(Observation of the Two Sessions) How does vocational education move from "shadow" to "highlight moment"?

　　China News Agency, Beijing, March 3rd: How does vocational education move from "shadow" to "highlight moment"?

　　China News Agency reporter Chang Tao Xu Jing Kang Yuzhan Wang Jingwei Yang Jieying

　　Hu Wei, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and counselor of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government, who has been concerned about vocational education for a long time, noticed such a phenomenon around him, "There are many of my friends and colleagues who have their children admitted to vocational colleges, and some of them are parents. I feel that my face is dull, why is this?" Hu Wei asked.

　　Investigating the reason, Hu Wei believes that the crux is that the public's cognition of vocational education is biased.

"Vocational education is often regarded as 'the education of the losers', and 'general job diversion' is mistaken for 'general job stratification' by many parents, and many parents are full of 'general job diversion panic', all of which greatly It has intensified the competition in the high school entrance examination and the college entrance examination, and has affected the implementation of the 'double reduction' target to varying degrees." Hu Wei explained.

　　In recent years, China has built the world's largest vocational education system. "Improving quality and improving image" are the two major tasks Chinese officials have set for the development of vocational education this year.

However, under the influence of traditional concepts such as "learning and becoming an official" and the selection-oriented evaluation system, the recognition of vocational education in the current society is still not high.

Many times, vocational education is still under the "shadow".

　　According to Zhao Ji, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, chairman of the Mechanical Engineering Teaching Steering Committee of the Ministry of Education, and former president of Northeastern University, China's vocational education is not very attractive to the public. The key to solving this problem is to improve the running of vocational education. condition.

He suggested in the proposal: "Accelerate the improvement of vocational education conditions, and let more vocational education students go to the 'highlight moment' of life!"

　　Hu Wei believes that in the face of the current dilemma of "the government is hot" and the "civilian is cold" in the development of vocational education, it is necessary to reconstruct the relevant systems related to the development of vocational education.

Based on this, he put forward the concept of "general vocational integration", and suggested exploring the development of characteristic comprehensive high schools focusing on special skills training; establishing and improving the vocational education college entrance examination system to fully expand the choice of educated people; steadily promoting general high school and middle school Merger and reorganization of vocational colleges, accelerate the development of new comprehensive high schools, so as to resolve the "high school entrance examination diversion panic" and truly improve the quality of high school education.

　　Anchoring the institutional policy level to promote the development of vocational education is also Niu Sanping, a deputy to the National People's Congress and president of Shanxi Business College.

On the eve of the National Two Sessions in 2022, Niu Sanping suggested that special policies should be formulated to support social forces in holding or participating in vocational education, and both for-profit and non-profit vocational colleges should be encouraged and supported.

　　In fact, vocational education set up by social forces has always been an important part of modern vocational education in China.

According to statistics, in 2020, there will be 9,896 independent secondary vocational schools and 1,468 higher vocational colleges nationwide, of which 1,953 are private secondary vocational schools run by social forces, accounting for 19.73% of the total.

　　"From a national perspective, at present, some provinces have been piloting the promotion of mixed ownership of vocational colleges, which has stimulated the participation of social funds to a certain extent." Niu Sanping said.

　　Niu Sanping believes that to fundamentally improve the status of vocational education in the whole society, it is recommended to increase the inclination of investment policies in vocational education, and to solve and ensure the problems of students' further education and employment, and to speed up the promotion of innovative school running in vocational colleges. mode to promote in-depth school-enterprise cooperation.

　　Zhao Ji also suggested that the investment in vocational education should be effectively guaranteed, and the relevant competent departments of the state should take the lead in coordinating with localities and departments to clarify the division of labor, implement responsibilities, and work together to ensure the improvement of vocational education conditions.

On the other hand, a financial investment system that is commensurate with the scale of running a school, training costs, and quality of running a school should be established in a timely manner to effectively increase investment in vocational education.

　　In October 2021, the Central Office and the State Office issued the "Opinions on Promoting the High-quality Development of Modern Vocational Education", which clearly stated that by 2025, the scale of undergraduate vocational education will not be less than 10%, and more vocational school graduates will receive high-quality education. vocational undergraduate education.

　　According to data released by the China Government Network on March 2, the national higher vocational colleges will expand their enrollment by 1.3941 million in 2021, plus 1.5744 million in 2020, a total of 2.9685 million in two years, exceeding the 2020 China "Government Work". The report put forward the goal of "expanding enrollment by 2 million people" in two years.

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