High "job" volume
Once you enter the middle school, the road to further education ends here? This notion is outdated. In response to the increasing demand for further education, secondary vocational schools in Guangzhou provide a number of paths for further education, and the number of students who go on to higher education every year has greatly increased. In the three examples shared this time, the secondary vocational students have bypassed the temporary difficulties and finally realized their college dreams and continued to study undergraduate in the future.
Some insiders also pointed out that vocational education needs to achieve a better balance between "further education orientation" and "employment orientation".
Article/Guangzhou Daily all-media reporter Zeng Jun
He made a clear plan and finally shone a skills competition
Recently, in the 2021 National Vocational College Skills Competition, Liu Haoyuan, Li Daihe and Ye Benyuan from Guangzhou Transportation Vocational School won the first place on behalf of Guangdong Province. Previously, with their outstanding results in the provincial competition, they have been admitted to the "bellwether" of higher vocational colleges - Shenzhen Vocational and Technical College's rail transit transportation and management major. In September, Liu Haoyuan will become a college student, planning to continue to play competitions, undergraduate studies, and start a new picture of life.
For the national competition, Liu Haoyuan said that they were already very confident of getting good results after the end of the competition, but it was still a bit unexpected to finally win the first place, "Good luck, very honored." It is reported that in the previous training, they made a plan for possible situations, but the disconnection, improper use of tools and other conditions did not appear, and the three people had a stable mentality and played their strength.
Liu Haoyuan's home is in Zengcheng, Guangzhou, and after the middle school entrance examination 3 years ago, after his father's recommendation, he applied for the secondary vocational school. Thinking that the urban rail transit vehicle application and maintenance major will be easy to find a job in the future, he is confused. For this decision, he originally had an indifferent attitude, but seeing that the school conditions were good and the teachers were responsible, he strengthened his idea of continuing to learn. In the eyes of the instructors Zhang Di and Liu Ya, he has strong hands-on ability, obeys the teacher's instructions, is willing to endure hardships and has perseverance, so he is selected as a good seedling into the competition training team in the second grade of the middle vocational school.
Since then, in addition to his usual classes, Liu Haoyuan has given more time and energy than his classmates to training: disassembling and assembling machines, wiring and wiring, designing pages, and for two years he has been dealing with these repetitive operations. As his technology became more sophisticated, he eventually proved that "the line is out of shape". "Now that I have such a good opportunity, I want to keep working hard. Dad was very proud of me and kept watching the video of me winning the competition. Liu Haoyuan said that he has also learned from the university's brothers and sisters and formulated clear plans and goals.
He "fought the college entrance examination again" and explored new professional fields
18-year-old Chen Zhenhui grew up in a relaxed family atmosphere, many life choices are their own ideas, their own responsibility, "my parents' mantra is 'you are big, we will not care', I said, choose yourself, good, no matter the failure and success, will not regret." 」 Thanks to his parents' letting go, he let go of his dreams. When he graduated from Foshan Junior High School, Chen Zhenhui, who was still one step away from the gate of ordinary high school, came to Guangzhou Finance and Trade School to study. This year, he was admitted to Guangdong Light Industry Vocational and Technical College through the higher vocational college entrance examination and enrolled in the environmental monitoring major.
"Although it can be tiring to be interdisciplinary, I want to try it and get exposed to something new. Now everyone attaches great importance to environmental protection, and I have a great desire to explore. Chen Zhenhui said.
Talking about the process of preparing for the higher vocational college entrance examination, he bluntly said that he was very tired, "After class every day, most of the people around me go back to the dormitory to rest, I will work harder, review until very late to go to dinner, and late self-study is also waiting until the bell rings." This state lasted for half a year, and he described it as a period of light, "When filling out the volunteer, the teacher said that he could try it." In the end I was admitted. ”
Chen Zhenhui frankly said that he also knows the high requirements of modern society for academic qualifications, so he cannot meet the existing achievements. It is this strict self-requirement that has become the biggest driving force for his success in the college entrance examination.
In fact, he was a little disappointed by the failure of the middle school entrance examination three years ago, when the score was still a little worse, but he could only accept the results. In the middle vocational, the e-commerce major is the ace major, and it is at the cusp of the wind, there is employment potential, but he does not take this as a lifelong career orientation, but seriously attends classes, carefully learns the practice, planning, operation, management, and the full set of processes about e-commerce must be done again. "In recent years, I have exercised my professional skills, and my communication skills and leadership skills have improved. I'm still young, interested in divergent look. He said.
