Nghe An continues to promote streaming and career guidance for students

In recent times, the implementation of streaming has helped parents and students change their awareness in career orientation for their children.

Decision No. 3010/QD-UBND dated July 15, 2015 of the Provincial People's Committee approving the Planstream,career guidance, vocational trainingfor secondary and high school students in Nghe An province by 2020 officially took effect from the 2015-2016 school year and Nghe An is the first province in the country to implement this issue. After 5 years of implementation, Nghe An's streaming work has achieved positive results.

Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training Nguyen Van Khoa spoke at the conference. Photo: My Ha

Specifically, at the secondary level, on average, nearly 23% of 9th grade students are streamed each year. Of which, the rate of students entering vocational training increased from 8% in 2015-2016 to 16% in 2019-2020.

Number of students participatingnational high school exambut did not wish to apply for university or college admission from 2015 to 2019 increased from 37.2% - 42%.

Vocational schools in the province have taken action to implement the province's plan, recruiting students after graduating from junior high school and committing to arranging jobs with stable income after training.

Delegates attending the summary conference. Photo: MH

Some training institutions have proactively coordinated with businesses in developing, editing, and supplementing training programs and curricula using advanced methods that are more suitable to the realities and needs of the labor market.

In addition to the achieved results, at the conference, many opinions were also discussed about the existing problems and difficulties surrounding the streaming. That is, the propaganda about career guidance and streaming in some districts has not been paid attention to and synchronized. Some secondary schools have not implemented correctly according to the direction of the province and the Department of Education and Training. New policies and incentives for vocational training have not been propagated to students and parents, so students are not confident in going to vocational school.

In many mountainous districts, remote areas, and especially difficult areas, many students who do not attend grade 10 of high school or drop out of school have gone to work as freelancers without vocational training.

In the period of 2021 - 2025, Nghe An strives for at least 40% of junior high school graduates and at least 45% of high school graduates to continue studying at vocational education institutions.

To carry out this task, Mr. Nguyen Van Khoa - Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training said that it is necessary to continue to innovate the content, methods and forms of career education in general schools.

Streamed students of Con Cuong district attend vocational training at Nghe An Mountainous Ethnic Vocational College. Photo: MH

Thereby, to raise awareness of career education and orient students so that choosing a school and career is suitable to individual capacity and the human resource structure of society.

At the same time, continue to strengthen facilities and teaching equipment associated with career education in general education. Supplement and complete legal documents on career education and orientation for high school students, promote socialization to mobilize domestic and foreign social resources to participate in career education and orientation for high school students.