TO CARRY OUT THE ACCREDITATION EVERY 5 YEARS
In accordance with the Circular No. 12/2017/TT-BGDDT dated May 19, 2017 of the Ministry of Education promulgating the regulation on higher education accreditation; the accreditation shall be carried out every 5 years. The process of education accreditation shall be performed according to the following steps: Internal assessment; External assessment; Verification of quality assessment result; Recognition of conformance to education quality standards.
Within that, conditions for the recognition of conformance to education quality standards are that at least one course is completed; an external assessment is carried out and a written request sent to the education accrediting organization for the recognition of conformance to education quality standards is made. If the information of the educational institution must be kept confidential as prescribed by the State, the educational institution shall request that the external assessment result be sent to the authority in charge of directly managing education institution and apply for the certification of meeting education quality standards; and after being verified of the education quality assessment result, the average point of the educational institution of each standard in each section in Chapter II of this Regulation shall all reach at least 3.5 points and no standard has an average score below 2.0 points.
The education accreditation certificate is valid for 5 years from its date of issue. At least 9 months prior to the expiration date of the education accreditation certificate, the educational institution shall conduct an internal assessment of the next cycle which clarifies the improvement of quality compared to the previous cycle and register with the education accrediting organization for continuing accreditation.
Also in accordance with this Circular, post the education accreditation certificate issued to the educational institution on the website of the education accrediting organization within 5 days from the date on which the education accreditation certificate is issued to the educational institution. This post must be retained on the website for at least 5 years.
This Circular takes effect on July 04, 2017.
