Vocational Education Thriving

During the year 2018, China had about 11,700 vocational schools nationwide, with around 9.3 million new students enrolled and 26.9 million students at school, the Ministry of Education disclosed recently.

Figures from the ministry showed that among the schools, 10,300 were secondary vocational schools, and 1,418 were advanced vocational schools. The average employment rate of secondary vocational school graduates has exceeded 95 percent for 10 consecutive years, and that of advanced vocational school graduates was more than 90 percent six months after graduation.

As a key source of human resources for China’s economic development, according to the ministry’s report, vocational schools have contributed to more than 70 percent of the new workforce in the country’s manufacturing and emerging industries.

To integrate industry and education, as well as schools and enterprises, China has built 56 supervisory committees for vocational education and 1,400 vocational education groups, with over 30,000 participating companies.