In education and training, shortcomings have been identified, including an overemphasis on formality, low quality, and training that is not aligned with practical needs; leading to a situation where graduates are unable to find employment, or many highly qualified individuals end up working in unrelated fields.
Regarding the issue of formalism, "It can be said that we have a system of racing to establish universities, which is seen as a criterion for ranking provinces. This has led many places to hastily assemble criteria to transform colleges into universities," the Deputy Prime Minister pointed out, adding that the program must address the reality of "racing to establish universities."
One of the goals is to have universities ranked among the world's top. But how to achieve that goal, and in a substantive way, is crucial. According to the Standing Deputy Prime Minister, the Politburo did not set a target of building 100 or 200 universities. Instead, the focus should be on rebuilding the criteria for universities to meet standards. Universities that do not meet the standards will merge or dissolve themselves. The criteria will clearly define the number of professors and PhDs, and the fields of study.
To improve the quality of universities, the Resolution also advocates prohibiting non-specialized universities from training in certain fields. For example, only medical schools will be allowed to train doctors. Similarly, currently, Vietnam has over 90 law faculties in non-specialized universities, so in the future, these universities will not be allowed to train law graduates, but only to teach law as an adjunct subject.
The issue of postgraduate quality is also being addressed, aiming to overcome the situation where professors hold multiple positions, registering at 9-10 universities but not attending classes for an entire year, thus failing to genuinely participate in teaching and resulting in inaccurate numbers.
Diagnosing the problems in education and training in general, and the higher education system in particular, as described above is very accurate, enabling the Government to develop a National Target Program to report to the National Assembly . The aim is to take concrete and decisive actions to rectify the situation, allocate resources, and focus on key issues, policies, and major, core programs and projects. After a period of widespread university expansion, we need to frankly acknowledge the shortcomings and existing problems.
As the Deputy Prime Minister clearly stated: "The university system is currently considered the weakest point and needs to be addressed." To genuinely improve the quality of universities, we must increase the number of schools that meet quality standards so that graduates can meet practical needs and possess the knowledge, awareness, and skills required for jobs as society expects.
This is not only a step towards developing high-quality human resources, one of the three identified strategic breakthroughs; but also an extremely good and useful solution for the learners themselves, enabling them to develop themselves and then contribute to their families, communities, society, and the country.
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