Enterprises mentoring training programs, create opportunities for students to practice early.

 

Mr. Tran Thanh Hai, Principal of Vien Dong College (Ho Chi Minh City) said that it was advantageous to be a "young" college so the applications in teaching training and all the applications associated with the business had been decided from the beginning.

 

Most of the college's programs have invited business owners and representatives of Ho Chi Minh City Business Association, ... whereas business representatives also join advisory boards for the university's faculties.

Many students in volcational education center and college practice thematic subjects and subjects at interprises. 

Thank to it, since the end of the first-year, Viendong College students has been able to access to the reality of work environment and enterprises environment depends on the profession.

 

“Later we found this model to be very suitable for the German model, alternating theoretical semester with a practical semester. We send students to practice by topic and subject. So now when building graduation standards, we also look at the skill requirements of each job position that the business requires to trace back and design a course program to help students aquiring those skills”.

 

Due to working with enterprises right from the beginning of the program, arranging study time, according to Mr. Hai, up to now, 9 graduate courses of the college have achieved a high rate of getting jobs in the right major. Since then, the college has created trust for generations of students and parents to let their children attend.

 

Mr. Le Dinh Kha, Principal of Cao Thang Technical College (Ho Chi Minh City), said that the awareness for graduates to work, to think about solving industrial manners, over the years, The university promotes the quality of training associated with business needs.

 

“All of the college's training disciplines have industry advisory boards, improving teaching methods and evaluating towards quality assurance. In addition, we also create a lot of academic playgrounds for students to participate in the experience . ”

Mr. Vu Van Ha, Deputy Director of Legal - Inspection Department (General Department of Vocational Education, Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs)

 

Mr. Vu Van Ha, Deputy Director of Legal - Inspection Department (General Department of Vocational Education - Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs) said that vocational education trends in the 21st century must closely link between vocational training with the labor market and job creation; associate enrollment with recruitment.

 

One of the General Department's breakthrough solutions to meet the demands of graduates for jobs and high-quality human resources of the labor market is to plan the vocational education institution network in an open way, ensure the scale, industry structure and multidisciplinary training levels, multidisciplinary, regional training, standardization, modernization and quality stratification.

 

At the same time, strengthening the link between vocational education and the labor market, taking the labor market as a measure of quality.

 

Alongside with it, promoting the autonomy of vocational education institutions with accountability and independent evaluation mechanism, with state control and social supervision.

 

“Vocational education institutions must innovate vigorously to improve the quality of training, especially this innovation must focus on renovating training programs, which enhance training in both knowledge and skills; not only professional knowledge and skills but also soft skills and labor safety, industrial manners.

 

Particularly, it is necessary to take into account the essence of enterprises from developing training programs, participating in training, organizing trainings for trainees and evaluating training results ”.

 

Programs  meet international accreditation standards and ready send students abroad for internships

 

Mr. Ha assessed that international cooperation has brought the vocational training facilities modern and high quality equipment to meet the requirements of vocational training modernization. Many factories and laboratories have been renovated and upgraded, and the teaching staff has been upgraded. Since then it has been contributing to improving the quality of vocational education training.

Mr. Le Dinh Kha, Principal of Cao Thang Technical College (Ho Chi Minh City).

Mr. Le Dinh Kha, Principal of Cao Thang Technical College, said that, due to being awared of the very important role of international cooperation in the period of global labor transition, the college has taken full advantage of national projects. This is also the college's strategy to improve the quality of training. Starting with training projects for lecturers on teaching methods, evaluation methods and quality assurance (78 trainers trained in the US with the support of industry partners); to projects funded by Japan to improve safety skills, industrial manners for students. As a result of international projects and training efforts, the university has had two programs that meet international testing standards: electrical, electronic and mechanical engineering technologies.

 

Principal of Vien Dong College Tran Thanh Hai said that after 5 years of establishment, the college has achieved certain results in international training cooperation.

 

“For the economic sector, it is more simple, but the technology and nursing industries including health sector, we need more time. However, it is praiseworthy that in addition to the US-recognized economic sector, the college's automobile industry has also been recognized by Japan, the nursing industry has been recognized by Germany and the Philippines, ” Hai said.

Mr. Tran Thanh Hai, Rector of Vien Dong College (Ho Chi Minh City).

In addition, in the information technology industry, according to Mr. Hai, the college cooperates with businesses from India every year to bring teachers and students to practice there. By deep cooperation in such industries, according to Mr. Hai, the college's students are being trained in the training programs of the leading colleges and businesses in the fields. On the other hand, international cooperation also creates an impetus for the teaching staff of the college, recognizing that it is necessary to improve the ability and level of English, perfect the subjects that can be learned online, through books, even through colleagues at college in collaborated countries. “As such, it is possible to create a dual filter loop that negatively impacts quality issues. Every year we bring many students to the US to study economics, to Japanese to study automobile, ... after 12 years, the college has achieved important achievements. "    

 According to Mr. Hai, with international recognition, the college will be recognized and appreciated by domestic organizations and businesses, thereby improving the reputation for the learners themselves.  

 

This information was shared at an online seminar with the theme: "Vocational education: Strong transformations to attract young people" by VietNamNet newspaper in collaboration with the General Department of Vocational Education (Ministry of Labor - TB&XH) held on 7/5.

 

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