carta UPPSALA UNIVERSITET & 2 UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS & BUSINESS,VNUH UPPSALA VNU.UEB UNIVERSITET MASTER THESIS OF MPPM VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN LINE WITH JOB CREATION Authors: Pham thi Phuong Hang Duong Thi Thuy Bui Hong Nhat Supervisor: Prof. Lennart Wilkander Local Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Thang Class MPPM INTAKE 4B - Group 3. opinions and recommendations given in this Report are those of the Authors and do not necessarily represent those of Uppsala University or any of its staff Title: “Vocational taining in line with job creation for rural labourers in Vinh Phục” Level: Master thesis Authors: 1.
Pham Thi Phuong Hang iS). Dương Thị Thủy 3. Bùi Hông Nhật Supervisor/ Giảng viên hướng dẫn: 1. Nguyễn Ngọc Thắng Date when the thesis is presented: 2012-02 Aim: - The aim of this investigation is to provide an insight into the relationship between vocational training and employability; b) the findings can be used in policy decision making and prioritisation, to help maximise the achievement of the Government of Vietnam’s stated social and poverty reduction objectives, including vocational training and job creation; c) the findings may provide some recommendations to improve the efficiency of vocational training institutions linked to employment for rural labourers in Vinh Phuc province.
Methodology: Data collection, analysis of secondary data: regarding population, labourers, vocational training, job creation in Vinh Phuc from the provincial Statistics, thematic and technical reports from concerned department, disclosed information and data from vocational training schools and provincial management bodies on vocational training and job creation. We then use these data and information to analyse and compare in order to serve the purpose of the thesis. Through survey/questionnaires To better understand the status of the vocational training and job creation in Vinh Phuc, the group have developed questionnaire to collect information for the thesis. Forms have been sent to 3 categories: Vocational training schools, Enterprises ad Households In depth interviews: During December 2012.
the research group had a number of meetings with (i) leaders from Vinh Phuc Department ofLabour, Invalids and Social Affairs regarding the policies and orientation of the province on vocational training for rural labourers and (ii) leaders from Viet Duc vocational training school to better understand the current challenges and the school’s 2011-2015`s development plan. the group also had a chance to attend some session at 2 training classes for rural labourers in the province organised by Minh tien vocational training centre and Vinh phuc technical economic college. The focus of our group was to get an overview of the contents of the training, the way it is delivered and the enrolment Process. Result & Conclusion: The authors based on the analysis, with the most updated information and data, discussion with stakeholders to pave the ground for their argument on the on the problem — vocational training and job creation for rural labourers in Vinh Phuc.
These includes a real status of the picture at present and recommendations to tackle the problem in the province. Suggestions for future reseach: The scope of the research is limit within the investigation of the vocational training and job creation. Proposals made to improve the situation are at the macro level for the policy makers at the provincial government to consider. There need to have more sector based studies to translate the recommendations into practice, so that the policy can be specifically made for each target group.
This is also the matter of the coordination among the provincial bodies, how best to work with each other under the leadership of the provincial government. Contribution of the thesis: The result of the research indicates the relationship between vocational training and job creation. The group had in depth assessment the capacity ofthe vocational training institutions and job creation in the area through data collected using descriptive and SWOT analysis. The added value of the study is for the first time, directing the student upon their completion of lower and upper secondary school is proposed for vocational training.
Other recommendations have received great attention from policy makers in the province in their planning for the socio-development pan for Vinh Phuc, particularly in the period from 2011-2015. Key word: - Vocational training job creation Rural labourers Vinh phục province Table of Contents Chapter 1. Introduction 6 11 The study 6 1.3 The approach 7 Chapter 2. Literature review Policies at central and local level regarding vocational training and job creation 8 21 The concept 8 2.2 Policy of central government Il 2.3 Policies and strategies of local government 12 Chapter 3.
Status quo of the vocational training and job creation for people in the rural area of Vinh Phuc province 14 3.7 About Vinh Phuc H 3.2 Requirements for labour restructuring, demand for vocational training 1 3.3 Capacity of vocational training centres in Vinh Phuc Nội 3. Vocational training results in the period of 2006-2010 17 3. Demand on vocational trained labourers in the province 18 3. The status of employment andjob creation for rural labourer in Vinh Phuc 20 Chapter 4.1 Data collection, analysis of secondary data 22 4.2 Through survey/questionnaires 22 4.3 In depth interviews 22 4.4 Presentation oƒ data collectedfrom the survey 23 Chapter 5.
Analyzing current situation of vocational training and job creation for the people in the rural area of Vinh Phuc 24 5. Recommendations to improve vocational training and job creation 32 6.1 Directing students upon their completion of lower and upper secondary school 32 6.2 Reorganizing the network of vocational training institutions and job creation 32 6.3 Fostering skills for management and vocational training staff — Improving the contents of the vocational training programme and syllabus 32 6.4 Improve training facility and infrastructure including IT application 33 6.5 Socialization of vocational training. job creation and poverty reduction 34 Dec.aration We, hereby deciare that this Research: Report has not been submitted, either in the same or different forms. to this or any other university for a degree.
