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Title: WTO AND VIETNAM HIGHER EDUCATION REFORM THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT


1
WTO AND VIETNAM HIGHER EDUCATION REFORMTHE ROLE
OF GOVERNMENT
  • Edilberto C de Jesus
  • Secretariat Director
  • Southeast Asian Ministers of Education
    Organization

2
I. General Comments
  • Explicit focus on Higher Education
  • But Higher Education is only one of the five
    categories of education services identified under
    GATS

3
I. General Comments
  • Involvement of trade and education officials at
    the highest levels
  • Normally, little interaction between the two
    ministries
  • Driving force for linkage--cross border education
  • Other ministries also have a stake in the issue
    Foreign Affairs, Defense

4
I. General Comments
  • Specific context of policy reform

5
II. Cross Border Education
  • Not a new phenomenon for three of the four modes
    of supply
  • Consumption Abroad (Mode 2)
  • Presence of Natural Persons (Mode 4)
  • Commercial Presence (Mode 3)
  • Cross Border Supply

6
II. Cross Border Education
  • Receptiveness to Cross Border Education
  • Cultural Values high value attached to education
  • Colonial Influence

7
II. Cross Border Education
  • New Elements
  • Scale
  • Commercial motivation

8
III. Government and Education
  • Interests in Education
  • Human Resources Development
  • Civic Formation
  • Nation-Building

9
III. Government and Education
  • Role
  • Patron
  • Steward
  • Direction
  • Quality
  • Rewards and Sanctions

10
IV. Concerns of Government
  • Expanding access to education
  • Raising the quality of educational services
  • Obtaining professional services
  • Generating revenue
  • Projecting Soft Power

11
V. Conclusions
  • Governments need to recognize the potential
    consequences of submitting to the GATS framework.
  • They become subject to a legally enforceable set
    of rules

12
V. Conclusions
  • Adherence to GATS imposes some unconditional
    obligations
  • Most Favored Nation Treatment
  • Transparency

13
V. Conclusions
  • Requires commitment to progressive liberalization
  • expanding coverage of sectors open to access
  • decreasing limitations on access

14
V. Conclusions
  • The system allows for negotiations across
    sectors. Trade offs are possible, so that there
    are potential risks if the negotiations are
    conducted solely by trade ministers, without
    input from ministries of education.

15
V. Conclusions
  • But GATS poses little immediate cause for
    concern.
  • Untested and still evolving
  • Many issues still require clarification
  • Education is not a priority sector for negotiators

16
V. Conclusions
  • Technology and markets are moving much faster
    than GATS process.
  • Need for quality services
  • Sellers market
  • Availability of delivery systems
  • Less protectionist pressures

17
V. Conclusions
  • Technology and markets are also moving faster
    than government bureaucracies.
  • Government efforts at structural changes.
  • Government difficulties in assuring oversight of
    on-line educational programs.
  • Concern with rogue providers.

18
V. Conclusions
  • With or without GATS, governments must continue
    addressing education issues.
  • Developing data base
  • Deciding on policies
  • Building institutions
  • Strengthening its own higher education
    institutions
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