University degrees will not distinguish between full-time and part-time.

The form of training at universities will change into centralized and decentralized training, not formal training and continuing training as before.

The training form will also not be recorded on the diploma as currently regulated based on the same program standards, teacher standards and output standards of the two training forms.

This is one of the notable new points in the regulations on training forms as well as degrees of higher education proposed in the draft revised Law on Higher Education which is being announced by the Ministry of Education and Training for comments before submitting to the Government.

Specifically, Clause 2, Article 6 stipulates that the training levels and forms of higher education are implemented in two forms: centralized training and decentralized training.

The Minister of Education and Training prescribes the conditions for implementing training forms.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Kim Phung spoke to the press on the afternoon of November 24. Photo: Thanh Hung.

Meanwhile, according to the current Law on Higher Education, the training levels of higher education are divided into two forms: formal education and continuing education.

In Article 38, regulations on university degrees, the new draft adds the provision: "The Minister of Education and Training shall uniformly prescribe the main contents recorded on the degree and attached appendix".

The current Law on Higher Education only stipulates: "The Minister of Education and Training prescribes the form of university diplomas".

Speaking to the press on the afternoon of November 24, Ms. Nguyen Thi Kim Phung, Director of the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education and Training, said that distinguishing between formal training and continuing training creates the feeling that "different quality levels are declared in the training form itself."

Therefore, the new draft has proposed two forms: centralized and non-centralized, to talk about the form of training, which subjects are trained in the centralized form, and which subjects are trained in the non-centralized form.

Accordingly, training in the form of work-study or on-the-job training is a form of non-concentrated training. However, both concentrated and non-concentrated training are built on the same program standards, teacher standards, and output standards to grant a standard degree.

Besides, according to Ms. Phung, the training form will no longer be recorded on the diploma.

"We expect that training institutions, when concerned about the quality of their training, must be careful when issuing diplomas. All diplomas issued must meet standards because there is no distinction between part-time and full-time diplomas. This will be an affirmation to society about the quality of the school's training," said Ms. Phung.

Meanwhile, according to Circular No. 19/2015, the form of training (regular, regular) is one of the contents recorded on the diplomas of higher education institutions.

In response to concerns about negative impacts that may arise when diplomas no longer distinguish between formal and part-time training as before, Ms. Phung said that once negative impacts arise, first of all, students will disagree and fight because their diplomas are mixed with other diplomas that do not guarantee quality.

"On the state management side, we only do quality inspection. In the near future, the inspection of training programs will be promoted. Program inspection will be linked to the inspection of the organization and management of training for each program and the granting of degrees for that program," said Ms. Phung.

According to VNN