The German vocational education and training system, known as the dual training scheme, has proved highly effective it that country, but Vietnam finds it difficult to apply the system.
The German vocational education and training system, known as the dual training scheme, has proved highly effective it that country, but Vietnam finds it difficult to apply the system.
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| Phan Kim Ho (L) from the Supporting Committee for Vietnamese People in Germany donates books to vocational schools in Dong Nai Province - PHOTO: THANH HOA |
Phan Kim Ho from the Supporting Committee for Vietnamese People in Germany said under the dual training scheme, students both learn and work at enterprises and vocational schools. After three years, they will take a graduation exam at the Delegation of German Industry and Commerce, and if qualified they are fir for jobs in the real world.
Students are often proficient at many employment tasks, able to create value for enterprises after around just two years. Fresh graduates can easily land jobs, and therefore, Germany has a low unemployment rate and highly skilled workers, he said at a conference on vocational training in Dong Nai last Friday.
The cornerstone of the dual training scheme is that enterprises have to accompany schools during the training process. Enterprises not only accept students for their internship program but also pay them salaries.
Meanwhile, in Vietnam, it is tough to find internship places for vocational students, due to a slew of reasons. For example, enterprises will have to take a great deal of time to instruct fresh graduates, affecting their jobs without gaining any benefits.
Trinh Thanh Toan, vice rector of Hoa Binh Xuan Loc Vocational College, said if the school has a close relationship with a certain company, it will be easier for students to take internship there.
Besides, he said, Vietnamese young people lack curiosity and creativity, and they seem not interested in reading books, showing a low level of self-study.
Dong Nai Province has an abundant source of workforce, with nearly two million people in the working age. However, the labor quality and structure have not been adequate, according to Mao Quoc Chung, head of Vocational Training Division under the provincial Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs.
In particular, he said, around 42% of laborers in the agriculture sector have not undergone any training. The quality of workforce is low, and unskilled laborers make up 32% while trained workers account for 53%.
Overall, he stressed, the province is facing a shortage of skilled employees and technical workers. Besides, even those workers who have been trained have not met the requirements of enterprises regarding their professional and soft skills.
At the conference, the committee handed over copies of the book “Co Dien Tu” (mechatronics) to 11 vocational schools in Dong Nai. The book is published by Nhat nghe tinh (Master One Trade) bookcase of the Saigon Times Foundation, an arm of the Saigon Times Group, in partnership with the committee.
(Source:SGT)
