Before answering this question, we should popularize a common sense of economics: if a country wants to develop, just like a family wants to develop, it must first consider the economy, that is to say, it needs to develop the economy first. With the development of family economy, you can buy a car and build a house for your family, so that they can live well and improve their quality of life. Only when the country is rich can the people's welfare be increased and the people can live and work in peace and contentment. If you invest money in national defense, you can buy advanced weapons, defend the country and invest in scientific research, and then you can develop high-tech products and improve your competitiveness.
So what is China's current economic base and main source of income? Some people may say that it is service industry and real estate, but in fact, the main source of income in our country is industry. After decades of development, China's industrial base has been quite perfect, especially the low-end manufacturing industry.
China is the only country in the world with the most complete low-end manufacturing industry chain. At present, China's low-end products have been exported to Asia, Europe, America and some African countries. Accumulated a large amount of foreign exchange income for the country.
By 2020, the number of students enrolled in secondary vocational education in China will reach 23.5 million, the number of students enrolled in vocational education at junior college level will reach14.8 million, and the number of students receiving vocational education at undergraduate level will reach a certain scale. This is not only of great significance for the country to change its mode, adjust its structure and promote its upgrading, but also will help each family create a greater talent dividend.
Lu Xin, Vice Minister of Education, said that in recent years, China's vocational education has developed rapidly and made important contributions to the sustained and healthy development of the economy and society. However, there are still some problems, such as relatively backward concepts, weak students' cultural foundation, weak ability of sustainable development, and the teaching mode and curriculum textbook system can not meet the needs of development.
In 20 14, the Decision of the State Council on Accelerating the Development of Modern Vocational Education was issued, which further clarified the training level of vocational education and redefined China's education system. An overpass with diversified choices and multiple paths for students to become talents will eventually be built.
According to the decision, the future vocational education will include senior high school, junior college, undergraduate course and postgraduate course, and there should also be a degree system that conforms to the characteristics of vocational education, which not only enriches the level of vocational education, but also changes the goal of training people in vocational education. In the past, our goal was to cultivate skilled talents, but now we are technical talents, which can also be understood as technical talents, skilled talents and compound talents.
Ge Daokai, director of the Department of Vocational Education and Adult Education of the Ministry of Education, said that in this way, the traditional concept that vocational education is "broken education" and "inferior education" will change. Not only that, the decision also emphasizes that vocational education should strengthen the accumulation of technical skills, which will help to reverse the status quo of many traditional skills and skills lost, so that the excellent genes of high-quality workers can be passed on continuously.
Looking at some developed countries in the world, developing vocational education has become a national strategy, and it is very common for senior blue-collar workers to be respected. China is still relatively backward in social supporting mechanism and concept.
Ge Daokai pointed out that education is linked to employment, people's livelihood and fairness. Every time vocational education trains a student, it reduces the employment pressure of a family, which is also a unique contribution made by education to improving people's livelihood. According to the data of the Ministry of Education, in recent years, the employment rate of vocational college graduates has continued to increase. The employment rate of secondary vocational graduates has always remained above 95%, and the employment rate of higher vocational graduates is higher than 90% after half a year. Both the proportion of self-employment and the employment counterpart rate performed well.
In recent years, although the employment rate of secondary vocational schools and higher vocational schools has outperformed that of undergraduate schools year after year, there is still prejudice and discrimination against vocational education in society. Decided to explore the development of joint-stock and mixed-ownership vocational colleges, allowing capital, knowledge, technology, management and other elements to participate in running schools and enjoy corresponding rights. Explore the mutual entrustment management and purchase service mechanism of vocational colleges run by public and social forces. All these are to guide the whole society to care, support and participate in vocational education. This is by no means a slogan call, but a breakthrough in the system and mechanism, which really creates a new environment for the development of vocational education.
Yu Zuguang, vice president of Vocational and Technical Education Association, pointed out that in recent years, vocational education has made in-depth exploration and bold experiments in mobilizing the enthusiasm of diversified school-running subjects, especially in the participation of industry enterprises in vocational education running and management, and has gained extensive successful experience. For example, an institutional framework for coordinating multiple stakeholders in vocational education, such as employers, learners, and school operators, has been initially formed, and the public participation system of industrial enterprises and social forces in vocational education has accumulated enough "positive energy" for the reform involving "deep water areas".
With the government's vigorous advocacy and increased investment, China's vocational education began to enter the fast lane, and the employment rate of secondary vocational and higher vocational graduates maintained a high level year after year. Last year, the the State Council executive meeting put forward a loud slogan of "advocating one's skills, not just academic qualifications", which sent a strong signal to the society to vigorously develop vocational education and will also provide new enlightenment and direction for many young students who are eager to become talents.