VietNamNet Bridge - In order to increase revenue, universities are expanding their training scale, receiving as many students as possible and lowering requirements on students.

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Hoang Ngoc Vinh, in an article on Nguoi Lao Dong, commented that schools have lowered requirements on admission, are easier in student assessment and management, cut budgets on experiments and practice hours and reduced investments in facilities. 

He commented that when the ratio of the number of students to one lecturer is high, schools have no other choice than to give lectures under the mode of presentation, mostly trying to provide theoretical knowledge to students.

An analyst said they not only provide full-time training, but also expand in-service training and other training modes. 

A local newspaper commented that in-service training courses are the ‘breadwinner ’ for schools. Schools have also offered more new majors to have the right to enroll more students.

In order to increase revenue, universities are expanding their training scale, receiving as many students as possible and lowering requirements on students.

Vinh said schools don’t consider students’ conditions when designing syllabuses to fit learners’ loads. Students under different training modes follow the same syllabuses, though they have different capability, conditions and spend different volumes of time on studying. Students of research-oriented schools and practically-oriented schools follow the same curricula.

The problem is blamed on the low education cost. Education Minister Phung Xuan Nha said at a conference on university education that the training cost in Vietnam is $500 per student per annum. The figures are $36,000 for private schools in the US and $16,000 for state owned schools.

Surveys have found that there is a relation between the curricula and the training quality. The schools which use curricula designed by developed countries seem to see training quality improve significantly.

In fact, the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has made a series of decisions in an effort to improve higher education quality. Schools have been requested to announce the standards for graduates. 

Most schools have made commitments on quality of their students. Schools make commitments that are not followed through and don’t have much significance in reality.

Vinh commented that the committed standards for graduates of 80 percent of junior colleges and universities have some problems. 

In the latest news, MOET has opened for public opinion a draft circular on university training establishment accreditation. 
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