Internal strife has been ruining the education
environment at local private universities where economic interests, instead of
teaching or other educational issues, now dominate attention.
“Our board meetings have never
been centered on education or the school’s development plans, but on financial
issues instead,” says Nguyen Ngoc, chairman of the board of directors at Phan
Chau Trinh University, based in the central province of Quang Nam.
Ngoc’s title stems from the
fact that the executive level of many private universities in Vietnam is
organized in a way which is similar to that of a joint stock company.
Some board members have
repeatedly alleged that Ngoc and the school’s president caused internal unrest
before the latter agreed to step down in June.
Similarly, many shareholders at
Gia Dinh University, located in Ho Chi Minh City, were recently stuck in bitter
disagreement with certain board members and school management officials.
They protested that these
high-ranking officials had not supplied financial accounts, while the
supervisory board reported losses and even fiscal wrongdoing.
The school underwent a
complicated personnel reshuffle as a result.
In another example of infighting,
power struggles at the Ho Chi Minh City Junior College of Information
Technology have been waged ever since the school was established in 2001.
School employees and management
have repeatedly filed appeals against each other in recent years, and even wrestled
to buy its shares to gain control of the university.
Similar problems have also
arisen at other HCMC-based schools, like the Saigon College of Economics and
Technology (SAIMETE), Van Hien University, and Hung Vuong University, where
interior bickering appears endless.
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