Enhacing the Quality of Teachers to Meet the Requirements of Industrial Revolution 4.0 in Vietnam: Problems and Solutions

Abstract

Facing the impact of the industrial revolution 4.0, many countries are increasingly aware that if society wants to progress, it must rely on the power of knowledge, derived from exploiting the infinite creative potential of people. Therefore, the promotion of human resources is a fundamental factor of rapid and sustainable development. The Government of Vietnam has affirmed: “Rapidly develop human resources, especially high-quality human resources, focusing on fundamental and comprehensive renovation of the national education; closely linking human resource development with the development and application of science and technology” (Communist Party of Vietnam, 2010). In order to realize the Party's policy, it is necessary to develop comprehensively and modernize education, especially to improve the quality of the faculty. Because lecturers play an important role in improving the quality of training of universities. Over the past time, the contingent of lecturers in Vietnam has been basically standardized on their professional qualifications. Most of them have masters or doctorate degrees. However, the practical knowledge and scientific research capacity of a part of lecturers are still limited, and the number of PhDs has not met the requirements of both quantity and quality. From studying the problems posed to improving the quality of faculty to meet the requirements in the context of the industrial revolution 4.0, the article proposes a number of solutions to improve the quality of faculty to meet the requirements of industrial revolution 4.0 in the coming time.