Recently, Ms. Nguyen Thu Thuy - Director of the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) spoke out about the fact that many private schools enroll medical students, including admission groups that include Literature.

According to the Ministry of Education and Training, first of all, it is necessary to affirm that the Ministry performs state management of education and training, and is responsible for reviewing and handling when there are signs or violations of state policies and regulations within the scope of management.

For specialized issues such as university admissions, entrance subjects, etc., it is necessary to listen to training units and experts in the respective specific fields.

In the discussion about Literature in the medical admissions group at some private universities, experts and medical training schools have spoken out that this professional issue is very important, a very positive signal.

Criticism from society, the community, the press, experts...; schools also conduct exchanges and explanations with society, with candidates, with state management agencies... all of which demonstrate positivity, exuding the spirit of university autonomy, coupled with accountability.

The Ministry of Education and Training believes that the Ministry always listens and absorbs in order to make appropriate policy adjustments in accordance with its state management functions and tasks. Therefore, it highly appreciates the press agency's efforts to convey the professional voices of experts and opinions from medical schools...

These are very important perspectives for policy-making agencies. In addition, through the opinions and voices of professional agencies and experts, families, parents and candidates have more multi-dimensional information to research and choose.

In addition, the role of the Ministry of Health is also particularly important. Decision No. 436/QD-TTg dated March 30, 2020 of the Prime Minister (promulgating the Plan to implement the Vietnamese national qualifications framework for higher education levels in the period 2020-2025) assigned the Ministry of Health to preside over the development of training program standards for the Health sector.

Implementing the Law on Higher Education and Decision No. 436/QD-TTg, the Ministry of Education and Training issued Circular No. 17/2021/TT-BGDDT dated June 22, 2021 regulating training program standards, on developing, appraising and promulgating training program standards for all levels of higher education, which clearly stipulates: training program standards for majors and groups of majors in each field (such as the Health sector/sector developed by the Ministry of Health) must include not only regulations on input standards, but also other requirements on quality assurance conditions and output standards for each field, group of majors and training majors.

The entrance standards of the training program must clearly define the minimum requirements for qualifications, abilities, and experience appropriate to each level, industry, and training orientation that learners need to meet in order to successfully study and complete the training program.

When regulating entrance standards, it is necessary to clearly define the requirements for knowledge, capacity, etc. of learners, which may include requirements for knowledge of subjects in the admission combination or entrance capacity assessment test.

It can be seen that training program standards are very important for specific training fields;

When developing this standard, there must be active participation and effective contribution from relevant parties, including representatives of training institutions, employers and professional associations, and experts in the specialized field;

It is necessary to consult and compare with models, standards or criteria for training programs of relevant countries or international organizations; at the same time, ensure the autonomy in developing training programs of training institutions.

The current admission regulations (issued together with Circular No. 08/2022/TT-BGDDT dated June 6, 2022) of the Ministry of Education and Training clearly stipulate that each admission method (which the training institution decides to use) must clearly stipulate the assessment and admission criteria and how to combine the criteria to classify, rank and determine the admission conditions for candidates according to the requirements of the training program and major.

Evaluation and admission criteria must be based on the requirements of basic knowledge and core competencies that candidates need to have to study the training program and major.

After all, the most important factor that all stakeholders are concerned about is the training quality of the schools.

Schools with inappropriate admission methods and entrance requirements, or with very low admission rates, will be affected in terms of their reputation, brand, and training quality, and in the long run, candidates will certainly not choose to study there.

Therefore, it is once again affirmed that information channels and long-term consequences are expected to have positive effects, helping schools self-adjust and improve.

In the coming time, the Ministry of Education and Training will review the overall admission methods of schools and, if necessary, request relevant training institutions to report and explain issues of social concern.