Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan said the Government's three-year tertiary education reform program that had begun this year was expected to improve curricula and teaching quality, as well as meet employers' demands for well-trained graduates. Nhan said that management staff of schools nationwide had held many workshops related to education reform.
"Students, teachers, parents and administrators all must play a role in the reform effort," he said in an article published by Government website on June 17.
Students, for example, should offer feedback on teachers and their instructional methods, the curricula, libraries and other facilities.
Shortcomings could not be addressed if students failed to participate, he said.
Teachers had a responsibility to improve their skills and seek further training in master's or doctoral program.
Nhan said teachers should also comment on their administrators who failed to follow operational, training and financial regulations.
For its part, the business community could offer internships to students and inform universities and colleges of their needs.
Under the reform program, which ends in 2012, the ministry has issued criteria for tertiary institutions, including graduation rates, the number of graduates, the ratio of students per teacher, teachers' qualifications, as well as curricula, enrollment, finances, international co-operation and research regulations.
These criteria will help school leaders better manage their institutions and aid provincial People's Committees in monitoring schools' operations in their localities.
He said the ministry would also issue licenses and evaluate the operations of educational quality assessment organizations.
