VietNamNet Bridge - Many schools are not capable of providing quality medical training, but they still received licenses from the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET).



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The Ha Nam Medical and Pharmaceutical Intermediate School (2-year training) is reportedly one of the most disreputable schools. 

After obtaining a license to open a branch in Dak Lak province in January 2013, the school began enrolling students to train physicians and nurses. It planned to 250 students in 2012-2013 and 1,200 students in 2015-2016.

However, despite the lack of teachers and the poor facilities, in May 2014, the school reported to the Dak Lak provincial Education and Training Department that in 2012-2013, it had enrolled 1,300 students. 

It also asked for permission to enroll 60 students for full-time university training (6-year training), including 50 general practitioners (GP) and 10 pharmacists.

The Dak Lak provincial Education and Training Department, provincial People’s Committee and MOET then granted the Tay Nguyen University an additional ‘quota’ of training 15 GPs, including five students from the Ha Nam Medical Intermediate School.

Later, the provincial People’s Committee allowed the Ha Nam Medical School to join forces with the Ha Thai Intermediate School to enroll 300 students for training to become preschool teachers. However, the joint training program failed as it could not enroll students. 

In October 2015, the brother of a student who was studying pharmacy at the Ha Nam Medical School’s branch in Dak Lak lodged a complaint to the provincial authorities reporting that the training quality of Ha Nam was too bad. He said teachers did not go to class, while students just copied the lesson plans given to them.

The Ha Nam Medical School’s branch in Ninh Thuan province was also found by the local authorities as making a lot of violations in training in the province, for which it has been told to stop enrollment since the 2015-2016 academic year.

The Buon Ma Thuot University was just upgraded from an intermediate school not a long time ago but has received a license to provide medical training.

A pharmacist in Buon Ma Thuot City, who has 30 years of experience in his work, said he could not imagine why the school has the right to train GPs and pharmacists.

“I don’t believe the school can produce good GPs and pharmacists,” he said. “It sets up very easy conditions on students, while these are difficult branches.” 

Professor Hoang Tu Hung, former vice president of the HCM City Medical and Pharmaceutical University, said a university in the Central Highlands recently invited him to work for the school.

“I was told that I would not have to work as lecturer, I just could ‘lend’ my name to the school,” he said.

Tien Phong