Strategic plan for higher education development in vietnam (chiến lược phát triển giáo dục đại học việt nam

Strategic Plan for Higher Education Development in Vietnam Le Dong Phuong Vietnam Institute of Education Sciences VNIES... Development of Higher Education in Vietnam• Pre-colonial peri

Strategic Plan for

Higher Education

Development in

Vietnam

Le Dong Phuong Vietnam Institute of Education Sciences (VNIES)

Development of Higher Education in Vietnam

• Pre-colonial period

• Chinese education model

• No structured education system

• French colonial period (until 1945)

• Part of the education reform by the French administration

• Modern HE introduced to Vietnam

• Built up with normal school, public colleges up to Indochina University

• Gradual expansion of HE network throughout Vietnam

Development of Higher Education in Vietnam

• During war time periods (1945-1975)

• Different systems, different designs, serving different aims

• Very much elite

• No concrete plan for development

Development of Higher Education in Vietnam

• Before Đổi mới (1975-1990)

• Single systems, serving planned economy

• Very much elite

• Fully funded bachelor students

• Public sector employment enforced

• Advanced degree programs mostly relied on other countries

Reform policies

• A new reform start (1990-2010)

• Expansion of enrolment meeting the needs of the population

• Diversification of revenues by higher education

First strategic plan

Government’s Resolution 14/2005/NQ-CP

• HE has developed, gained significant achievements

• Quality has improved gradually

• Development not-sustainable, not meeting the needs of

industrialization and learning needs of the population

• Poor management and academic administration

➢Modernization of HE

➢Separation of public administration and institutional management

First strategic plan

Government’s Resolution 14/2005/NQ-CP

• Comprehensive innovation of HE, focus on quality, quantity and

efficiency

• By 2020 reaching international advanced level

• Reorganization of the network with groupings suited to the context

• Development of research and application orientations in HE, ensuring articulation between levels/programs

• Quality development by assurance and accreditation, positions in the international rankings (1000 best universities)

• Expansion of HE enrolment

Strategic plan for education development 2010-2020

✓Enrollment has increased 2.35 times after 10 years, private

institutions has made significant contributions

✓Quality has improved

✓Lack of articulation

✓Quality falls behind requirements

✓Low quality and under-productive staff

➢Restructuring system of TVET and HE

➢HE shall meet the socioeconomic needs of the nation

Higher Education Law 2018

➢making the governance setup more flexible and devolving more managerial autonomy to the higher education institutions, especially those able to self- finance;

➢enhancing efficiency and equity in budget allocation;

➢fostering employer engagement in teaching and research; and

➢attracting and retaining quality faculty

Outcomes of reform efforts

Tertiary Education Gross Enrolment Rate in Vietnam and Selected Countries, 2000-2016

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

Outcomes of reform efforts

Access Rate to Tertiary Education by Expenditure Percentile (2006-2016)

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80

Outcomes of reform efforts

Distribution of the Vietnam Labor Force by Level of Education (projected until 2050)

Global University Rankings for Vietnam and

Comparators

# of universities in Top 1,000 Webometrics

# of universities in the Top

Research and Innovation Capacity and Output, Vietnam and Benchmarking Countries

Citable documents per 1 million

population H index # of patents per million pop Global Innovation Index rankings

Program on Quality Improvement for HE 2019

• State plays a stewardship role and creating an enabling regulatory framework for higher education development;

• Increase the diversification of income sources and make a more

efficient use of resources;

• Enhance internationalization and strengthen employer engagement;

• Ensure equity and competition among HEIs; and

• Strengthen quality assurance (QA), making QA conditions and

information accessible/transparent to learners and community for oversight

Future directions

• Provision of qualified manpower for the economy

• Readiness for knowledge economy, Industry 4.0

• Integration into global HE landscape

• Support for country’s innovation and prosperity

Provision of qualified manpower

for the economy

• Relevance of education

• Quality control from public authorities and quality assurance from institutions

• More autonomy and accountability to HEIs

• Support for disadvantaged groups, talents

• Pathways between TVET and HE, between programs

• Lifelong learning (e-learning and distance learning)

Readiness for knowledge economy,

Industry 4.0

• Capacity building for both teaching and research

• Linkages with research institutions and businesses

• More research, both basic and applied

• Application of advanced knowledge into real world

• Diversification of institutional organization

Integration into global HE landscape

• International Benchmarks

• Foreign languages in the education of new generations

• Academic exchange with universities in other countries

• Institutional governance

Support for country’s innovation and prosperity

• Services to the business

• Creation of knowledge for the benefit of the country

• Linkages with research and business

• A new reform agenda for HE is in plan as part of the new Strategic Plan for Education Development

• Lessons from other countries like ASEAN members of great benefits