Universities unlikely to meet new national standards

The new national standards for universities have been described as being unattainable for the majority of higher education institutions, writes Kim Chi for VietNamNet Bridge.

According to Deputy Minister of Education and Training Bui Van Ga, universities will be classified based on six criteria, including the land area, material facilities and teaching equipment; teaching and research staff; training curricula; research activities, international cooperation, finance situation, accreditation; and student and employer satisfaction levels. One requirement for national standards is that at least 70% of graduates can find jobs suitable to their majors within one year after graduation.

Le Huu Lap from the Posts and Telecommunication Institute of Technology said: “The standards [will] prove to be unattainable. I think they are just what schools strive to [achieve].” Citing a report about the labour market, Lap said 280,000 workers with bachelor and masters degrees were reported unemployed in the first seven months of 2015. The figures show it would be impossible to have 70% of graduates able to find jobs within one year.
Full report on the VietNamNet Bridge site