After receiving a
complaint from the Vietnam National University’s Centre for Educational
Technology and Career Development (ETC) that the inspection should not be focus
on their finances but education management, the Government Inspectorate sent
their respond on June 21.
According to the approved inspection plan at 11 education
facilities, they also have to review the facilities' revenue and expenditure,
which are an important part of their management.
"Inspectorate Nguyen Manh Cuong had violated the
regulation by receiving gifts from ETC's deputy head. He was suspended."
said the correspondence. "Asides from that we have carried out the
inspection in accordance to the law and didn't cause any disturbance to the
organisations under inspection."
It also said that the inspectorate had a meeting with
Vietnam National University, leaders of the Ministry of Education and Training
on January 4 to announce the result. And on January 18, it had a meeting with
leaders of both Vietnam National University and ETC.
The inspection team accepted the explanation and used it
for their reports. To reach their final conclusions, the inspectorate had
meeting with the Ministry of Education and Training, the police, the Supreme
Court and Government Office.
On June 8, the Government Inspectorate reported the
results to the Prime Minister, who is expected to make a statement on the
issue.
Widespread misconduct in the National University’s
affiliated programmes were revealed on press. The ETC had skipped many required
procedures in their programmes such as allowing students to graduate without
needing to do a thesis.
However, their financial inspection revealed more
wrongdoings. The ETC finance report showed that it paid VND177.8 billion (8.6
million) for Griggs University to do 70% of the work though in reality, Griggs
only did 30%. ETC did not transfer the whole money to Griggs but to another
unknown account in Singapore which might be related to Nguyen Quang Hoa Binh,
the head of ETC.
ETC also violated the laws when making a full payment for
the service companies they own despite the fact that many contract terms hadn't
been fulfilled.
However, Vice Chairman of the National University in
Hanoi, Vu Minh Giang condemned the the report, saying it contained inaccurate
and confusing conclusions. He said because this was an affiliated programme, it
followed foreign school regulations.
The school's representative claimed that the inspectorate
did not have the authority to investigate their financial situation.
Dtnews
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