The Ministry of Education and Training must definitely 'manage' doctoral training.

Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee on Culture and Society, Mr. Nguyen Dac Vinh, emphasized that the Ministry of Education and Training must definitely "manage" doctoral training and training in the fields of pedagogy, medicine, and law.

Chairman of the National Assembly 's Committee for Culture and Society, Mr. Nguyen Dac Vinh speaks at the meeting - Photo: MOET

On May 25, the Ministry of Education and Training coordinated with the Standing Committee of the National Assembly's Committee on Culture and Social Affairs to hold a meeting to review and provide comments on the draft law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Education; and to provide policy consultation on the draft Law on Higher Education (amended) and the Law on Vocational Education (amended).

"Making three laws in one session of the National Assembly is a miracle"

Regarding the regulations on the nationaleducation system in the Law on Education, Chairman of the Committee for Culture and Society Nguyen Dac Vinh said that it is necessary to clearly separate the "two axes" including levels of knowledge and vocational skills, corresponding to which is the system of diplomas and certificates.

Mr. Vinh also proposed clarifying the content of regulations on universal education and compulsory education; having appropriate regulations on textbooks and local educational materials.

Regarding the policies in the draft Law on Higher Education (amended), Mr. Vinh emphasized that the Ministry of Education and Training must definitely “manage” the training of doctoral degrees and training in the fields of pedagogy, medicine, and law. At the same time, the draft law must have a mechanism for investment in higher education institutions.

“Autonomy is the empowerment of training, organization, and finance. Autonomy does not mean not receiving investment from the budget,” said Mr. Vinh.

At the meeting, Vice Chairwoman of the Committee for Culture and Social Affairs Nguyen Thi Hoa Mai affirmed that "making three laws in one session of the National Assembly is a miracle".

She noted that the amendment of three draft laws (Law on Education, Law on Higher Education, Law on Vocational Education) needs to ensure consistency, synchronization and conformity with a number of draft laws to be passed at the ongoing 9th session of the 15th National Assembly.

Ms. Hoa also suggested that the amendment of laws should remove difficulties and obstacles in training some specific professions in the fields of health, arts, and sports; the issue of interconnectivity in education; the equivalence of degrees between training programs (training of specialist doctors I, II with training of masters and doctors)...

The governance model within National Universities and regional universities needs to change.

Speaking at the meeting, Minister Nguyen Kim Son affirmed that the amendment of the Law on Education, the Law on Higher Education and the Law on Vocational Education must aim to innovate the entire system, ensuring harmony, smoothness and synchronization for more effective, coherent, modern and easy-to-implement operation.

Minister Nguyen Kim Son speaks at the meeting - Photo: MOET

According to the Minister, in amending the three laws, the most important keyword is “increasing quality”. “Amending the laws to let go of what needs to be let go, and grasp what needs to be grasped. Let go of many things but hold on to some things firmly so that the management system is simpler but more effective and efficient”, the Minister emphasized.

Referring to the regulations on the national education system, the Minister said that it is necessary to accept a more diverse system than before. "Why not have a kindergarten in the National University?", raising this issue, Minister Nguyen Kim Son said that the more important thing is that each "entity" in an educational institution must meet quality requirements.

In addition, the draft laws must also aim to eliminate administrative boundaries in enrollment and training. Accordingly, from the 2026-2027 school year, the education sector will conduct enrollment at the primary level of general education without administrative boundaries.

Referring to a content that attracted many discussions in the draft Law on Vocational Education (amended), which is the vocational high school model, the Minister affirmed that this is a deep integration between high school culture and vocational skills.

Regarding higher education, the Minister said that in the next 10 years, Vietnamese higher education must develop rapidly, invest heavily, and have high leadership.

Regarding the model of National University and regional university, Minister Nguyen Kim Son used the example of the effectiveness and regional leadership of Thai Nguyen University to affirm the reasonable existence of this model but also emphasized the requirement that "the internal governance model needs to change".

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