"I've had the habit of learning when it's time to learn. Review is very hard, but after the test is very easy, it is recommended that later people should also be brave to try more. Along the way, although Chen Zhenhui encountered occasional setbacks, he would not set limits on himself and always moved forward in the direction of his dreams.
He "debuted halfway" and responded with actual results that he was "not optimistic"
There are no shortcuts in life, only persistence and hard work, which is vividly reflected in the 19-year-old Li Donglin. Graduated from Guangzhou Light Industry Vocational School this year, after transferring to a school and changing the competition once, he finally won the first prize in the 2020 Guangdong Vocational College Skills Competition (Middle Vocational Group) "Flexible Manufacturing and Information Integration Technology Application" competition with talent and perseverance, and was admitted to Shenzhen Vocational and Technical College without exams and is about to go to the new campus.
In 2017, Li Donglin was still studying service-related majors at a technical school, but he was not interested in this major and felt that the future development space was limited, so he began to look for new schools. After preliminary screening and field visits to several schools, he decided to re-apply for secondary vocational colleges as a former student to learn robot applications. "It's all over again, and my parents don't object or agree." I feel that I want to be more assertive, it is the path I have chosen, and I will not complain if I go well or not. ”
As soon as he entered the school, his idea was very clear: to participate in the competition. "At the beginning, there were lectures at the school, and when I heard that there was this road, I especially wanted to rush it." The competition training is quite time-consuming, so he has to give up his favorite football, "hobbies, careers, skills, these are very different." And because I have a goal, I live every day to the fullest. ”
It is worth mentioning that he first trained for robot applications, and later joined the flexible manufacturing training, and finally tried to overcome the discomfort and won an impressive record with the two disciples. This summer, he is teaching himself English to prepare for the future, "to go to the university to study robotics, this industry has more room for development, and the previous major in the middle job is also the corresponding connection."
Recalling the road ahead, his biggest emotion is that he must fight for his dream once, "My family has little confidence in me, but I will not be unhappy, as long as I know my own path and make achievements to show them." 」 He also shared his experience: "Teachers and disciples should not be discouraged because they have studied in the middle vocational school. In fact, the school has many channels, provide equipment and platforms, and make good use of these favorable conditions. You can also take the entrance examination, of course, the competition will be a little more difficult, but as long as you are diligent and confident, it should not be bad. ”
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It is necessary to meet the needs of further education and to promote all-round development
Two days ago, this newspaper's article "High-quality candidates entering the middle job: it is definitely not a hot head" caused heated discussion among netizens. Likes, dislikes, doubts, all kinds of voices. On the one hand, to some extent, this is a good thing, indicating that everyone pays more and more attention to vocational education; on the other hand, it also proves that the society's understanding of vocational education, especially vocational education in Guangzhou, is far from enough, and there are even many misunderstandings.
The biggest misconception is that junior high school students go to vocational schools, which means that they can never improve their academic qualifications again. The actual situation is that at present, the average promotion rate of secondary vocational schools in Guangzhou is more than 60% per year, and the main ways are 3+ certificates, ordinary college entrance examinations, three-two segments of middle and high vocational articulation, five-year consistent system, independent enrollment of higher vocational schools, and undergraduate training. Guangzhou's vocational education is at the forefront of the country, many high-level secondary vocational schools and undergraduate colleges, higher vocational colleges and universities have carried out smooth cooperation, and there are countless examples of students entering higher-level schools for further study.
This is the case with the above three students, some of them have been confused, some have always been clear, but they all found that missing ordinary high school because of unsatisfactory results in the middle school entrance examination is only a temporary regret. They know how to re-plan well in the next three years and make good use of the rich conditions of the school to achieve their goals and realize their dreams. They once again told the world: there is not only one way in life, who said that when you enter a secondary vocational school, you have to walk with your head down?
Finally, we also send out a kind reminder that vocational education needs to stick to the original intention. In recent years, secondary vocational schools have changed from employment-oriented to further education-oriented, and the configuration is more focused on further education than ever before, which well meets the needs of students for further education. Many people in the industry believe that vocational education and general education are two different types, and school-running people should adhere to the characteristics of type education, and the core is to promote the all-round development of students and improve the comprehensive quality of students. Therefore, while consolidating the basic position of secondary vocational schools, they should focus on cultivating the ability to face the market, society and the workplace, and try to let students with different needs find their own positions, so that they can be more confident and brave in the face of future competition.