Chương V: Thông tư 14/2022/TT-BGDĐT Tổ chức thực hiện

Chapter V

IMPLEMENTATION

Article 17. Responsibilities of the Quality Management Department

1. Perform the state management function over the professional training of accreditors and tasks related to accreditors.

2. Administer testing of accreditors, issue and revoke accreditors cards according to the provisions of this Circular. The Director of the Quality Management Department shall be held accountable to the Minister of Education and Training for the testing and the test results of the accreditors.

3. Organize the preservation and safe storage of applications and documents related to the testing of accreditors according to applicable regulations.

4. Inspect and supervise the activities of accreditors; when detecting signs of violation, it must report to the leadership of the Ministry of Education and Training for inspection and handling of violations according to regulations.

5. Publicize on the portal of the Ministry of Education and Training the list of people who are granted the accreditor’s cards and the list of accreditors who satisfy the provisions of Point b, Clause 2, Article 5 of this Circular.

6. Assume the prime responsibility for using software to manage the higher education quality assurance and accreditation system.

Article 18. Responsibilities of education accreditation organizations

1. Manage accreditors and evaluation results of accreditors recruited and used by the education accreditation organization according to the scope of the contract. Manage dossier of each accreditor including: curriculum vitae; copies of relevant diplomas and certificates; related contracts.

2. Formulate and promulgate internal regulations to assess accreditors in meeting the qualifications specified in Clauses 1, 2 and 3, Article 4 of this Circular and the performance of tasks, powers and responsibilities of accreditors, and prohibited acts applied to accreditors as prescribed in Clause 3, Article 5 of this Circular after each time an accreditor joins an external evaluation team with an education accreditation organization.

3. Hold refresher courses, improve capacity and professional skills for accreditors who register to work at education accreditation organizations so that accreditors can ensure the completion of assigned tasks for each position in the external evaluation team.

4. Settle citizens' complaints and petitions to accreditors when accreditors show signs of law violations in the course of performing their tasks, powers, responsibilities and prohibited acts applied to accreditors; report the settlement results and propose actions to be taken to the Quality Control Department as prescribed.

Article 19. Responsibilities of accreditor training facilities

1. Be held accountable to the Minister of Education and Training, superior agency (if any) and competent agencies for the professional training for accreditors as prescribed in Chapter III of this Circular.

2. Provide professional training for accreditors at the location where the facility has reported to the Quality Control Department as prescribed in Clauses 3 and 4, Article 8 of this Circular. Fully publicize information related to the professional training of accreditors on the facility's website.

3. Provide training to improve professional capacity and expertise for those who have obtained the certificate of professional training for accreditors to be able to become accreditors.

4. Keep records of professional training for accreditors according to given regulations.

5. Before December 31 of each year, the training facility shall send a report on assessment of the professional training results of the accreditors conducted in the year, the plan for providing the training for the next year, and proposals and recommendations according to the form in Appendix VIII attached to this Circular to Quality Management Department, Ministry of Education and Training.

Article 20. Responsibilities of training institutions

1. Appoint lecturers and administrator to participate in a professional training course for accreditors to effectively implement quality assurance activities at the training institution.

2. Report on the performance of tasks, powers and responsibilities of the accreditors and if accreditors commit prohibited acts as prescribed in Article 5 of this Circular on the system management software ensuring and accrediting the quality of higher education so that the Ministry of Education and Training has information to serve its management.

Article 21. Transitional provisions

1. For those who are studying the accreditor training program under the provisions of Circular No. 18/2013/TT-BGDDT dated May 14, 2013 of the Minister of Education and Training promulgating the training program for accreditors of higher education and professional secondary school (Circular No. 18/2013/TT-BGDDT), enrolling before the effective date of this Circular, they can continue to complete the course; at the same time, they may use the certificate of completion of the accreditor training program granted to replace the certificate specified at Point b, Clause 2, Article 11 when registering to participate in the accreditor’s test according to the provisions of this Circular.

2. Those who already have certificates of completion of the accreditor training program as prescribed in Circular No. 18/2013/TT-BGDDT may continue to use these certificates to replace the certificate specified at Point b, Clause 2, Article 11 when registering to participate in the accreditor’s test as prescribed in this Circular.

3. Any accreditor’s card issued or re-issued according to the provisions of Circular No. 60/2012/TT-BGDDT dated December 28, 2012 of the Minister of Education and Training on Regulations on education accreditors (Circular No. 60/ 2012/TT-BGDDT) that remains valid shall be used as an accreditor’s card specified in this Circular.

4. As for the director, deputy director and members of the education accreditation council of an education accreditation organization that is participating in education accreditation, the qualifications of accreditor shall keep applying Article 4 of the Regulation on education accreditors promulgated together with Circular No. 60/2012/TT-BGDDT within 12 months from the effective date of this Circular. .

Article 22. Entry in force

1. This Circular comes into force from November 25, 2022.

2. This Circular supersedes Circular No. 18/2013/TT-BGDDT dated May 14, 2013 of the Minister of Education and Training on the training program for accreditors for higher education and professional secondary schools, and annul regulations applicable to accreditors at professional secondary schools, colleges and universities in Circular No. 60/2012/TT-BGDDT dated December 28, 2012 of the Minister Education and Training on regulations on education accreditors.

3. Chief of Office, Director of Department of Quality Control, heads of relevant units affiliated to the Ministry of Education and Training, Presidents of People’s Committees in provinces and central-affiliated cities, Director of Department of Education and Training, Directors of national universities, regional universities and academies; Rectors of senior colleges; Principals of colleges with teacher training; Directors of education accreditation organizations and relevant organizations and individuals
shall implement this Circular./