VietNamNet
Bridge – The Viet Nam National
University in Ha Noi has been accused of violating regulations on international
training co-operation programmes, placing the BA and MBA degrees of more than
2,000 graduates in doubt.
Government
inspectors made the accusations after inspections of the programmes between
2006 and 2010.
The
university and its member schools' income-and-expenditure activities were also
inspected and files sent to the police for further investigation.
The
files relate to financial transactions between the Centre for Educational
Technology and Career Development and Education (ETC) and its training partner,
the Ecotourism Investment Development Joint Stock Company.
Inspectors
said 16 of the 20 programmes between the university and foreign universities
had operated without documents to prove the foreign partners' legal entity.
The
files of students who applied for BA programmes between the university and the
America-based Griggs University did not have score papers of the university
entrance exams as required by the Ministry of Education and Training, they
said.
Eleven
programmes for the MBA degrees allowed students to graduate without writing and
defending a graduation thesis, as ruled by the ministry, they said.
Students
did not need take entrance exams in nine programmes.
The
inspectors proposed the Government not recognise BA and MBA degrees of more
than 2,000 students who graduated under the university's international training
co-operation programmes.
However,
in response to the inspectors' conclusions, university deputy director Vu Minh
Giang told the Viet Nam News he had not received information of the claims.
"I
have only heard via the mass media," Giang said.
"According
to foreign university regulations, students do not need to take entrance exams,
so it is ridiculous if Vietnamese regulations on education and training are
applied to international training co-operation programmes."
Besides,
foreign universities often design two training programmes for MBA degrees
including research and course work, he said, adding that onlystudents in
research programmes had to write graduation theses, while students in course
work programmes just wrote essays.
"Thousands
of Vietnamese people study at international universities now, so I wonder which
international university degrees will be recognised and how," he said.
VietNamNet/Viet
Nam News
Business & Investment Opportunities
YourVietnamExpert is a division of Saigon Business Corporation Pte Ltd, Incorporated in Singapore since 1994. As Your Business Companion, we propose a range of services in Strategy, Investment and Management, focusing Healthcare and Life Science with expertise in ASEAN. We also propose Higher Education, as a bridge between educational structures and industries, by supporting international programmes. Many thanks for visiting www.yourvietnamexpert.com and/or contacting us at contact@yourvietnamexpert.com
No comments:
Post a Comment