School General Information and Academic Administration
School Profile
Dong Thap University (Abbrevation: DThU, Vietnamese: Trường Đại học Đồng Tháp) is a public multidisciplinary institution directly under the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam, established with its initial name Dong Thap Pedagogical University pursuant to Decision N0. 08/2003/QĐ-TTg dated 10 January 2003 of the Prime Minister and renamed Dong Thap University pursuant to Official Dispatch N0. 5830/VPCP-KGVX dated 4 September 2008.
Organizational Structure
The institution’s organizational structure includes 11 training faculties, 12 functional divisions, 05 centers, 01 pedagogical practice kindergarten and 01 inter-level school.
Staff
As of February 2023, the university has 548 officials and laborers, in which, there are 508 officials and 40 laborers. Regarding the qualifications of the teaching staff, there are 17 associate professors, 90 doctors, 333 masters and 12 bachelors (preschool teachers).
Mission
Training highly qualified, multi-disciplinary human resources, in which education science and teacher training are the cores; conducting scientific research and providing community services; contributing to the socio-economic development of the Mekong Delta and the whole country.
Vision
Becoming a high-quality center of training and scientific research in Vietnam and Southeast Asia.
Core Values
Constructivist - Professional - Integrated
Constructivist: Actively constructing and offering a dynamic educational environment on the basis of the spirit of innovation, creativity, and proactiveness, in which the entire staff and students harmoniously collaborate to create new knowledge and values to make the institution become a modern, liberal university and develop under the model of a happy school.
Professional: Particularly giving prominence to standards and efficiency in educational and labor activities in which human values are always attentive; Complying with common principles, respecting differences, and proactively adapting to the ever-changing job market.
Integrated: Aiming to build up an open education ecosystem training global citizens for society; Promoting cooperation on the basis of connection and companionship to develop in conformity with international quality standards.
Quality - Creativity - Cooperation - Responsibility - Friendliness.
Quality: Quality is the core value, the university pursues a strategy towards the goal of high-quality development; motivating individuals and university units to improve operational efficiency, especially in university administration, training, scientific research, and community service.
Creativity: Creativity can act as a driving force for development, a fundamental value that must always be recognized, nurtured, and promoted. The university builds a culture of creativity and inspires and promotes creativity in all activities of each individual and unit.
Organizational Chart
Teaching System
Materials & Other Learning Resources
The teaching system of the Dong Thap University is just the same on what we had in the Philippines. They construct their lesson plan starting from developing their objectives up to formulating and creating of the instructional materials that were needed.
Their class routine starts from 7:30 am and usually ends at 5:00 in the afternoon. But some class meetings are ending early or late for remedial or enhancement classes due to poor performance of the class.
When it comes on learning materials and teaching aids of the university, there are a lot of varieties that they offer to their students just to make sure the their student will learn and cope with the lessons.
Laboratories, libraries and even modernized teaching tools are available. Flat-screen tv's for playing Powerpoint presentations, adjustable whiteboard and and green board for board discussions/work and comfortable chairs to cater the needs and wants of the students.
Measurement of Learning
Diagnostic, Formative and Summative assessments are evident on their university in testing the learnings and knowledge of their students to prove if they really absorbed the content. Workbooks were being given to students for application of the learnings.
If the students were having troubles understanding the content of the topic, the teacher conducts remediation classes or enhancement courses to aid the problem. To conclude, the DThu, Future School and most of the universities in the Philippines has the same strategy in measuring one's capability in consuming a lesson.