Vocational education enrollment: Diversifying methods to attract learners

A working day for the staff of the Admissions and Job Introduction Center (College of Electromechanics and Irrigation) starts at 7:30 a.m. In addition to those who come to schools, businesses, and localities to provide admissions consultation, those working in the office are also busy guiding parents and students to visit the school's facilities and providing online consultation for those who want to learn a trade. Mr. Loan Thanh Dao, Director of the Center, said: In 2025, the College of Electromechanics and Irrigation plans to enroll 1,300 secondary and college students. From the beginning of the year, based on the assigned targets and tasks, the Center has implemented many enrollment plans. To meet the enrollment target, the school proactively coordinates with high schools to provide career orientation, admissions consultation, and post enrollment information on the school's website and social networking sites such as Facebook and Zalo. Currently, the enrollment work is entering the "final" stage, so the Center has increased human resources to provide consultation and receive applications...

At To Hieu College of Economics and Technology these days, in addition to the main role of the staff and civil servants of the Admissions Center going to high schools and localities to recruit students, each staff and teacher is assigned targets and tasks of introducing and recruiting students for the school. Mr. Tran Thanh Liem, Principal of the school, said: To ensure the target of recruiting about 500 new students in 2025, in addition to traditional recruitment, the school also seeks business partners and economic groups at home and abroad to expand job opportunities for students after graduation; organize delegations of staff and teachers to visit businesses to survey vocational training needs for workers without degrees or certificates and survey labor needs of new businesses to have the most suitable labor training direction for the needs of businesses.

In the context of universities increasing the number of wishes and extending the time for receiving application documents, vocational training institutions must innovate their methods to "increase attractiveness", especially the attractiveness for high school graduates, helping them see the benefits and choose the path of vocational training, entering the labor market early. On the other hand, vocational training institutions grasp the needs of businesses and focus on recruiting "hot" occupations with easy employment, high salaries and development opportunities such as: Industrial electricity, automotive technology, high-tech welding, automation and digital technology ...    

According to statistics from the Department of Education and Training, the province currently has 50 vocational training institutions, including: 14 colleges, 10 intermediate schools, the rest are vocational training centers - continuing education; the total training scale from intermediate to college level is more than 45.9 thousand people/year. Many vocational training institutions have good scale and training quality such as: Thai Binh Vocational College, College of Electromechanics and Irrigation... Choosing a school should be based on the interests, abilities and career goals of students. If students are passionate about a specific profession and want to work early, vocational school can be a good choice. If students want to study at a higher level and have a broad background of knowledge, university may be more suitable.

2025 is an important year, when the management of vocational education is transferred to the Ministry of Education and Training, helping to unify the education system and promote connectivity between levels of education. This is also the year to accelerate the implementation of the Resolution of the 13th National Congress and prepare for the 14th National Party Congress, requiring careful preparation of human resources to serve the country's development. Many vocational education institutions have changed their recruitment and training methods in line with the recruitment needs of businesses. This is a good premise for increasing the quantity and improving the quality of human resources to meet the growth rate of economic zones and industrial parks in the province in the coming years.

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