National Assembly Deputies Say Many Schools Race to Grab Candidates, Minister of Education and Training Asks for 'Evidence'

Speaking at the National Assembly this afternoon (June 19), delegate Pham Van Hoa ( Dong Thap delegation) said that every year, non-public universities compete to increase their enrollment quotas to attract more students for revenue, without paying attention to the quality of training. This has caused many graduates to be unable to find jobs, and have to leave their majors, even after graduation.

Delegates asked the Minister of Education and Training to point out the cause and how to overcome this situation, ensuring that students have stable jobs after graduation.

Delegate Pham Van Hoa (Dong Thap Delegation) spoke this afternoon.

Responding to the question, Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son asked delegate Hoa to state the content he mentioned in the question "where did you quote from", because when giving data, it is necessary to identify who compiled the statistics and which source. "Otherwise, non-public universities will feel very sorry for themselves", the Minister said, adding that some non-public universities have a situation of massive enrollment, but there are also universities that have entered the top 1,000 in the world .

In carrying out its State management responsibilities, the Ministry has imposed administrative penalties on a number of schools that enroll students beyond their quotas. Currently, quotas are calculated based on training capacity. If they exceed capacity, the sanctions will be severe. Schools that have announced their enrollment within their training capacity will be warned to make adjustments.

Minister Nguyen Kim Son emphasized that schools should "not be encouraged" to pursue quantity but should ensure quality, both public and private schools. The Minister said that it is necessary to create conditions for non-public schools to be equal and develop, but the quality requirements must be strict and rigorous to ensure that students have good jobs.

Spending on highereducation has been declining for the past 10 years.

Delegate Nguyen Truong Giang (Dak Nong Delegation) cited data that the budget expenditure for higher education in 2012 was 19,000 billion VND, equivalent to 0.43% of GDP, but by 2022 it had decreased to more than 10,000 billion VND, accounting for 0.11% of GDP and 3.4% of total state budget expenditure. Meanwhile, the average expenditure in countries in the region and around the world is 18-20%.

"Minister, please tell us the reason why the budget for higher education has decreased over the past 10 years, and what solutions and recommendations does the Minister have?" Mr. Giang questioned.

Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son answers questions.

Responding to questions, Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son admitted that in fact, the budget for higher education has been adjusted and changed to decrease over the past 10 years. The reason is that in the past 10 years, the trend of university autonomy has been strongly implemented, including schools with partial autonomy, schools with full autonomy in regular expenditures, and schools with autonomy in investment expenditures. Every time a school's autonomy plan is approved, the financial sector cuts off funding to support regular expenditures.

This has led to an increase in the number of autonomous schools over the past 10 years, while state support has gradually decreased. This reality has caused many difficulties for schools, especially in terms of developing the quality of education, teaching staff and facilities.

The Party and State's policy also recognizes that allowing schools to be autonomous and financially self-sufficient also has shortcomings. Therefore, recent directives of the Party and State have also assigned the Ministry of Education and Training to coordinate with the Ministry of Finance to consider and adjust financial factors in university autonomy so that schools have a very high level of autonomy but still have the support and leading nature of the State in education and training.

Ha Cuong

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