Chương VI Luật Giáo dục nghề nghiệp 2014: Kiểm định chất lượng giáo dục nghề nghiệp

Chapter VI

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION QUALITY ASSESSMENT

Article 65. Objectives, entities, and rules for vocational education quality assessment

1. Objectives of vocational education quality assessment:

a) Ensure and improve the vocational education quality;

b) Certify the satisfaction of objectives of vocational education in every certain period of the vocational education institution or the vocational education programs.

2. Entities of vocational education quality assessment:

a) Vocational education institutions;

b) Training programs of vocational education at all levels.

3. The vocational education quality assessment must follow the rules below:

a) Independent, objective and lawful;

b) Honest, public and transparent;

c) Equal, periodical;

d) Compulsory with vocational education institutions and training programs providing major disciplines of the nation, region or the world; vocational education institutions and training programs providing disciplines serving the state management.

Article 66. Organization and management of vocational education quality assessment

1. The organization for education quality assessment shall assess and recognize the vocational education institutions and vocational education programs satisfying the requirements pertaining to vocational education quality.

2. Organizations for vocational education quality assessment include:

a) Organizations for vocational education quality assessment established by the State;

b) Organizations for vocational education quality assessment established by organizations or individuals.

3. A0An organization for vocational education quality assessment established according to projects must:

a) Have facilities, equipment and finance meeting the requirements pertaining to the organization for vocational education quality assessment;

b) Have administrative official and assessor staff meeting the requirements pertaining to the organization for vocational education quality assessment.

4. The organizations for education quality assessment shall have legal status, take legal responsibility for their operation; and they are eligible to collect assessment fees as prescribed in regulations of law.

5. The Head of vocational education authority shall provide guidance on requirements, procedures and periods of vocational education quality assessment; conditions and competence in establishment, permission for establishment, dissolution of the organizations for vocational education quality assessment; rights and obligations of organizations for vocational education quality assessment; recognition of assessment results of the organizations for vocational education quality assessment; issuance and revocation of certificate of vocational education quality assessment; criteria, rights and obligations of assessors; management and issuance of vocational education quality assessor’s cards.

Article 67. Tasks and entitlement of the vocational education institutions in vocational education quality assessment

1. Formulate and carry out the long-term or annual plans for improvement of vocational education quality.

2. Assess vocational education quality themselves according to the requirements and procedures for vocational education assessment.

3. Provide information or materials relating to vocational education quality assessment.

4. Carry out vocational education quality assessment at the request of competent agencies.

5. Pay quality assessment fees to organizations for vocational education quality assessment.

6. Select organizations for vocational education business organizations to carry out the assessment and vocational education programs.

7. Send complaints or denunciation of decisions, conclusions, and violations of organizations of individuals conducting vocational education quality assessment against law to the competent agencies.

Article 68. Certification of vocational education quality standards

1. If any vocational education institution or training program satisfies requirements pertaining to quality assessment, it shall be granted a Certification of vocational education quality standards. The Certification shall be valid for 05 years.

2. If any vocational education institution or training program fail to satisfy requirements pertaining to quality assessment, it shall be revoked the Certification of vocational education quality standards.

Article 69. Tasks and entitlement of a vocational education institutions obtaining Certification of vocational education quality standards

1. Maintain and keep improving vocational education quality.

2. Send a report to vocational education authority every year.

3. Benefit from policies on investment support to improve the vocational education quality and lodge tender to fulfill the vocational education quotas according to the order of the State.

Article 70. Use of results of vocational education quality assessment

The results of vocational education quality assessment shall be used in the following cases:

1. Evaluate the reality of training quality of vocational education institutions;

2. Learners select vocational education institutions, or training programs at all levels of vocational education;

3. The employers employ workers;

4. The State invest, lodge tender, place orders and assign training tasks to vocational education institutions.