VietNamNet Bridge – Joint
training programs have been booming. The watchdog agencies say they are not
powerful enough to control all the programs. As a result, students do not know
from who they should entreat help in case they become the victims of unlicensed
programs.
Legal or illegal
programs?
Two days ago, the government inspectors proposed the
Prime Minister to instruct the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) not to
recognize the degrees granted to the 2000 learners who finished the joint
training program between the Hanoi National University and a foreign partner.
This was one of the numerous problematic joint training
programs run by Vietnamese schools in cooperation with foreign partners. Every
time, when the frauds are discovered, MOET usually orders to stop enrolment,
requests the trainers to reimburse tuitions to learners and asks its
Examination and Accreditation Department not to recognize the degrees to be
licensed by the programs.
In most cases, it is learners, who are the biggest
sufferers. Therefore, they have been told to be cautious when selecting the
training programs to follow.
However, the problem is that learners cannot find out if
the programs are legal or illegal, once the schools still exist and the ad
pieces about the training programs still can appear on mass media.
Vo Thi Thao Linh, a learner of Raffles International
Training Center, said that she sought the information about international
schools in Vietnam before she decided to register to study at the center.
“I read on Internet that this is the biggest education
group in the region which has 38 junior colleges and universities in 14
countries. If MOET does not recognize the degree, this would be a big
disadvantage for us,” Linh said.
Linh, like other learners, all have affirmed that they
could not recognize unlicensed programs in Vietnam. The chair of the advisory
board of Raffles in Vietnam was the former Deputy Minister of Education and
Training. As such, no one could imagine that this was an unlicensed program.
Learners need to protect themselves instead of expecting
help
When asked what learners need to do to find out if these
or those programs are licensed or unlicensed, Nguyen Xuan Vang, a senior
official of MOET, said learners need to learn thoroughly about the programs
they intend to follow.
“They (learners) can seek information about joint
training programs on the official website of the ministry. If they still have
some doubts, they should contact licensed agencies for advices,” Vang said.
However, analysts have commented that this is an
impossible mission. The website cannot update information, because many joint
training programs have been licensed by other competent agencies, not MOET.
Spent money and got
worse
The Decision No. 77 dated December 20, 2007, stipulates
that the degrees granted by unlicensed training programs must not be recognized
in Vietnam.
As such, even though learners are not fault in following
illegal programs, they would still have to bear the consequences. Their study
results are not recognized, while in many cases, they cannot get the tuition
backs, even though MOET always requests schools to reimburse money.
When asked if MOET would make intervention in the cases,
where the schools refuse to reimburse money to learners, Nguyen Huy Bang, Chief
Inspector of MOET said that this is the civil liability between the training
centers and learners; therefore, learners have the right to claim for money
back.
Source: Lao dong
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