National Assembly Delegate Phan Thanh Binh: If there is no autonomy, don't talk about educational reform.

National Assembly Delegate Phan Thanh Binh: University autonomy is difficult but must be done. If there is no autonomy, don't talk about education reform...

At the discussion session in groups of the 4th session of the 14th National Assembly on the morning of October 24 in Hanoi, Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee for Culture, Education, Youth and Children, National Assembly delegate Phan Thanh Binh of Ho Chi Minh City said: The reform of universities, exams and admissions should give more autonomy to universities in terms of admissions.

Universities have plans and submit them to higher authorities for approval, to suit the requirements, wishes of students and the capacity of the university, just like other countries are doing. It is necessary to build an autonomous mechanism in universities to improve the quality of training. However, there needs to be a roadmap and careful research, pilot implementation... Currently, autonomy in universities has the problem of difficult enrollment, especially in science and technology training schools...

Therefore, not all universities are autonomous, and mass autonomy is not advisable... University autonomy is difficult but must be done. If there is no autonomy, let alone educational reform. Human resources will not be of guaranteed quality, and the country will have difficulty developing because resources are the key factor in socio-economic development.

Mr. Phan Thanh Binh - Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee on Culture - Education - Youth, Adolescents and Children. Photo: Internet

Previously, the Ministry of Education and Training held a Conference to summarize the pilot innovation of operating mechanisms for public higher education institutions according to Resolution No. 77/NQ-CP dated October 24, 2014 of the Government for the period 2014-2017.

Here, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam emphasized that university autonomy will not be discussed whether it is necessary or not, but it has been agreed that it must be done; official documents must be issued to continue. If new documents have not been issued to remove obstacles, then schools should continue to do as they are doing now.

University autonomy is a necessary attribute of world universities. We have no other choice but to implement university autonomy with the specific characteristics of Vietnam, but basically must follow the laws of world university education development.

Universities need to practice financial autonomy to allocate funds for scientific and technological activities. Photo: Internet

According to Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, autonomy is first and foremost about professional and academic autonomy in teaching and research, eliminating daily, administrative intervention and imposing administrative authority within universities. From there, the rights regarding the apparatus and personnel, including establishment, appointment, dismissal, remuneration and financial autonomy are only a part.

Financial autonomy must be understood as a general basis, in which universities are financially autonomous, which means they are autonomous in revenue and expenditure according to legal regulations.

After three years of implementing university autonomy, the Prime Minister has signed a decision approving the pilot project to innovate the operating mechanism for the 2015-2017 period according to Resolution 77 for 23 public universities, including 12 institutions with autonomy for more than 2 years, 11 schools with autonomy for less than 2 years, of which 4 schools have just been assigned autonomy decisions since July 2017./.

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