) abolishing Circular 23/2014/TT-BGDĐT dated July 18, 2014 (Circular 23) regulating high-quality university-level training.

Courses that enrolled students before December 1, 2023 (the effective date of Circular 11) will continue to be organized and taught until the end of the course, in accordance with the regulations in Circular 23.

The Ministry of Education and Training abolishes regulations on high-quality university-level training (Figure 1). — The Ministry abolishes regulations on high-quality programs in universities (photo source: National University).

The repeal of Circular No. 23/2014/TT-BGDĐT is necessary and consistent with the provisions of the 2018 Higher Education Law. Specifically, as follows:

Clause 6, Article 65 of the 2012 Law on Higher Education stipulates: “The Minister of Education and Training shall prescribe the criteria for determining high-quality training programs; and shall be responsible for managing and supervising tuition fees commensurate with the quality of training.”

However, according to the provisions of the 2018 Higher Education Law, the concept of high-quality training programs no longer exists. The development of different types of training programs is under the autonomy of higher education institutions, ensuring compliance with the regulations on training program standards for all levels of higher education as stipulated in Circular No. 17/2021/TT-BGDĐT dated June 22, 2021, of the Ministry of Education and Training.

The Ministry of Education and Training encourages higher education institutions to develop and implement training programs with higher entry and exit standards than those stipulated by the Ministry of Education and Training.

Higher education institutions are responsible for publicly and transparently disclosing information about the training programs they offer, making commitments to students regarding the quality of the program outcomes, and fulfilling their accountability responsibilities to stakeholders and society as a whole.

Therefore, the repeal of Circular 23 does not mean that higher education institutions will no longer be able to implement "high-quality programs".

This also does not affect the enrollment and training of various programs at higher education institutions.

Higher education institutions exercise autonomy in developing and implementing training programs, but regardless of their name, they must ensure compliance with regulations on training program standards, quality assurance from input, teaching and learning conditions, the training process to output, as well as other regulations related to training.

The development and implementation of "high-quality programs" (with higher requirements for learning outcomes and quality assurance conditions, etc.) falls under the autonomy of higher education institutions.

Regarding tuition fees, higher education institutions determine and implement them in accordance with the Government 's regulations in Decree No. 81/2021/ND-CP dated August 27, 2021.

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