MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
NGUYEN DUC THUAN
STATE MANAGEMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE
FORM OF PART- TIME TRAINING AT ACADEMIES UNDER
THE MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SECURITY
Major: Public management
Code: 9 34 04 03
SUMMARY OF DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
HA NOI - 2019
The dissertation is completed at:
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Supervisors:
1. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ngo Thanh Can
2. Prof. Dr. Le Minh Hung
Examiner 1: ………………………………………….
Examiner 2: ………………………………………….
Examiner 3: ………………………………………….
The dissertation will be defended before the Board of Examiners
Venue: Room… .floor… ..building …… National Academy of
Public Administration
Address: No. 77 - Nguyen Chi Thanh Street - Dong Da District -
Hanoi
Time: At ........, ....... date ....... month ....... year .......
LIST OF STUDIES BY THE WRITER
1. "Innovating the management of part- time Academy of
People's Public Security ", State Management Review No. 243,
April 2016, pp.110-112.
2. "Building a contingent of academic advisors for part- time
training at People's Public Security Institutions", State
Management Review No. 268, May 2018, pp.66 - 69.
3. "Factors affecting the training and retraining of educational
managers in universities and colleges in the current situation",
Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference on "The
quality of teachers and educational managers in the current
context: the trend of Vietnam and the world ”, Institute of
Educational Management, December 2018, pp.796-802.
4. "Opportunities and challenges of higher education in the
form of part- time training today", State Management Review,
No. 277, February 2019, p.50-53.
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on higher education in the form of part- time training at Academies
under the Ministry of Public Security also revealed the shortcomings
related to the stability of development plans and policies, perfecting
the system of legal and regulatory document as well as managing the
contingent of lectures and educational administrators. Besides, the
inspection and examination should be regularly continuous to have
solutions to strengthen state management.
On the basis of the theoretical system and practice of state
management of higher education in the form of part- time training at
academies under the Ministry of Public Security, the dissertation has
analyzed specifically the practice of state management according to its
functions of higher education in general and higher education in the
form of part- time training at academies under the Ministry of Public
Security in particular and at the same time pointed out achievements,
results, shortcoming, limitations and reasons. Based on such analysis as
well as the orientation of higher education development in the form of
part- time training inside and outside People’s public security sector, the
dissertation proposes opinions and solutions to enhance the state
management of higher education in the form of part- time training at
academies under the Ministry of Public Security and groups them into 5
groups of solutions with 13 specific ones, including: Completing
development plans and policies for part- time training; Completing
policies, system of legal and regulatory documents, statutes and
regulations on higher education in the form of part- time training;
organizing machinery; organizing and directing the building of a
contingent of lecturers, educational managers and academic advisors;
inspecting and examining higher education in the form of part- time
training at academies under the Ministry of Public Security.
Furthermore, the dissertation also reveals some in-depth issues
that need to be further studied next time, such as: Ensuring quality of
higher education in the form of part- time training in the sector of
people’s public security; Managing training program system and
minimum output standards; Building a quality assessment scale of
lecturers participating in part- time training in the sector People’s Public
Security; Developing a quality assessment scale of educational managers
at institutions under the Ministry of Public Security; Building a rating
scale for a university training program in People's Public Security
Institutions; Developing higher education in the model of part- time
training in the era of technology 4.0, etc. In the future, if such topics
continue to be studied, they will be added to the theoretical system as
well as useful practical directions for the application of the development
of higher education in the form of part- time training at academies under
the Ministry of Public Security.
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INTRODUCTION
1. The need of the study
In the process of economic, social and scientific development of
each country, the position and role of education and training in general
and higher education in particular have been increasingly important.
Unlike general education, higher education provides well- qualified
human resources for production to produce material and spiritual wealth
for the society. Nowadays, higher education in developed countries is
shifting from elite small-scale education to mass education with larger
scope. In Vietnam, together with the development and international
integration with the idea of mass education development is the policy of
"perfecting the national education system towards an open education
system, lifelong learning and building a learning society” [145] of our
Party and State. Accordingly, our higher education in recent years has
also grown in terms of the number of educational institutions, the size
and form of training, especially part- time training in the national
education system.
