In Canada, the major of vocational education can be changed. If you have studied for a period of time and feel that this major is not suitable for you, you can apply to transfer to other majors, and the credits of some courses can also be transferred. The procedures and procedures for changing majors are very simple, giving students many choices. This should be a talent training model that China's vocational education can actively explore and learn from.
Toronto Institute of Technology in Canada has newly opened a postgraduate diploma course, offering some practical majors such as computer engineering technology, computer system technology, film and television animation art, real estate management, medical care management and so on. It can meet the learning needs of some self-taught and adult undergraduate students.
Singapore: Business owners participate in the school board.
A person in charge of an education group in Singapore said in an interview that Singapore Vocational Education College is the cradle of training professionals, with complete professional settings. The school is like a large-scale compound factory with perfect experimental equipment, and students can contact and learn all the assembly lines that they want to work in the future at school. Moreover, the college will also arrange paid internships for students, and the general internship period is 2-4 months. The college itself is a talent processing factory, and graduates can be directly qualified for the job.
In addition, Singapore's polytechnics also pay more attention to vocational education, running schools in full accordance with market orientation, but the standards are much higher than those of domestic higher vocational colleges. A very important feature of vocational education in Singapore is that business owners and government officials participate in the school board, which will directly convey the latest vocational needs to the school, and the school will adjust the professional settings in time according to the overall talent demand of the country and the demand of enterprises for talents. For example, the St. Tao Sha Tourism College in Temasek is a good example. By 2008, there will be a shortage of 35,000 tourism and hotel management talents in Singapore. Enterprises and colleges immediately set out to set up specialized colleges to train talents, and the response was quite rapid.
In Singapore, logistics, tourism, hotel management, electronics, securities, finance and other industries are hot spots for employment, and they have also become the first choice for students to choose vocational education.
New Zealand: After a Hundred Years of Vocational Education
According to industry experts, New Zealand's proudest education system is New Zealand's secondary and higher vocational education. Vocational education in New Zealand has a history of more than one hundred years. Many courses lack long-term immigrants or short-term immigrants, and the academic system is not long. College degree can be obtained in general 1-2 years, and graduates can master corresponding vocational skills. This means that they can find jobs quickly and apply for immigration to New Zealand. For example, western chefs, pastry chefs, mechanics, construction carpenters, gardeners, designers and photographers are all lacking in immigrants. All relevant courses are provided by 20 national technical colleges located in the North Island and South Island of New Zealand. The Christchurch Institute of Technology, located in the largest city in the South Island, offers a series of junior college courses in engineering skills, including civil engineering, automotive mechanical engineering, electronic engineering, computer engineering and computer-aided design. The course is taught in small classes with no more than 15 students in each class, which can achieve the best teaching effect. In addition to public institutions, private institutions in New Zealand also have their own characteristics, and they are among the best in some fields.
Gardening and other industries closely related to New Zealand's future economic development are also one of the most popular courses in recent years. Most polytechnics offer 65,438+0-2-year junior college courses and 3-year undergraduate courses. According to the Ministry of Labor, there is a shortage of 27,000 horticulture professionals in China. Horticulture course is a rare course for international students, which can meet the needs of talent market and immigration policy.