What do you think of vocational education?

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, society's educational philosophy has undergone several major changes. From the original belief that one would not be afraid of studying mathematics, physics and chemistry well and traveling all over the world, to the later belief that only the college entrance examination was considered, people gradually discovered problems. Elite education cannot solve everyone's educational problems. After all, only a few people are becoming elites, so the remaining people still have to go to all walks of life. However, the education received by the remaining people who have not gone to college is faced with barbaric growth and only Limited to short-term quick studies, no room for further education, and many other problems, in terms of social acceptance, everyone will also feel that students in vocational education do not have good prospects.

Recently, the country has promulgated the Vocational Education Law. The Vocational Education Law will be implemented from May 1, 2022. The country has formally planned the future development framework of vocational education in legal form.

1. The status of vocational education

Article 3 of the Vocational Education Law stipulates that vocational education is a type of education that has the same important status as general education. It is an integral part of the national education system and human resources development. It is an important part of cultivating diversified talents, inheriting technical skills, and promoting employment and entrepreneurship.

The Vocational Education Law swears to the people the importance of vocational education in the form of law and emphasizes that it is "equally important" as general education. I believe that after the law is implemented, it will play a role in changing people's views on vocational education. important role. After society changes its view on vocational education, it will help the future generation to choose the way and way to receive education. It will no longer have thousands of troops to cross the single-plank bridge of the college entrance examination. It will also promote the development of vocational skills talents and alleviate the shortage of vocational skills talents. It can play a fundamental role in alleviating or even solving the problem and promote the overall development of the economy.

II. Contents of Vocational Education

Article 2 of the Vocational Education Law stipulates that vocational education as mentioned in this Law refers to the purpose of cultivating high-quality technical and skilled personnel and equipping the educated to engage in Education for a certain occupation or the professional ethics, scientific culture and professional knowledge, technical skills and other comprehensive professional qualities and action abilities required to achieve career development, including vocational school education and vocational training.

Same as ordinary university education, the content of vocational education must include professional knowledge, technical skills and professional ethics. Only by mastering professional knowledge and technical skills and possessing good professional ethics can vocational education students gain a foothold and a place in future social employment.

Usually those who participate in vocational education are relatively young, and many are even minors. Therefore, the Vocational Education Law also regards science and culture as the content of vocational education and prioritizes it over professional knowledge and technical skills. , we can understand that vocational education should prioritize the "education" of students' personality over the cultivation of "vocational" skills.

From this point of view, students graduating from vocational education in the future will also have the necessary cultural knowledge, as well as the knowledge and skills of this major. However, compared with general education, vocational education focuses on professional knowledge and technical skills, while general education focuses on professional knowledge. In contrast, students in general education have to face a period of several years of professional application adaptation after graduation. Graduates of vocational education can directly adapt to work after graduation, and even internships during school can be carried out directly on a work-study basis.

3. Forms and channels of education

In terms of education form, vocational education includes school education and vocational training. That is to say, the way vocational education is carried out is different from that of general education. General education usually only has an internship period of a few months or even shorter at the university level, while vocational education has more opportunities for practical operation and even the entire education period is practical. operate.

Article 15 of the Vocational Education Law: Vocational school education is divided into secondary vocational school education and higher vocational school education. Secondary vocational school education is implemented by secondary vocational schools (including technical schools) at the senior secondary education level. Higher vocational school education is implemented by higher vocational schools and ordinary colleges and universities at the junior college, undergraduate and above education levels. According to the regulations on the establishment of higher vocational schools, qualified technician colleges will be included in the sequence of higher vocational schools.

Before the promulgation of this law, many vocational education majors did not have corresponding majors for further education. After the implementation of this law, I believe there will be radical changes.

In terms of adapting to social needs, many job recruitments and even civil service admissions examinations will have certain academic requirements, and many will restrict those with a bachelor's degree or below from participating in recruitment or examinations. This provision provides vocational education personnel with equal employment opportunities as general education graduates and the possibility of participating in recruitment for corresponding positions.

In addition, the educational form of vocational education includes pre-employment training, on-the-job training, re-employment training and other training.

IV. Others

The Vocational Education Law stipulates in detail social assistance, funding, awareness cultivation of vocational education, talent flow, teaching material development, conditions for setting up vocational education institutions, educators and The rights of educated persons are stipulated in detail.

The Vocational Education Law also makes relatively detailed provisions on the certificates obtained after vocational education graduation and the recognition of vocational skill levels. It is believed that after the implementation of this law, more supporting policies will be introduced and implemented.

The Vocational Education Law also makes special provisions for vocational education for persons with disabilities, and stipulates special education subsidies for special education teachers.

For the first time, this law systematically stipulates vocational education in a specialized legal form. This fully demonstrates the country’s determination and attitude in developing vocational education. I believe that the development of vocational education will have a bright future. In the future, graduates of vocational education will also have broader employment prospects.