We also declare that this Research Report does not draw from any other work prepared under consultancy or othe: professional undertaking. by ourselves or jointly with other authors in any way other than that duly and explicitly acknowledged herewith. Acknowledgements Many people have given us encouragement during our study and support during the preparation of this research report We would like to thank Dr. Lennart Wikander, Dr.
Lars-Torsten Uppsala University in Sweden. Nguyen Ngoc Thang of University of Economics and Business, Vietnam National University for guiding us to do the research and all the lecturers for their knowledge passing through during the study and the fulfilment ofthe research. We would also like to express our sincere thanks to the provincial departments such as PPC. and other line agencies, particularly Mr.
Le Xuan Dang - Director of Department of Labour - Invalids and Social Affairs of Vinh Phuc, Mr. Dao Xuan Hien — Rector of Viet Duc Vocational College in Vinh Phuc for their support to provide information, and acceptance to meet with us during our research. The research group Chapter 1. Introduction In receat years the “Doi Moi” policy of the Vietnamese government has achieved great successes in both, the economic and the social sector: high economic growth, improved social security and stable politics.
A contribution to this achievement is the continuous development of the labour force in terms of quality and quantity. During the last ten years, the vocational training sector has recovered and has made considerable progress: a country-wide vocational training provision could be established and the vocational curricula were revised and renewed based on the national frame curricula. The vocational school teachers have reached a high level of qualification and their updated technical skills include advanced technological know-how for the industrial production. An accreditation system has been established, the national skills standards are about to be defined and they will be the basis for training as well as for assessment.
The administration system functions well from the central to the local level. [1, page 38] In the nearer future, one of the key duties will be the forging of linkages between vocational training and social demand. Training should become driven by the demand of companies for human resource development on the three qualification levels: primary, secondary and college level. Linking the vocational training with job creation, how to run the whole system more efficient and effective in a ever more transition and integrated economy are the among the great challenges for the policy makers from the central downward to local level.
[2, page 10] A well-trained labour force plays an important role in the Vietnamese labour structure. Vocational training is associated with real needs and practical labour use. It helps create local jobs, contributes to economic structure transfer, and labour restructuring in rural areas, thus contributing to poverty reduction. In other words, vocational training is closely connected to production and business labour use.1 The study The purpose of this investigation is to review the current policies and strategies Vinh Phuc regarding vocational training and job creation in the province.
This includes a review of the capacity of vocational training sector and the progress in creating job for people in the rural areas of the province.2 Objectives It is hoped that: a) this study can provide an insight into the relationship between vocational training and employability: b) the findings can be used in policy decision making and prioritisation. to help maximise the achievement of the Government of Vietnam's stated social and poverty reduction objectives. including vocational training and job creation: c) the findings may provide some recommendations to improve the efficiency of vocational training institutions linked to employment for rural labourers in Vinh Phuc province.3 The approach Vinh Phuc was chosen for this investigation given the province has young population, and the majority of which are at the working age, rapid population growth rate (2.4% per year), requiring 30.000 new jobs per annum. Unemployment tigure 1s quite high 198.34% of which are in the rural area, 11.65% are in the urban area.
Ít is quite alarming that the rate young people having no job (aged 15-34) accounts for nearly 70%, and aged 15 - 24 accounts for 35. (Source: Vinh Phuc statistics office) Currently, Vinh phuc has been developing its ‘Proposal for Vocational training for people in the rural areas till 2020 in accordance with Decision 1959/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister. Previously, there have been several studies to investigate the vocational training in Vinh Phuc, but these merely skimmed the surface of, the issue of how these impacts affect job seeking, improvement of livelihood of people in the rural areas of Vinh Phuc. Consequently, there have not been detailed recommendation to the provincial policy makers to help deal with the problem.
This investigation seeks to address this ‘gap’ in current knowledge with the aim to provide additional information on the problem and how to translate them into practical solutions. The scope and depth of the investigation has been determined by the information and statistics readily available. The study analyses nationwide statistics of province level data to identify trends and relationships between population, labourer, and the trend of the transition in the labour structure. A review of findings from case studies in the vocational training schools in the province the secondary statistical analysis to help identify perceived impacts and causal relationships between vocational training and job creation.
Literature review Policies at central and local level regarding vocational training and job creation 2.1 The concept Vocational education or vocational education and training (VET) is an education that prepares trainees forjobs at various levels from a craft or trade to a professional position in engineering, accounting, nursing, medicine and other heath practitioners, architecture, pharmacy, law etc. Craft vocations are usually based on manual or practical activities, traditionally non: mic, related to a specific trade, « pation, or ‹ ion. It is sometimes referred to as technical education as the trainee directly develops expertise in a particular group oftechniques. Vocational education may be classified as teaching procedural knowledge.