HCMCity (VNA) – Dual vocation training model has proved an effectivemeans of enhancing links between schools and businesses, heard a conference toreview the first phase of the Danish-Vietnamese Technical and VocationalEducation and Training (TVET) project in Ho Chi Minh City on January 12.
Withsupport of Denmark, the project has been piloted in four Vietnamese TVETcolleges – Industrial Vocational College Hanoi; Ho Chi Minh City VocationalCollege; North-Eastern Vocational College of Technology, Agriculture andForestry; and Southern Technology and Agro-forestry Vocational College – withtwo majors of Graphic Design and Interior Design.
Underthe project, local occupational skills’ councils have been set up at theselected colleges while the schools have been supported to develop curricula correspondingto the needs of companies and pilot in-company apprenticeship programmes so asto increase experiences for students and improve lecturers’ capacity.
NguyenGia Phuc from the Industrial Vocational College Hanoi said the college’s linkwith businesses was merely introducing students with in-company apprenticeshipopportunities and by joining the project, it has become more connected tocompanies.
Thecollege has gained a better understanding of businesses’ needs whileenterprises have been more aware of their responsibility in vocational trainingand education as they will be the ones to employ the graduates, Phuc noted.
Vietnamis Denmark’s only partner in Southeast Asia in the project, said Lise LotteToft, head of the Division for International Affairs in Denmark’s Ministry ofEducation.
Endingthe first phase, the project has helped reduce gaps between students’ skillsand what required by enterprises, she noted, adding that the project willcontinue by 2019.
TruongAnh Dung, Deputy Director of the Directorate of Vocational Training at theMinistry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, highly spoke of the model andvoiced his hope that Denmark will continue backing Vietnam in developing thedual training model.-VNA
Withsupport of Denmark, the project has been piloted in four Vietnamese TVETcolleges – Industrial Vocational College Hanoi; Ho Chi Minh City VocationalCollege; North-Eastern Vocational College of Technology, Agriculture andForestry; and Southern Technology and Agro-forestry Vocational College – withtwo majors of Graphic Design and Interior Design.
Underthe project, local occupational skills’ councils have been set up at theselected colleges while the schools have been supported to develop curricula correspondingto the needs of companies and pilot in-company apprenticeship programmes so asto increase experiences for students and improve lecturers’ capacity.
NguyenGia Phuc from the Industrial Vocational College Hanoi said the college’s linkwith businesses was merely introducing students with in-company apprenticeshipopportunities and by joining the project, it has become more connected tocompanies.
Thecollege has gained a better understanding of businesses’ needs whileenterprises have been more aware of their responsibility in vocational trainingand education as they will be the ones to employ the graduates, Phuc noted.
Vietnamis Denmark’s only partner in Southeast Asia in the project, said Lise LotteToft, head of the Division for International Affairs in Denmark’s Ministry ofEducation.
Endingthe first phase, the project has helped reduce gaps between students’ skillsand what required by enterprises, she noted, adding that the project willcontinue by 2019.
TruongAnh Dung, Deputy Director of the Directorate of Vocational Training at theMinistry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, highly spoke of the model andvoiced his hope that Denmark will continue backing Vietnam in developing thedual training model.-VNA
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