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On November 27, the National Assembly Committee on Culture, Education, Adolescence and Childhood held a seminar on higher education in Vietnam 2020. Here, the theme of university autonomy has been recognized in many respects. .
Submit a presentation to the Vietnam 2020 Higher Education Seminar “Autonomy of Higher Education: From Policy to Practice” (hosted by the National Assembly Committee on Education and Culture on November 27, 2020), PhD. . Lam Quang Thiep – Thang Long University stated that, although the university autonomy policy was proposed by Party and State leaders and incorporated into the legal education system, the perception of There is still a gap between the proposed and applied policy levels , as well as between the different levels of policy implementation in practice.
Mr. Thiep analyzed that, since 2005, Government Resolution 14 on the reform of higher education has stipulated “Abolish the mechanism of the line ministry, build the representation mechanism of state property for educational institutions.” public university education. “According to this regulation, when a representative of the sector ministry has presented himself to the school board (council), the governance of the management ministry is not carried out directly but through this representative.
Subsequently, Government Resolution 89 of 2016 continued to affirm “drastically reduce the administrative intervention of government bodies in the operation of universities, proceeding to abolish the governance mechanism; reform model of university governance in the direction of moving from the regime of bosses (rectors) to the regime of collective leadership (council) “.
Next, Resolution 19 of the VI Central Party Conference (2017) on the organization and management of non-business public units also addressed the need to “improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the council mechanism in schools.” The university in the direction of the council is the highest real authority of the university “, and specifies” the secretary of the party committee and the president of the council. “
The perceptions and directions on university autonomy, according to Dr. Thiep, are increasingly clear and strong.
However, representatives of Thang Long University also raised the problem, when consciousness of not keeping up with policy development, the lower level of policy enforcement often tends to follow the old regulations, even promulgated. documents in violation of superior directives and enhanced laws.
He cited that this is clearly shown in the case of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, the governing body “above” Ton Duc Thang University, in the conflictive events that happened recently.
Many experts believe that the General Confederation of Labor of Vietnam has issued Decision No. 1584 on the dismissal of Rector Le Vinh Danh from Ton Duc Thang school with many provisions contrary to Central Resolution 19 as well as Canon Law Law. . Higher education 2018 on university autonomy.
Regarding this situation, the Association of Universities and Colleges of Vietnam has proposed to the Committee on Culture, Education, Youth, Adolescents and Children of the National Assembly together with the Law Committee of the National Assembly to organize an examination. , quickly rectifying errors in the promulgation of subordinate documents by subordinate organizations.
Dr. Thiep also took an example related to the Government Decree 99 2019 that guides the implementation of the Higher Education Law, in article 7 it is still stipulated that the governing body has many decision-making powers above the Council, not only appoint representatives to participate in the Council.
This example shows that the drafters of the Decree, for different reasons, did not really instill the leadership of the Party and the State to guarantee that “the Council is the highest real authority of the university.” “as said” – commented Mr. Thiep.
Thiep said that the perception gap mentioned here depends not only on the cognitive level, but is also sometimes related to the interests of the group. The representative of Thang Long University shared with Dr. Tran Dinh Thien that the group’s interests are the right to become a force that strongly hinders university autonomy activities.
Extending the analysis of the autonomy model with the institution of the university council, 2 professors from the Polytechnic University, Mr. Le Anh Tuan, identified Le Minh Thang, after the reform of the Higher Education Law of 2012, supplemented in 2018, the School boards in many universities were gradually established. However, the school board has functioned as expected or not, there are many different opinions.
Consequently, the concept of “management ministry” or “direct management agency” is controversial, but with the current legal system, if the role of “management ministry” no longer exists, many schools will be really confused. in the execution of specific tasks that until now had been decided by the “managing ministry”.
In addition, the lack of clear demarcation or a clear understanding of the roles and responsibilities of the party committee, school board, and school board led to the position of the school board in general and the president of the school board in particular in the one autonomous university is difficult to predict.
The awareness of many school board members, teachers and officials is still limited, many school board members do not fully understand the functions and modes of operation of the school board, as well as the responsibilities and powers of the school board. I.
In addition, there is a perception of society, government agencies in general, about university autonomy and the role and functions of school boards, leading to the enactment of overlapping and contradictory institutions. and difficult to do.
The deficiencies and contradictions are evident when compared with the model of autonomous universities in the world. Experts say that the principle should be applied here, the presence of the school board clearly guarantees democracy in school operations and the school’s ability to take responsibility and accountability, All members of the school participate in decisions through their representatives on the school board. The school board elects the principal and removes the principal, state governing agencies only recognize the choice of the school.
Phuong Thao
