The Ministry of Education stated that the next step is to further strengthen the basic role of secondary vocational education, standardize the long-term system of technical and technical personnel training, strictly implement the admission requirements for top-notch talents, and gradually establish a “vocational education college entrance examination” system to enable secondary vocational graduates to enjoy more Such educational options and a smoother path for academic improvement.
At present, there are 9,865 secondary vocational schools nationwide, enrolling 6,275,600 students and 16,281,400 students. Nearly a thousand national secondary vocational education reform and development model schools have been built, 2000 secondary vocational schools have reached the provincial backbone school construction standards, and high-quality resources such as national and provincial model (backbone) schools cover more than half of the students.
In 2020, nine departments including the Ministry of Education issued the “Action Plan for the Quality Improvement and Training of Vocational Education (2020-2023)”, clarifying that “By 2023, the teaching conditions of secondary vocational schools will basically meet the standards, and about 1,000 high-quality secondary vocational schools and 3000 will be selected. The target task of “about three high-quality majors, about 300 high-quality technical schools, and about 300 high-quality majors” has reached 5,737 secondary vocational points in 31 provinces and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.
In fact, it is true. Vocational high schools enter undergraduate colleges for the purpose of cultivating practical talents, understand theories, and master vocational skills. General high school students enter undergraduate colleges for the purpose of cultivating academic research talents, so there is no conflict between the two.