Students at A Au vocational school (Photo courtesy of the school).HCM City (VNS/VNA) - Only around 83,320 ninth grade students in Ho Chi MinhCity will sit the 10th grade entrance examinations, and the remaining 16,245have not registered for the exam, the municipal Department of Education andTraining has said.
Most of thelatter are likely to apply for vocational and technical colleges and secondaryvocational schools, said Le Hoai Nam, deputy director of the department.
Enrolment intechnical and vocational education has steadily increased in recent years,according to the official.
Vocationalschools have invested heavily in infrastructure and made teachingreforms to meet the demand of students.
Feeincentives they offer also make them more appealing to students.
The city has57 vocational and technical colleges, 64 secondary vocational schools and 272vocational training centres.
Vocational andtechnical colleges are expected to enrol 45,000 students this year.
At theintermediate level, secondary vocational schools are expected to enrolanother 36,000 students, while vocational training centres are expected toenrol 295,800 others.
Newoccupations
Manyvocational schools have started new courses to meet the demands of the labour market.
The Bach KhoaSecondary Vocational School in HCMCity has this year begun a beauty care course and expects 200 enrolments.
The Bach KhoaSai Gon College is this year offering 150 seats in English, Chinese and Japanlanguage courses, part of 17 courses for 540 students.
Hoang Van Phuc,rector of the college, told Nguoi Lao Dong (Labourer)newspaper that with the economic fallout of COVID-19 worsening,enrolment is likely to drop this year.
Vocational andtechnical colleges and secondary vocational schools began taking in students inMarch./.
VNA
