What did Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam say about Ton Duc Thang University? | Education

At the National Congress on Online Education held on the morning of October 31, one of the contents mentioned by Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam in his speech was the topic of university autonomy.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said that, one of the outstanding results of the past reform, both the world and the people have evaluated that we have implemented the self-control of higher education, although this Continued path, but initially very good, has shown its correction and has been legalized in the revised Higher Education Law.

According to the Deputy Prime Minister, the most recent history is that of Ton Duc Thang University, it must be very calm to recognize. The government has assigned the Ministry of Education and Training the creation of a working group, led directly by a vice minister to clarify the situation. But the general trend is that we should support autonomy according to the law, according to the law.

Mr. Dam stated that professional and academic autonomy is the essence of higher education. The university is not only a place to impart knowledge but also a place to create knowledge, if you want to do it, you must have autonomy in human resources, apparatus and finances to serve professional autonomy. And what is right, what is wrong, then according to the provisions of the law. In addition to the Education Law, the Higher Education Law also has many other regulatory laws, such as the Public Employees or Party Members Law, which are governed by the Party statutes. So to solve the story related to Ton Duc Thang University, we must admit it calmly.

Calmly acknowledge deficiencies and limitations

According to the deputy prime minister, education always has deficiencies, it must be viewed very calmly and dialectically for topics such as schools, staffing, teacher salaries, some negative cases, trying to take exams … associated with economic conditions and country socials.

The deputy prime minister gave two examples that show that educational innovation is a process that cannot be renewed in one year. As the roadmap for the renewal of the high school graduation exam also lasts for 6 years and while it is being implemented there are many different opinions, even demanding to cancel this exam.

The renewal of textbooks (textbooks) must also be carried out “rolling” for 5 years to complete them and when they are not completed, such as renewing exams, there is always one point and another. This year 1st grade textbooks are struggling but need to be reassured due to the 2 most important points of the program renewal, the textbooks include: The program is an ordinance and the textbook is for reference only; Get more people compiling more textbooks together for better textbooks.

“The Ministry of Education and Training must strictly look at the negative points of first grade textbooks to correct them, but the correct policy must continue to support and encourage,” emphasized the deputy prime minister.

He also recalled not to let the education sector fall into the extremes of recognition and evaluation. In education there are many achievements, such as the Pisa assessment, the World Bank human resource index assessment (that is, the majority assessment of general education), Vietnam has made progress. very well. For the university, 5 years ago, from out of 100 countries (that is, without ranking), we have gradually progressed, now in 70th place.

This shows that Resolution 29 on fundamental innovation in education and training is on the right track. But on the other hand, every year in education, there are other things, if you are not careful, you just look at each specific case, the problem will lose confidence, erase all other results. However, the deputy prime minister said it is also necessary to avoid optimistic thinking.

For example, the Pisa evaluation, with a number of statistics that are only 10th place, would have thought of the best in the world. So I need to calm you down to have faith to fight. “I say that to show that we have overcome difficulties to make comprehensive progress in many ways. Those things, not for some points that we are not satisfied with, some flaws are almost evident in the innovation process, but we lose confidence in the educational innovation race. Society’s high expectations of education, we must always make efforts, ”said Mr. Dam.