Higher education institutions across the country say they
will have to reduce enrollments for the next academic year following the recent
release of a circular by the Ministry of Education and Training.
The rule stipulates that
enrollments at higher education levels must be commensurate with a school’s own
campus size and number of full-time lecturers.
Local education experts and
university managements have complained the new regulation is too challenging
since most of the schools have to lease teaching spaces while faculty members
mainly comprise part-time lecturers.
Vo Van Tuan, head of academic
affairs at Van Lang University, insists the school will definitely slash
enrollments in the 2012-13 school year.
Admissions at Luong The Vinh
which is located in the northern province of Nam Dinh will be cut by about 14
percent next year, vice president Dang The Huy told Nguoi Lao Dong newspaper.
Acceptance rates will also go
down at Thanh Tay University based in Hanoi, vice president Hoang Huu Nguyen
said, adding the number of new enrolees will decrease by 17 percent.
Chu Van An University in the
northern province of Hung Yen now plans to bring down new enrollments by almost
30 percent.
Enrollments at Vietnamese
junior colleges and universities often rise 5 percent to 10 percent each year,
a rate which Education Minister Pham Vu Luan denounces as too high and thus
must be lowered to ensure quality.
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