Top political advisor urges enhancing vocational education  

俞正聲：職業教育既是教育問題更是重大民生問題

俞正聲在深化產教融合、校企合作，加快現代職業教育體系建設”專題協商會上指出，職業教育問題關系中國經濟轉型升級和長遠競爭力提升，關系億萬勞動力就業，既是教育問題，更是重大民生問題和經濟問題。中共中央、國務院高度重視，中共十八大和十八屆三中全會提出明確要求，中共中央總書記習近平也多次作出重要指示。[查看全文]

China's top political advisor Yu Zhengsheng on Tuesday urged various measures to deploy a modern vocational education program to facilitate economic development and increase employment.

Vocational education concerns the transformation of China's economic development pattern and long-term competitiveness. It is also vital to improve the employment of the vast labor force, said Yu, chairman of the National Committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).

To strengthen vocational education, the government should make favorable policies, increase investment and improve education systems to raise education quality and nurture talents with special skills of applied technology, he said while presiding over a symposium held by the CPPCC.

Twenty-seven CPPCC members and experts participating the symposium suggested innovating systems for vocational education, integrate its development with industrial transformation, reform assessment mechanism for professional skills, promote the education in regions of ethnic minorities and increase investment.

Vice Premier Liu Yandong called for better coordination of industries and education as well as cooperation between colleges and enterprises so as to enhance education quality.

Non-governmental investment should be attracted into the field and governments of all levels should give schools more independence to inspire their vitality in teaching students, she said.