Attending the conference were Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Van Kim - Vice Principal of the School, leaders of Faculties/Departments, functional departments, and training assistants of the Faculties.
The conference aims to evaluate and summarize non-formal training activities in 2011-2012 and discuss draft guidelines for organizing non-formal training in the coming time.
The opinions presented at the conference especially emphasized the important role of non-formal training in a number of fields to meet the social needs of social science and humanities resources. The training cooperation with partners in many provinces and cities across the country has contributed to promoting the image of the University and contributing to the training of human resources to serve the cause of socio-economic development of the country in localities.
Dr. Tran Ngoc Lieu (Head of Training Department) presented the Summary Report on non-formal training in the period 2011-2012.
Next, opinions focused on discussing and giving feedback on the following contents: the issue of organizing general subjects, Foreign Languages, Information Technology and National Defense and Security Education; the issue of applying positive factors of credit training in work-study training, how to organize and implement work-study training according to the credit training program framework; the issue of collecting tuition fees, implementing short-term training with certificates, etc.
Some other opinions shared experiences in organizing and managing part-time training in localities and proposed recommendations to improve the quality and effectiveness of non-formal training.
Summary of non-formal training in 2011 - 2012, the School has achieved outstanding results: in coordination with units inside and outside the School, the school has recruited over 1,500 students in the work-study, college-university transfer programs, work-study 2nd degree programs, short-term training for certificates, and university knowledge supplement for graduate exams.
In particular, on the basis of formal training programs, units have applied positive factors in organizing teaching in the work-study system such as: applying a credit-based training program framework, increasing self-study time, guided practical internships, flexible mechanisms in accumulating subjects in different classes, etc.
Along with that, training processes such as: teaching plans for each semester, organizing tests and final exams are carried out in accordance with regulations; closely coordinating with partners in managing and organizing classes.
However, informal training in recent times still has some shortcomings in the organization and training process: quotas are decreasing, training management software has not been deployed, inspection and examination of classes have not been carried out regularly, and tuition collection still has many problems.
In his concluding remarks at the conference, Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Van Kim, Vice Rector of the University, highly appreciated the role and achievements of non-formal training. He also affirmed that many non-formal training programs of the University have been organized in provinces and cities across the country from Ha Giang to Ca Mau. The demand of society for human resources in social sciences and humanities is very large, and many partners have expressed their desire to cooperate in training with the University.
The Vice President emphasized that in the coming time, non-formal training needs to focus mainly on key goals: constantly improving training quality, closely combining research and training, designing training programs to meet the needs of society, opening new majors and majors. In particular, non-formal training must integrate with formal training, meeting the standards of formal training.