Vocational training providers should pay more attention to quality to help Vietnamese workers integrate globally and prepare for the fourth industrial revolution, experts have said.
A vocational training establishment in HCM City. (Source: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) - Vocational training providers shouldpay more attention to quality to help Vietnamese workers integrate globally andprepare for the fourth industrial revolution, experts have said. Speaking at arecent seminar on solutions for improving vocational training quality andmeeting Ho Chi Minh City’s demand for human resources, Nguyen Van Lam, deputyhead of the city's Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, said thecity has 484 vocational training establishments, comprised of 50 colleges and66 schools which provide two-year courses, 65 training centres and 303 others. More than2.55 million students have graduated from them since 2011. Improving thequality of human resources is vital for the city, and finding proper solutionsfor training to meet demand is an urgent need, according to Lam. The city hashigh demand for quality human resources for its services and industrial sectorsand export of labour. The trainingavailable now does not meet the needs of enterprises, the market and globalintegration, according to other participants. Many vocationalschools offer the same courses. The training facilities are not keepingpace with modern needs. Assoc Prof DrDo Van Dung, rector of the HCM City University of Technology and Education,suggested that training methodologies should be changed. The qualityof teachers at vocational training establishments also needed to be improvedsince good teachers would train good students, he said. He pointedout the need for practice-based training rather than theory. Nguyen ThiLy, rector of Thu Duc College of Technology, said establishing links betweenvocational training facilities and the labour market is very important andholds the key to the success of training programmes. According toTran Anh Tuan, deputy head of the city’s Centre for Forecasting Manpower Needsand Labour Market Information, during the fourth industrial revolution, IT application and foreign languages are imperative in every field, but these arethe weaknesses of Vietnamese workers. Vocationaltraining establishments should therefore focus on these, he said. Huynh VanChum, deputy head of the municipal Party Committee’s Information and Education Commission,said the committee would instruct relevant authorities to ensure vocationaltraining establishments can get soft loans and land to build new facilities orexpand. However,their investment should focus on the city’s key industries, he said.-VNA
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A vocational training establishment in HCM City. (Source: VNA) 
