Clearly define the responsibilities of the Ministry of Education and Training and the Ministry of Health in managing health training.

GD&TĐ - On the morning of December 4, the Standing Committee of the 15th National Assembly met to give opinions, explain, accept and revise a group of 5 draft laws and resolutions on Education.

Residency degree is not a doctorate or master's degree

According to the Government's report explaining, accepting and revising a number of articles of the Law on Higher Education (amended), some National Assembly deputies proposed to supplement the training program and recognize degrees for training in specialties I, II and resident doctors, and at the same time recognize the training types as postgraduate training programs in the national education system.

In response to the opinions of National Assembly delegates, the draft Law on Higher Education (amended) has been revised in the direction of: "The specialized postgraduate training program in the health field, granting the degree of resident physician and specialist physician, is managed by the Ministry of Health ".

To ensure the consistency of the national education system and qualifications, the Government stated that the qualifications of the residency, specialist I, and specialist II programs are not master's or doctoral degrees. These are specialized degrees related to specific medical professions, certifying professional competence managed by the Ministry of Health .

The meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee on the morning of December 4th gave opinions, explanations, and revisions to the group of 5 draft laws and resolutions on Education. Photo: National Assembly Portal.

The contents related to the conditions for studying, competency standards, training programs, assessment and granting of advanced degrees will be specified in detail by the Ministry of Health in sub-law documents to ensure feasibility, quality training, and suitability to the specific characteristics of the health sector. This regulation ensures a clear division of responsibilities between the Ministry of Education and Training and the Ministry of Health in managing health sector training.

The Ministry of Health is responsible for the professional content, competency standards and practice conditions of specialized postgraduate training programs. The Ministry of Education and Training implements unified management of the system of qualifications, university, master's and doctoral degrees and quality standards in higher education.

Strengthening the role of coordination

Mr. Nguyen Dac Vinh - Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee on Culture and Social Affairs exchanged opinions at the meeting. Photo: National Assembly Portal.

In its role as an examining body, the Standing Committee of the Culture and Social Affairs Committee approved the addition of the content "the higher education training system has a specific post-graduate program to grant specialized degrees and residency degrees managed by the Ministry of Health". This program provides specialized training associated with professional capacity development and is not considered equivalent to a master's or doctoral degree.

The Standing Committee also agreed to supplement the regulation that the Minister of Education and Training coordinates with the Ministry of Health to issue standards for higher education institutions to conduct training in health sectors, and regulations on approving training programs at the undergraduate, master's and doctoral levels in the health sector.

The Minister of Health approves and organizes the implementation of specialized postgraduate training programs in the health field to grant degrees of resident physician and specialist physician, and at the same time regulates the threshold to ensure the quality of input for teacher training majors and majors in the health field.

Mr. Hoang Thanh Tung - Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee on Law and Justice exchanged opinions at the meeting. Photo: National Assembly Portal.

Regarding the system of higher education institutions, some opinions said that the current regional university model with a two-level management mechanism increases the administrative intermediary layer, causing organizational inadequacies, so it is recommended to consider not maintaining or establishing this model. Some delegates suggested studying the restructuring of regional universities to ensure streamlined administration.

The Government explained that the assessment of the superiority of a university model needs to be viewed from many aspects, summarized and evaluated comprehensively. The Draft Law on Higher Education (amended) continues to stipulate the regional university model in Article 12 to carry out the mission of promoting regional linkages, pooling resources and supporting the socio-economic development of the region.

Through practical review, the Government found that this model has recently revealed limitations in organization and operation.

To overcome the shortcomings, the draft Law is designed to clearly define the mission, functions and strengthen the unity in internal management of the organization, operation, coordination mechanism, decentralization and use of resources of regional universities; at the same time, restructure and perfect the apparatus according to the roadmap, clearly identify the intermediate stage of regional universities to implement the process of reducing the number of focal points.

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