Sunday, November 7, 2010

Officials eye vocational teacher qualifications

HCM CITY — The Government expects at least 85 per cent of vocational teachers to meet professional standards by 2015 and 100 per cent by 2020, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

The goal is one of several targets in a draft on improving vocational training submitted to the Government by the ministry.

Figures from the General Department of Vocational Training show that more than 29,000 teachers were enrolled at vocational schools nationwide last year.

Of them, 11.9 per cent of teachers had master's and doctoral degrees. Sixty-five per cent of vocational teachers are unqualified.

Many vocational teachers have not been trained in modern teaching methods, according to Professor Dr Nguyen Khang, deputy head of the Vocational Training Department under the Ministry of Education and Training.

In order to develop qualified human resources, the quality of both schools and teachers must be improved.

Professor Dr Cao Van Sam, deputy head of the General Department of Vocational Training, said the department would implement the project to improve vocational training skills later in the year.

In September, the ministry issued regulations on vocational teachers'standards.

In recent years, the department has worked with organisations, such as Inwent, a non-profit group in Germany, to organise training courses for vocational teachers. — VNS

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