China News Service, Beijing, February 3rd (Reporter Yuan Xiuyue) Recently, the Henan Provincial People's Government issued a notice to establish 9 new higher vocational schools, which caused widespread heated discussions.

In recent years, my country's vocational education has ushered in an upsurge of development, but at the same time, problems such as shortcomings in the development of vocational education and external prejudice have also attracted much attention.

　　Experts believe that the establishment of 9 new vocational colleges in Henan meets the actual needs of local economic and social development.

But experts also reminded that at present, the development of vocational education must pay attention to efficiency, not just the establishment of higher vocational colleges.

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Henan newly established 9 higher vocational schools

The number of students in the school is tentatively set at 5,000

　　According to the notice issued by Henan Province, the newly established nine colleges and universities are Nanyang Vocational College of Arts and Crafts, Puyang Vocational College of Science and Technology, Shangqiu Preschool Teachers College, Zhoukou Polytechnic Vocational College, Jiaozuo New Material Vocational College, Kaifeng Vocational College, Luoyang Business Vocational College, Zhengzhou Software Vocational Technical College and Zhengzhou Intelligent Technology Vocational College.

　　Among them, Nanyang Vocational College of Arts and Crafts, Puyang Vocational College of Science and Technology, Shangqiu Preschool Teachers College, and Zhoukou Polytechnic Vocational College are newly-built public junior colleges, Jiaozuo New Material Vocational College, Kaifeng Vocational College, Luoyang Commercial Vocational College, Zhengzhou Intelligent Technology Vocational College It is a new private non-profit junior college, and Zhengzhou Software Vocational and Technical College is a new private for-profit junior college.

　　The number of students in the 9 colleges and universities is tentatively set at 5,000, and each school has 4-5 specialist majors, which involve gem identification and processing, modern agricultural technology, preschool education, mechatronics technology, applied chemical technology, and big data technology and more.

　　4 public junior colleges are organized and managed by the local municipal government, 5 private non-profit junior colleges and private for-profit junior colleges are organized by enterprises or individuals, and 9 colleges are all managed by the Henan Provincial Department of Education. .

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Plan and build a number of high-level vocational schools in many places

Henan plans to build about 25 higher vocational colleges

　　The reporter noticed that in December 2022, the Henan Provincial Department of Education issued a document to publicize the "basic situation of the application for the establishment of higher vocational schools" of these nine colleges and universities.

　　According to the staff of the Development and Planning Department of the Henan Provincial Department of Education responded to the media, this is a normal work progress. In the past two years, due to the planning of the "14th Five-Year Plan", the approval projects have accumulated. A special plan for vocational school expansion.

　　In fact, at last year’s press conference on the “New Era of Contributing to the 14th Five-Year Plan” series, the relevant person in charge of the Henan Provincial Department of Education revealed that there are 99 higher vocational colleges in Henan Province with 1.38 million students, but The scale and layout structure of higher vocational colleges cannot well meet the needs of industrial development and upgrading.

During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Henan will build a new batch of higher vocational colleges closely connected with industries.

　　According to media reports, during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Henan Province will prepare to build about 25 higher vocational colleges, about 5 vocational undergraduate colleges and about 5 applied technology undergraduate schools, and promote the enrollment scale of vocational undergraduates to reach the level of higher vocational education. 10%.

　　In recent years, many provinces have planned to build high-level vocational schools.

For example, Hebei proposed to cultivate and build about 30 provincial high-level vocational schools, focusing on the construction of 4 high-level vocational schools and 30 high-level professional groups; Hunan plans to strive to select and build 30 high-level vocational schools during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period There are around 150 high-level professional groups and high-level vocational schools (including vocational undergraduate schools).

Data map: Vocational college students who are taking practical training classes.

Photo courtesy of Hunan Industrial Vocational College

Expert: The

development of vocational education must pay attention to efficiency 

　　Chu Zhaohui, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Educational Sciences, told a reporter from Chinanews.com that economic and social development is inseparable from promoting employment, and vocational education is one of the important ways to promote employment. The planning and development of these nine vocational colleges in Henan are in line with local conditions. The actual needs of economic and social development.

　　On the other hand, he believes that compared with the whole country, Henan still has shortcomings in the development of general higher education. Local problems can be brought to a more balanced state in the national education development, which needs to be considered as a whole.

　　In recent years, my country has continued to increase policy support for the cultivation of skilled personnel, and the development of vocational education has ushered in a favorable situation.

But at present, there are still many people who have prejudices against vocational education, such as thinking that vocational colleges cannot be called "colleges" and that learning technology is useless.

　　Yang Denghui, a teacher at Guangdong Mechanical Technician College and the gold medal winner of the CNC milling project in the 44th World Skills Competition, mentioned in an interview with a reporter from Chinanews.com that there are still some deficiencies in vocational education in my country, such as the skills taught by some vocational schools and social needs. Out of touch; skilled personnel lack professional theoretical knowledge, and it is difficult to advance to a higher level; cooperation between enterprises and vocational schools needs to be further deepened, etc.

　　In this regard, Chu Zhaohui believes that, from a national perspective, the recognition of vocational education at the social level is not high. Under such circumstances, the development of vocational education must pay attention to efficiency, not just the establishment of higher vocational colleges.

Effectiveness is mainly reflected in two aspects. One is that vocational education can really play a role in the growth and development of students, that is, students who have been educated in higher vocational colleges have indeed grown in the direction of their advantages and potentials, including skills operation and practice.

　　On the other hand, the development of vocational education can indeed play a more obvious role in the local economy, and even in a wider range of economic development.

Chu Zhaohui explained that the development of vocational education requires more economic costs than general education. From this perspective, it is necessary to consider the relationship between local vocational education development and economic and social development as a whole.

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