Less than 3 years later, thousands of candidates are tired of waiting

On January 18, 2019, the Prime Minister issued Decision No. 89/QD-TTg approving the Scheme on capacity building of lecturers and managers of higher education institutions to meet the requirements of higher education institutions. fundamentally and comprehensively renovate education and training in the period of 2019 – 2030 (hereinafter referred to as Project 89 for short).

The project is launched to aim at building a contingent of lecturers and managers of higher education institutions with quality assurance, reasonable structure, meeting the requirements of fundamental and comprehensive innovation. education and training of high-quality human resources and development of science and technology for the country, associated with the requirements of entrepreneurship, innovation and the requirements of the industrial revolution 4.0.

In which, one of the specific goals is to provide doctoral training for about 10% of university lecturers, ensuring quality and reasonable structure, of which 7% of lecturers are trained full-time. in another country; 3% of lecturers are trained in the country and cooperated between Vietnamese universities and foreign universities that meet regional and world quality standards. Strive for 80% of the lecturers of the schools in the culture, arts and physical education and sports sectors to have a master’s degree or higher, and have been trained full-time abroad and at home to meet regional and international quality standards. , reasonable structure.

After more than 2 years, on May 13, 2021, the Ministry of Education and Training issued Official Letter 1943/BGDĐT-GDĐH guiding the implementation of doctoral and master’s degree training with the state budget within the scope of the Project. Project 89 for 2021 and 2022.

By September 2021, the Ministry of Education and Training will continue to issue a Circular guiding the implementation of doctoral and master level training for lecturers of higher education institutions under Project 89. Circular guiding This implementation takes effect from October 24, 2021.

However, up to now, that is, after more than 3 years, many candidates who are the subjects of this project are showing impatience after a long wait.

Share with VietNamNeta candidate said, he has registered to benefit from this project’s funding before May 13, 2021, but so far, the information is still unclear.

“If according to the latest guiding circular, Project 89 has been delayed a lot, however, what makes me very confused is why the Ministry of Education and Training did not give any further information for candidates to grasp. “.

It is known that in 2021 alone, more than 1,200 lecturers have registered to study PhD under Project 89. This number is more than 1,300 by 2022.

In October 2021, talking with VietNamNet, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thu Thuy, Director of the Higher Education Department (Ministry of Education and Training) said that, due to the heavy impact of the Covid-19 epidemic in 2020, 2021, State budget sources are prioritized for investment in fighting the epidemic, and at the same time travel within the country as well as circulation between countries is severely restricted.

However, it is expected that the first group of learners to be granted scholarships under the Scheme can start from February 2022. At that time, a representative of the Ministry of Education and Training said that the Ministry of Education and Training was actively coordinating with the Ministry of Finance to speed up the progress of completing the management and funding mechanism of Project 89 to ensure the success of the project. implementing Project 89 in 2022.

“If the expected milestone is February 2022, it is already 3 months behind. I am very impatient myself and many people are in the same mood. This affects not only an individual but also the whole group. Because in the case of one person going to school, agencies and schools still have to make plans to arrange personnel and lecturers to teach”, this candidate said and suggested that the Ministry of Education and Training soon make a public announcement.

According to him, many of his colleagues at Hanoi University of Science and Technology, National Economics University, University of Communication and Transport, etc. also faced the same situation.

It is known that the Ministry of Finance has not yet issued a circular guiding specifically on the financial mechanism to implement this project.

Dong Ha