For universities and academies in the Public Security sector, the
need to train and improve the qualifications of cadres and police to meet
the task of protecting national security and maintaining social safety and
order is quite necessary with great emphasis put on the building and
developing the people’s police force fast and strongly both in its quantity
and quality. Every year, the enrollment targets of universities, colleges,
and professional secondary schools has increased significantly; the
recruitment of external people as well as the number of police on duty to
continue work for a long time also keep a rise. This shows the great
demand for the training in public security sector, including the need for
part- time training. As a result, the enrollment quota for part- time
training in the 2015-2016 academic years is the highest with 17,824
students - 2.8 times higher than the previous two years.
It can be seen that part- time training at academies under the
Ministry of Public Security has recently achieved remarkable success
such as rapid increase in training scale, continuous improvement and
update of new and modern training programs, advanced facilities and
well- qualified lecturers with new teaching methods. Moreover, the
training quality has been gradually enhanced, meeting the needs of
training and fostering in the sector. However, this form of training is
still under some limitations like unequal quality of teaching staff;
asynchronous technical facilities and teaching equipment or less
convincing training quality (both input and output)... [41].
To deal with the situation, one of the most mentioned issues
in the development of higher education in the form of part- time
training is the state management of higher education in the form of
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part- time training. Only through the state management can the
national policies and guidelines on higher education development in
the form of part- time training be implemented in order to contribute
to the development of education and training in general, meeting the
needs of the people and fulfilling the objectives of building a learning
society of the state ... State management in general and state
management of part- time training in particular are considered the
key to successfully implement educational and training activities,
including those in part- time training. Therefore, one of the main
reasons for the limitations of higher education in the form of part-
time training in educational institutions under the Ministry of Public
Security is that there exist some shortcomings and gaps in the state
management of this type of training. This directly affects the quality
of training as well as the effectiveness and efficiency of state
management activities. The system of legal and administrative
documents of state management agencies on higher education of the
Ministry of Education and Training and the Ministry of Public
Security is overlapping without common agreement; State
management apparatus and part- time training management in the
public security sector have not been carefully selected; managerial
mechanisms and methods have not kept up with the scale and growth
rate of part- time training; financial resources and facilities for state
management of this type of training in the public security sector have
not been properly invested; the inspection and examination have not
been carried out regularly and deeply and there is less clear
connection between different levels in the sector.
Meanwhile, the theoretical issues about state management on
part- time training are still scattered and not intensive. There has not
been any research on the difference between part- time and full- time
trainings at higher education level; between part- time training inside and
outside the police force. There is also no work clearly analyzing the
content and characteristics of state management of higher education in
the form part- time training as well as the inadequacies in state
management of higher education in the form of part- time training in
educational institutions under the Ministry of Public Security, and the
solutions to strengthen state management of higher education in the form
of in-service training have been therefore not proposed.
For the above reasons, the writer of the study has decided to
produce the research on “State management of higher education in
the form part- time training at academies under the Ministry of Public
Security" for the doctoral dissertation of public administration.
Thereby, the writer wishes to find out solutions to strengthen state
management of higher education in the form of part- time training at
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stable and long-term development of higher education in the form of
part- time training at academies under the Ministry of Public
Security; (2) Perfecting the system of legal and regulatory
documents, statutes and regulations on higher education in the form
of part- time training; (3) Perfecting organizational structure of state
management machinery of higher education in the form of part- time
training in People's Public Security Forces; (4) Renovating the
construction and management of lecturers and educational
administrators; (5) Ensuring the regular inspection and examination
of higher education in the form of part- time training in People's
Public Security Forces.
Each mentioned solution has its own role and meaning but they
are interrelated, interacted and complementary to each other. They need
to be carried out synchronously and unanimously in order to enhance the
state management on higher education in the form of part- time training
at academies under the Ministry of Public Security. During
implementation process, depending on conditions and time, each
solution has been given different priority and it is possible to arrange
order of implementation of solutions to achieve optimal efficiency.
