Plan urges training of more high-quality workers

The State Council has rolled out a plan to further reform vocational education in a bid to train more high-quality workers.

The country will push forward reform of vocational education and its training system to meet the development demands of a modern economy and enable better and higher-quality employment, the plan said.

The plan, published on Wednesday, has set the goal of diversifying the operations of China’s vocational education institutions, which are now mostly government-run, so that more nongovernment entities and personnel can participate in the next five to 10 years.

It also details measures to improve national systems and policies related to vocational education and lift the quality of both secondary and higher vocational education in the country.

A system of national standards for vocational education will be established and measures will be taken to ensure standards for teaching, education materials and teachers will be met.

Cooperation between vocational schools and enterprises will be promoted, and a number of high-level training bases will be established, according to the plan.

Enterprises will be encouraged to take a leading role in hosting vocational education, and large businesses will receive support to open high-quality institutions.