What does the expansion of higher vocational education mean?

Higher vocational enrollment expansion refers to the implementation of enrollment expansion in higher vocational colleges, which belongs to university enrollment expansion, and the graduation certificate of enrollment expansion is full-time unified recruitment.

First, the background and purpose of enrollment expansion in higher vocational colleges

The enrollment expansion of higher vocational colleges is an important decision for the country to deepen the reform of vocational education, meet the demand of high-skilled talents for economic and social development, and promote more young people to realize the value of life by virtue of their skills.

The enrollment expansion of higher vocational colleges is an important measure for the country to implement the strategy of popularizing higher education, aiming at improving the quality of human resources in China, enhancing international competitiveness, alleviating structural employment contradictions and promoting social equity and social stability. The enrollment expansion of higher vocational colleges is an important way for the state to support retired soldiers, migrant workers, laid-off workers, new professional farmers and other special groups to upgrade their academic qualifications and skills, and to realize re-employment or entrepreneurship, and it is also an important way to care for and encourage them.

Second, the scale and scope of enrollment expansion in higher vocational colleges

The enrollment expansion of higher vocational colleges began in 20 19, with enrollment 1 10,000 in 20 19, and enrollment 1 10,000 in 2020 and 2002, with a total of 3 million students. The enrollment expansion of higher vocational colleges involves public and private higher vocational colleges in various provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities), mainly public colleges.

The major settings of enrollment expansion in higher vocational colleges are mainly those that are in urgent need of regional economic construction, social and people's livelihood fields and high employment rate, such as nursing for the aged, domestic service, cooking, e-commerce, logistics, modern agriculture, machinery manufacturing, welding, automobile maintenance and so on.

Third, higher vocational colleges enrollment enrollment methods

1. The enrollment expansion registration method of higher vocational colleges is organized by the education examination institutes of all provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities), and candidates can participate through online registration or on-site registration.

2. The admission methods of enrollment expansion in higher vocational colleges are determined by the provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) according to local conditions, and generally centralized examinations or joint examinations are adopted. The examination contents mainly include cultural quality test and vocational adaptability test or skill test. Some provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) can be exempted from the cultural quality testing of specific groups such as retired soldiers and migrant workers.

3. The principle of "lenient entry and strict exit" is applied in the enrollment expansion of higher vocational colleges, which lowers the entrance threshold and improves the graduation standard. Candidates need to study according to the training plan formulated by the college after entering the school, and obtain corresponding credits through the identification, accumulation and transformation of learning results. Candidates who meet the graduation requirements can obtain full-time college diploma and corresponding vocational skill level certificate.