Vocational education has great potential for talents | skills | professions
Cultivate a large-scale high-quality skilled talent team, and organically connect the education chain, talent chain, industry chain, and innovation chain
Vocational education is closely linked to economic and social development, and is of great significance in promoting employment and entrepreneurship, assisting economic and social development, and enhancing people's well-being.
Since the new era, vocational education in China has achieved a new historical leap in adhering to integrity and innovation, transforming from a reference to general education to a relatively independent type of education, and entering a new stage of improving quality and enhancing value and empowerment. At present, vocational schools across the country offer more than 1300 majors and more than 120000 specialized points, covering various fields of the national economy. Survey data shows that more than 70% of the newly added frontline employees in fields such as modern manufacturing, strategic emerging industries, and modern service industries come from vocational college graduates. To forge ahead on a new journey, we must firmly grasp the important mission and historical opportunities of vocational education, and focus on promoting the high-quality development of vocational education.
Guided by industrial demand. Entering a new stage of development, China's industrial structure transformation and upgrading are accelerating, the foundation of real economy development is constantly being strengthened, and the modernization level of industrial and supply chains is constantly improving. From the perspective of total demand, society has a greater demand for applied talents; From the perspective of demand structure, the demand for scarce skilled talents to support a manufacturing powerhouse is more urgent. This requires vocational education majors to adapt to the transformation and upgrading of industrial structure, expand the scale of talent cultivation in modern manufacturing, strategic emerging industries, and modern service industries, and effectively achieve the goal of "disciplines following the industry and majors revolving around demand".
Empowering the innovation system. A country's innovation system should be full of vitality, including top scientists, first-class engineers, and skilled talents. It should have leading, revolutionary, and breakthrough theoretical achievements, as well as engineering practices that can be transformed, implemented, and promoted. This requires an organic connection and efficient collaboration between higher education and vocational education. In reality, the situation of teaching and research in some vocational colleges still needs to be cracked, and more "great country craftsmen" who are good at transforming theoretical knowledge into various products need to be cultivated. Vocational education should accelerate the integration and service of innovation driven development strategies, and play a greater role in promoting the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, accelerating market promotion, and improving product processes.
Expand the path to success in vocational education. Vocational education is an important component of the national education system and human resource development, responsible for cultivating diverse talents, inheriting technical skills, and promoting employment and entrepreneurship. Continuously deepening reform and innovation, accelerating structural transformation, and ensuring vertical and horizontal integration of vocational education are necessary to promote the transformation of vocational education from large to strong in high-quality development. At the same time, talent cultivation has its own laws, and vocational education must follow the objective law of skill improvement, focusing on promoting the inheritance and innovation of technical skills, and opening up broad development space for students.
Vocational education is an important part of the lifelong education system. In a sense, vocational education is reflected in the repeated education of "learning practice re learning re practice", including but not limited to school education, as well as various methods such as enterprise training, continuing education, and skill training. Modern vocational education focuses on the "growth roadmap" for the sustainable development of talents, aiming to promote the continuous learning of skilled talents and better realize their life value through skill enhancement. This requires vocational education to not only strengthen pre service education, but also take on the responsibility of post service education, promote the integrated development of pre service and post service education, and promote the transformation of various talents from "one skill in hand" to "lifelong learning of skills.".
Vocational education is an important foundation for cultivating technical and skilled talents, promoting employment, entrepreneurship and innovation, and promoting high-quality development of Chinese manufacturing and services. As China enters a new stage of development, industrial upgrading and economic restructuring are accelerating, and the demand for technical and skilled talents in various industries is becoming increasingly urgent. The important position and role of vocational education are becoming increasingly prominent. Cultivating a massive team of high-quality skilled talents and organically connecting the education chain, talent chain, industry chain, and innovation chain can provide solid support for building a modern economic system and achieving high-quality development.