VietNamNet Bridge - Non-state universities are concerned that they will not find students once the new enrollment policy is applied. It allows schools to apply many different methods to enroll students, and has no floor mark for junior colleges.

 

Under the draft enrolment policy for 2016 opened for public opinion, which MOET says aims to give higher autonomy to universities, schools can enroll students based on high school finals, high school learning records and GPA (grade point average). 

A series of state-owned schools have announced they will enroll students based on high school learning records for certain training majors.

The Maritime University, for example, plans to enroll 20 percent of its students based on learning records. The method would be applied to several navigation training majors.

A series of state-owned schools have announced they will enroll students based on high school learning records for certain training majors.

The Forestry University and Hue University also have considered enrolling students this way for some majors.

Non-state universities, which always need students, are concerned about the new policy.

Dang Ung Van, president of Hoa Binh University, said the school could only find enough students last year after four enrolment campaigns. 

If state-owned schools also receive students based on their learning records this year, non-state schools would have fewer students to enroll.

In principle, state-owned schools are ‘choosier’ in admitting students. Most of them only accept students who have high scores at high school finals and pass the university entrance tests or interviews.

Meanwhile, non-state schools, which are less prestigious, set easier requirements on students. The schools just consider students’ school reports to decide whether to accept students.

Now if state-owned schools also lower their requirements on students and enroll students based on school reports, non-state schools would not be able to scramble for students with state-owned schools.

“If MOET allows state-owned schools to enroll students based on students’ learning reports, it would ‘block’ the student resource for us, non-state schools,” Van said on Hai Quan.

“We are afraid that the source of students would be exhausted this year like in 2015,” he complained.

Vu Phan, vice president of Phuong Dong University, also fears that there would not be many students for non-state schools to enroll.

“A lot of schools, especially people-founded and less prestigious schools, would fall into big difficulties as they have no students to enroll,” he said.

Phuong Dong University last year enrolled 78 percent of its students based on learning records.

Phan noted that the students have weaker learning capability than the students who apply with high exam results from high school finals.

Van said on Tien Phong: “The students admitted to the school based on learning records prove to be weaker than others.”


Thanh Mai