Vocational schools in Nghe An have a 'bumper season' of enrollment
In recent years, with the awareness of new careers, vocational schools have increasingly accepted more students to study vocational training. To meet the needs of teaching and the labor market, many vocational training institutions in Nghe An have innovated and attracted students in their own ways.
Building a brand of teaching and learning cultural level
InNational High School Graduation ExamRecently, Hong Lam College of Economics and Technology (KT – KT) had 100% of students passing the exam with an average score of 6.68, ranking 4th in the province, of which 10 students had a score range of 26 or higher; 60% passed NV1 university. This result is not surprising to teachers and students of the school, because during the last months of the semester, teachers and students almost always follow the motto of "eating, studying, sleeping, studying".
Teacher Phan Xuan Dung - Principal of Hong Lam College of Economics and Technology said: "For our vocational school, the time after Tet holiday is considered a time for studying and studying only; we do not organize vocational training modules for 12th grade students anymore, but only organize cultural review, almost all teachers and students are in class studying day and night". Principal Phan Xuan Dung also said that the achievements in cultural training according to the standards of the Ministry of Education and Training have been affirmed by Hong Lam College of Economics and Technology for many years, it is like a brand of the school, when for many years, the school always has students passing the provincial excellent student exams, the results of the National High School Graduation Exam are always in the top.
The quality of cultural education is always a concern for vocational schools when the input quality of vocational training institutions at the intermediate level is often very low. At Vietnam - Germany College, for many years now, the enrollment target has always been above 100% because the quality of cultural training here is highly trusted by parents and students. In the recent National High School Graduation Exam for the 2023 - 2024 school year, the school had 100% of students passing the graduation exam, of which about 50% of students scored 20 points or more, 20% of students scored 25 points or more. This year, the school has achieved 110% of the assigned enrollment target. Teacher Nguyen Huu Hang - Principal of the school said: "To achieve the top quality of post-training training in the province's Vocational Education sector, the school has gone through a difficult process when always receiving students from mountainous districts with low input quality. They always want to drop out of school for countless reasons, besides, many students register for vocational training only because of their family's orientation but they do not have any goals themselves. There are school years when 1-2 weeks after the opening ceremony, many students from mountainous districts flock to the principal's office to ask to leave school to go to work. Therefore, persuading and reorienting them is very difficult. And after each batch of students graduating from the school with both a vocational secondary school diploma and a high school diploma, not only the students and parents but also we are happy to tears".
For many years now, the program of teaching cultural subjects (according to the 7-subject program or also known as the 9+ program) designed by the Ministry of Education and Training is called the framework program of vocational secondary education according to Circular No. 16/2010/TT-BGDDT, taught at many vocational education institutions in the province. However, vocational education institutions must cooperate with continuing education centers in the province to be allowed to provide training.
The school has partnered with the province's Continuing Education Center No. 2, and from here the school has a source of high-quality teachers, dedicated teachers who devote all their time and effort in the final year to produce students with both professional and cultural qualities. If the quality is not good in a year, the school will immediately not be able to attract students for the next year, because now most parents and students want to go to vocational schools but still have to have a high school diploma.
Principal of Hong Lam College of Economics and Technology Phan Xuan Dung
Currently, there are 54 vocational training institutions in the province, including: 9 colleges, 12 secondary schools, 22 vocational training centers, vocational training - continuing education centers, 11 other institutions participating in vocational training. Of these, there are 39 public units (4 units under the management of central ministries and branches, 35 units under the management of the province) and 14 non-public units. Of these, vocational training - continuing education centers are provided with cultural training, in addition, many vocational schools also participate in cultural training under the 9+ program when implementing cooperation with continuing education centers in the province.
In recent years, thanks to the good implementation of cultural training linkage, many vocational schools have attracted a large number of students, many schools exceeding the target. Since then, vocational training and cultural teaching for students after streaming in the area have achieved outstanding results. Enrollment scale: 88,500 students/year, an increase of 8.9% compared to 2014, increasing from 80,600 people in 2015 to 88,500 people in 2020 (an increase of 9%). Of which, vocational colleges increased by 17.2% with 7,975 students; vocational secondary schools: 15,655 students; vocational primary schools and regular vocational training: 64,870 students.
According to Mr. Hoang Sy Tuyen - Head of Vocational Training Department, Department of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs
Innovate many fields of study to meet market needs
Up to now, Vietnam - Korea Technical - Industrial College has met the enrollment target for college level with the form of admission and exceeded the enrollment target for intermediate level by 15%. In particular, for the college level, there are groups of majors for students with high school graduation exam scores above 25 points. As in previous school years, the school will hold an award ceremony at the beginning of the school year for students with scores of 23 or higher to encourage, motivate and create motivation for students studying the school's faculties. In addition, the school is also planning to invest in equipment to upgrade teaching modules. The school's principal, Mr. Ho Van Dam, said: Currently, the school is training 12 majors in the groups of electricity, automotive technology, welding technology, air conditioning, mechatronics, IT... These majors all meet international standards so that students after graduation will have the opportunity to have high-income jobs.
However, according to Mr. Dam, in order to meet the criteria for skills, the school must annually renew its teaching modules to meet the requirements of orders and the current labor market. Therefore, the criteria for attracting and improving the quality of teaching is to innovate methods and renovate old equipment, integrating many devices to create simpler and more modern devices. Mr. Dam also said: "In the next school year, we plan to open more majors that are ordered by many businesses and if students intend to go abroad to work, they will also have a large job market share and high income."
As for the Vietnam-Germany College, many college majors have exceeded their targets, however, there is still a difference between majors. Typically, majors such as welding, automotive technology, etc. have more than 100 students, but the electronics major has only 30 students. The reason for such a difference is because the electronics major will collect 100% tuition with a rate of more than 1 million VND/student/month, while other majors only collect more than 300 thousand VND/month.
With the view of vocational training to meet the human resource needs of society, Vietnam - Germany College conducts a major review of the training program every two years through teachers, businesses, and graduates. In 2024, Vietnam - Germany College will review and adjust the program to suit reality. Currently, electric cars are starting to take up a large market share, the school reviews and increases content related to this vehicle line in the training program. And what Mr. Nguyen Huu Hang is concerned about is that although the number of students attracted to the school is large, most of them choose to work abroad, although the domestic job market is very large, businesses are ready to recruit 100% of the workforce with many majors.
