Tuoi Tre Newspaper: 150 Universities and ASEAN Accreditation Organizations Discuss Ensuring Education Quality
150 Universities, Educational Organizations, and Accreditation Bodies from Vietnam and ASEAN Countries Convene to Discuss Higher Education Quality Assurance.
On the morning of December 11, the 2024 International Conference of the ASEAN University Network for Quality Assurance (AUN-QA) hosted by Ton Duc Thang University opened with the participation of 150 universities, accreditation organizations and educational institutions in the ASEAN region.
The conference took place over three days with many different discussion topics. Of which, the official forum had the theme "Innovation of higher education in Southeast Asia: application of artificial intelligence, data management and development of quality culture towards the future".
Experts, educators and representatives of universities shared experiences and discussed the important role of artificial intelligence, data-based strategies and quality culture in improving the quality of education.
There are also forums for AUN-QA assessors to share experiences, discuss professional issues and improve their capacity to assess educational quality, and a forum dedicated to quality assurance leaders of AUN-QA member universities.
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Speaking at the conference, Mr. Huynh Van Chuong - Director of the Department of Quality Management of the Ministry of Education and Training - said that the assurance and assessment of educational quality in Vietnam has been strongly legalized.
The work of ensuring and assessing educational quality is currently of top concern to the Ministry of Education and Training and Vietnamese higher education institutions. As of November 30, 2024, Vietnam had 2,179 programs that had achieved quality accreditation, of which 621 programs were assessed according to foreign standards.
In addition, 208 higher education institutions have achieved quality accreditation, of which 12 have been accredited according to foreign standards.
Ensuring and assessing the quality of higher education is not only the responsibility of each country, but also a common concern of the entire international community, especially for the ASEAN region.
In the context of the knowledge economy, green economy, circular economy, digital economy, profound changes in the fields of science and technology and the rapid development of information technology, the accreditation of education quality has become even more urgent.
"The AUN-QA International Conference is an opportunity for experts and assessors in the region to come together to clarify the standards and procedures for educational quality accreditation, propose improvements to the set of assessment criteria that are more suitable in the current context, creating a solid foundation for higher education institutions to implement effective quality accreditation procedures," said Mr. Chuong.
Source: Tuoi Tre Newspaper
