A fully-automatic robotic production line at a Vinamilk factory in My Phuoc 2 Industrial Park in Binh Duong Province. (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) - Vocational education and training must bereformed to meet the requirements of the fourth industrial revolution, expertssaid on May 25 at a meeting held in HCM City.
Lam Van Quan, rector of the HCM City Technical and Economic College, said thefourth revolution would impact every aspect of how people live and work,bringing productivity benefits and cutting labour costs.
However, the labour market will face serious challenges, he added.
Quan said that vocational education training should focus less on theory andmore on practical knowledge.
“Skills we learned in formal education are becoming irrelevant. Employeesshould be prepared to completely ‘reskill’ themselves,” he said.
Tran Anh Tuan, deputy director of HCM City’s Human Resources Forecast andLabour Market Information, said that vocational education and training would becritical in meeting the new demands of the industrial revolution.
“The biggest weaknesses of Vietnamese workers, including those withprofessional vocational training, are soft skills, foreign languages andprofessionalism,” he said.
In such a new workplace, labour-intensive work will be less needed, whilecritical thinking and creativity will be more important.
Nguyen Thanh Nam, rector of online FUNiX University, said employees would haveto master technological devices, the Internet of Things (IoT) and communicationand problem-solving skills.
With science and technology evolving so rapidly, many vocational trainingprogrammes are lagging behind, he said.
“Learning should occur in a more creative environment that allows employees toshow they can be innovators,” he added.
The first industrial revolution used water and steam power to mechaniseproduction, while the second was about shifting to electric power and makingmachinery. The third saw a breakthrough in the use of electronics andinformation technology to automate production.
The fourth revolution is expected to create a wide range of new technologiesand products as a result of associations between physics, digitalisation andbiology. It is also expected to create connections between real and virtualworlds, changing all industries, manufacturing and management systems.
The nature of the revolution will be the creation of virtual information-basednetworks to connect human beings, machinery and the real world through the fivesenses, as in the IoT.-VNA
Lam Van Quan, rector of the HCM City Technical and Economic College, said thefourth revolution would impact every aspect of how people live and work,bringing productivity benefits and cutting labour costs.
However, the labour market will face serious challenges, he added.
Quan said that vocational education training should focus less on theory andmore on practical knowledge.
“Skills we learned in formal education are becoming irrelevant. Employeesshould be prepared to completely ‘reskill’ themselves,” he said.
Tran Anh Tuan, deputy director of HCM City’s Human Resources Forecast andLabour Market Information, said that vocational education and training would becritical in meeting the new demands of the industrial revolution.
“The biggest weaknesses of Vietnamese workers, including those withprofessional vocational training, are soft skills, foreign languages andprofessionalism,” he said.
In such a new workplace, labour-intensive work will be less needed, whilecritical thinking and creativity will be more important.
Nguyen Thanh Nam, rector of online FUNiX University, said employees would haveto master technological devices, the Internet of Things (IoT) and communicationand problem-solving skills.
With science and technology evolving so rapidly, many vocational trainingprogrammes are lagging behind, he said.
“Learning should occur in a more creative environment that allows employees toshow they can be innovators,” he added.
The first industrial revolution used water and steam power to mechaniseproduction, while the second was about shifting to electric power and makingmachinery. The third saw a breakthrough in the use of electronics andinformation technology to automate production.
The fourth revolution is expected to create a wide range of new technologiesand products as a result of associations between physics, digitalisation andbiology. It is also expected to create connections between real and virtualworlds, changing all industries, manufacturing and management systems.
The nature of the revolution will be the creation of virtual information-basednetworks to connect human beings, machinery and the real world through the fivesenses, as in the IoT.-VNA
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