VietNamNet
Bridge – Universities complain that some
unreasonable regulations have prevented many people to enter the training
courses for doctorates.
Some
months ago, the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) discovered a heinous
mistake made by many universities. The schools did not require the learners
with master degrees to attend the entrance foreign language exams, which was a
violation of the MOET’s regulation on PhD training.
MOET
then forced the schools to organize the entrance exams once again for the
thousands of candidates, the lightest penalty for the schools, which of course
cost schools much money.
However,
the National University still has not organized a foreign language exam for the
candidates who have master degrees. MOET has sent a dispatch to the school
requesting it to strictly follow the regulations.
“We
must obey the constitution and laws, and things must be done in accordance with
the laws and regulations,” said Hoang Thi Lan Phuong, Deputy Director of the
University Education Department under MOET.
Tang
Van Nghia, Postgraduate Faculty’s Dean of the Hanoi University of Foreign
Trade, said the school has organized an exam for 103 candidates, and all of
them got high marks from the exam.
However,
Nghia said that schools have got embarrassed when applying the regulations on
the requirements on learners.
According
to Phuong, the postgraduates attending training courses for doctorates do not
have to attend exams, if they can show one of the following certificates or
degrees in foreign languages: the B1 or 3/6 level certificates in accordance
with the EU’s standards; the certificates granted by a competent international
testing center; the certificates granted by domestic universities which have
foreign language training.
In
other cases, candidates can show the foreign master degrees or university
degrees, or the degrees granted by foreign language universities.
“How
many judges and how many officers working in the judicial system can meet the
requirements on English skills to be able to attend the training courses for
doctorates?” questioned Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc, Head of the Postgraduate Division
of the HCM City Law University.
President
of the HCM City Law University Mai Hong Quy said that the scientific council of
the school spends a lot of time discussing about PhD training.
The
problem is that if following the current regulations, many people, who need to
be trained for doctorates, cannot meet the requirements on foreign language
skills. Meanwhile, young learners, who can meet the foreign language
requirements, still do not have urgent need to attend the training courses for
doctorates.
Quy
said that young law bachelors can easily satisfy the requirements on foreign
languages, because they need to get 450-470 TOEIC marks to be able to graduate
the school. However, not many people aged 40 and over can have foreign language
certificates as requested by MOET.
As a
result, a paradox has existed. Those people, who really need training, would
not be able to attend training courses. Meanwhile, the people, who satisfy the
requirements, do not want to attend the courses.
Quy
went on to say that the strict regulation has generated a lot of wrongdoings,
and that it would be very difficult to deal with the situation, if schools do
not have flexible approaches in the issue.
The HCM
City Law University is providing training courses to learners at different
levels, including masters and PhDs to satisfy the demand of the local
departments of interior affairs, provincial people’s committees, provincial
party committees in the south.
Source:
Tien phong
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