The Policy Address proposed to strengthen vocational education and explore the introduction of more applied degree programmes. At the Panel on Education meeting this morning (2nd), DAB member Leung Hee mentioned that vocational education is not paid much attention in the society, and many young people insist on completing diploma courses despite their average grades, and in the end, they have a sense of frustration at the same time when their grades are not good. He asked whether it would be possible to harmonise the ratings of vocational education and open examinations to help employers grasp the quality of their employees.

The Secretary for Education, Ms Choi Ruolian, responded that the general community believes that vocational education is not the best option and will be promoted through different channels in the future to improve the atmosphere, and this year the Bureau has also introduced the Pilot Vocational Diploma in high schools, so that students can study vocational diploma and open examination diploma at the same time, giving them the opportunity to "walk on two legs".

In recent years, politicians have paid attention to promoting vocational education to match young people's skills with social needs. (Profile picture)

Vocational education is different from the open examination model, and it is difficult to standardize ratings

As for the harmonised rating, she said that the number and mode of study of vocational education courses and open trial courses were different, and she believed that it would be of little help to reluctantly unify the ratings of the two diplomas, and the rating of full-time diplomas was described in a relevant way, which was believed to help employers understand the situation of job seekers.

Liang Meifen, chairman of the committee, pointed out that the number of people who read industry courses needed by the society is not enough, and believes that vocational brands are not good enough, and said that now "I-words have a head", it is "the brand of engineering is the brand of engineering, there is no problem, they are washed away to read academics". She also quoted a friend who could not read a book, joined the construction industry after Secondary 10, and became a judge after studying some management disciplines, earning more than <>,<> yuan a month. Choi Ruolian agreed that the society's value of vocational education needs to change customs, young people's success stories through vocational education need to be publicized, and the future of vocational education will become clearer and clearer.

LegCo Member Chu Kwok-keung mentioned that the admission of some subsidised programmes was not satisfactory and asked whether the Bureau had taken measures to increase the attractiveness of enrolment of courses. Cai Ruolian responded that the relevant courses are aimed at industries with strong demand for social human resources, and will cooperate with relevant institutions in the future to help students understand the way out of the courses and increase the attractiveness of the courses.

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