The purpose of the special plan for higher vocational colleges is to promote the reform and development of higher vocational education in China by implementing the policy of "extra points for higher vocational colleges". The plan comprehensively plans the Ministry of Education, provincial education authorities, higher vocational colleges and their related units, and vocational skill appraisal institutions, aiming at building a team of high-quality vocational talents and improving the level of higher vocational education in China.
The special plan of higher vocational colleges was established in 2003, which provides special subsidies for outstanding high school graduates who want to enter higher vocational colleges, including tuition, accommodation, living expenses, learning materials and so on. There are places every year. The selection criteria of the special plan are based on the results of the college entrance examination, giving priority to selecting outstanding high school graduates with high test scores, excellent academic performance and potential innovation ability, and providing them with a better and better learning environment by reducing tuition fees.
The special plan of higher vocational colleges is a very important policy, which is helpful to cultivate more high-quality higher vocational talents with professional ability and practical experience. At the same time, it also helps to alleviate many problems faced by higher vocational education, such as lack of teachers, insufficient cooperation between schools and enterprises, and lack of practical opportunities. It provides various guarantees for China's higher vocational education and career development.
Although the implementation of special programs in higher vocational colleges can deliver a number of outstanding freshmen for higher vocational colleges, it does not mean that higher vocational colleges can only accept specific outstanding high school graduates, and will not exclude any individual students. Therefore, students who are suitable for higher vocational education should also consider their own actual situation and development direction, choose their own colleges and majors, and make their own efforts.
Higher vocational colleges
Higher vocational education (hereinafter referred to as "higher vocational education") is a form of education between secondary vocational education and general higher education. Compared with secondary vocational education, higher vocational education pays more attention to skills training and career development, and awards certificates such as senior technicians, technicians and intermediate titles, aiming at cultivating high-quality technical and professional talents who can solve practical problems with practical skills. Compared with ordinary higher education, higher vocational education has shorter academic system, more practical and applied courses, and more emphasis on the cultivation of practical ability.
Higher vocational colleges refer to the entity organizations that serve higher vocational education, and are essentially the implementing institutions of higher vocational education. Higher vocational colleges are public, private and international cooperative educational institutions approved by the administrative department of education. They are mainly for secondary professional schools (vocational schools), secondary vocational schools and ordinary high schools, and are important bases for cultivating high-level skilled and technical personnel.
The characteristics of higher vocational colleges are as follows:
1, closely related to regional economic and social development, emphasizing practicality and career orientation.
2. Below the undergraduate level, the academic system is short and the resources in the school are relatively concentrated. Vocational courses are characterized by conciseness, practicality, and attention to actual needs, helping students to quickly enter the society and workplace.
3. Pay attention to school-enterprise cooperation, integration of production and education, and give play to the education of combining enterprise practice with teaching.