CONCLUSION
Strengthening state management on higher education in the
form of part- time training at academies under the Ministry of Public
Security is quite necessary in the development of higher education in
general, higher education in the form of part- time training in People’s
public security sector in particular in the era of approaching the
industrial revolution 4.0. The People’s police forces play significant role
in performing the task of maintaining national security, ensuring social
order and safety, making an important contribution to the achievement
of socio-economic development objectives and tasks as well as external
affairs of the country, protecting peaceful life of the people. The
People’s police forces are also struggling with multi-disciplinary and
multi- sectoral crimes. Therefore, People's police soldiers and officers
must be recruited from experts from many different fields and
professions. Orientation to develop people’s police force in terms of
quantity and quality should be associated with the task of developing
higher education in the form of part- time training at Academies under
the Ministry of Public Security.
For nearly 40 years of existence and development, state
management of higher education in the form of part- time training at
Academies under the Ministry of Public Security has gained great
successes, contributing to successfully implementing the plan to
build a regular, elite military force and all tasks designated by the
Party and people. In addition to the achievements, state management
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4.2.3. Perfecting organizational structure of the state
management machinery of higher education in the form of part-
time training in People's Public Security Forces.
Perfecting organizational structure of the state management
machinery of higher education in the form of part- time training in
People's Public Security Forces (the structure of the Department of
Training) towards:
First, consolidating organizational structure, perfecting
functions and tasks of units in charge of educational management and
state management of higher education in the form of part- time
training.
Second, abolishing Training Center under the Department of
Training.
Third, establishing Division for Education Inspection under
the Department of Training.
Fourth, establishing Division for Training Quality
Management.
Fifth, focusing on forces building, effectively exploiting the
contingent of experienced educational managers and lecturers.
4.2.4. Renewing the building and management of the
contingent of lecturers and educational administrators.
- Producing a set of criteria for evaluating lecturers.
- Building a set of criteria for evaluating educational
managers.
- Designing a plan for training and retraining lecturers and
educational managers.
- Innovating teaching and learning methods, testing and
evaluation.
4.2.5. Enhancement of the inspection and examination of
higher education in the form of part- time training in People’s
public security sector.
- Completing and reconsolidating organizational structure of
educational inspection force from the central to grassroots levels.
- Completing the system of processes, contents, forms of
inspection and examination of higher education in the form of part-
time training.
CHAPTER 4: CONCLUSION
From the theoretical and practical studies, the PhD student
has provided directions and proposed solutions to strengthen state
management of higher education in the form of part- time training at
academies under the Ministry of Public Security in accordance with
the requirements of training and developing human resources in the
sector of public security as follows: (1) Making policies and plans for
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academies under the Ministry of Public Security, contributing to
renovating training quality, building an increasingly regular and
sophisticated police force and meeting the increasing requirements of
the national security protection and social order maintenance.
2. Aims and tasks of the study
2.1. Aims of the study
Studying theory on state management of higher education in
the form of part- time training to create a basis to analyze practice
and propose solutions to enhance the state management of higher
education in the form of part- time training at academies under the
Ministry of Public Security.
2.2. Tasks of the study
To accomplish the aims of the study, the writer conducts the
following tasks:
- Producing an overview of previous research of different
authors on issues related to the thesis.
- Clarifying the theory of higher education in the form of
part- time training in public security sector as well as and the state
management of this form of training by analyzing following key
points and concepts: higher education in the form of part- time
training, higher education in the form of part- time training in public
security sector, state management of higher education in the form of
part- time training in public security sector; the role, objectives,
factors and components affecting state management of higher
education in the form of part- time training at academies under the
Ministry of Public Security.
- Analyzing and assessing the practice of state management
state of higher education in the form of part- time training at
academies under the Ministry of Public Security; finding out
achievements, limitations and causes of such limitations and at the
same time, proposing effective solutions.
- Studying and systematizing viewpoints, guidelines and
directions of the Party, the State and the Public Security Sector;
forecasting the development trend of higher education in the form of
part- time training in public security sector in the next years; and
proposing solutions to strengthen state management of higher
education in the form of part- time training at academies under the
Ministry of Public Security.
3. Subject and scope of the study.
3.1. Subject of the study
The subject of the study is the state management activities of
higher education in the form of part- time training at academies under
the Ministry of Public Security.
