Digital transformation efforts in vocational education

Attending the conference were comrades: Dr. Nguyen Duc Ho - Deputy Director of the Center for Education and Training - Institute of Vocational Education Science - General Department of Vocational Education; Doan Hong Vu - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Director of the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs; representatives of leaders of departments, branches, sectors, People's Committees of districts, cities and towns.

The conference report emphasized that vocational education plays an important role in improving the quality of human resources, contributing to increasing labor productivity, promoting economic growth, and increasing competitiveness at the provincial and national levels, especially in the current period.

Delegates attending the conference. Photo: Thanh Nga

Comrade Doan Hong Vu delivered the opening speech at the conference. Photo: Thanh Nga

To improve the quality and effectiveness of vocational education, the Prime Minister issued Decision No. 2239/QD-TTg dated December 30, 2021 approving the Vocational Education Development Strategy for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2045, aiming to rapidly develop vocational education, meeting the diverse needs of the labor market, of the people and the increasing demand for quantity, structure and quality of skilled human resources for national development in each period.

In the current context, the fourth industrial revolution, digital technology, digital economy, and information technology are and will create breakthrough changes in all fields, including vocational education. This is also a favorable condition for innovation in training content and methods, management, and state administration; creating opportunities for vocational education to develop, in order to meet the modern requirements and standards of developed countries.

In that situation, the Prime Minister issued Decision No. 479/QD-TTg approving the National Digital Transformation Program to 2025, with a vision to 2030; The Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs issued Decision No. 601/QD-BLDTBXH dated July 5, 2022 on promulgating the Plan to implement Decision No. 2222/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister; The Provincial Party Committee issued Resolution No. 09-NQ/TU dated August 5, 2022 on digital transformation of Nghe An province to 2025; The Provincial People's Committee issued Plan No. 586/KH-UBND dated August 22, 2022 on digital transformation of Nghe An province to 2025; Plan No. 605/KH-UBND dated August 31, 2022 on implementing the digital transformation program in vocational education by 2025, with a vision to 2030.

Speaking at the conference, comrade Doan Hong Vu - Director of the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs emphasized that the Decisions and Plans on digital transformation in vocational education for the period 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2045, are strategic, fundamental, important and timely contents, promoting the improvement of the quality of vocational education in the new situation.

The organization of the conference aims to raise awareness, knowledge, management capacity, and deploy quality and effective implementation of vocational education for leaders of provincial departments, branches, sectors, unions, district-level Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs Departments, Heads, and related departments of vocational education institutions in the province to promptly deploy the Vocational Education Development Strategy in the area effectively and in accordance with reality.

The Director of the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs requested the delegates attending the conference to fully absorb the contents in the field of digital transformation that were trained at the conference. At the same time, they should develop a plan, review the contents for practical implementation, and apply them to the practices of their localities and units to improve the quality and effectiveness of vocational education in the area.

Dr. Nguyen Duc Ho - Deputy Director of the Training and Development Center - Institute of Vocational Education Sciences - General Department of Vocational Education discussed digital transformation in vocational education. Photo: Thanh Nga

At the conference, Dr. Nguyen Duc Ho - Deputy Director of the Training and Development Center - Institute of Vocational Education Sciences - General Department of Vocational Education disseminated the Plan to implement the Vocational Education Development Strategy for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2045 (Decision No. 2239/QD-TTg dated December 30, 2021 of the Prime Minister).

According to Dr. Nguyen Duc Ho, to achieve strategic goals, it is necessary to synchronously implement 8 groups of solutions and main tasks, of which 02 breakthrough solutions are identified in the strategy: Accelerating digital transformation, modernizing facilities and equipment and innovating training programs and methods; Developing a team of teachers, artisans, experts, vocational trainers and managers in vocational education.

Mr. Ho also said: Along with the implementation of the Vocational Education Development Strategy for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2045, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs is actively implementing projects and sub-projects in the field of vocational education under the 3 National Target Programs. This is a large and important resource for implementing the Vocational Education Development Strategy for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2045.