Development strategy

Strategic Development Plan

The school is determined to implement the following comprehensive solution systems:

• Strongly innovate training programs, content, and methods; implement training partnerships with technical universities and production facilities applying advanced programs and curricula.
• Promote scientific research and technology transfer.
• Digitize the entire training program and management system of the school.
• Strengthen international cooperation.
• Focus on improving the qualifications of teaching and managerial staff.
• Enhance the procurement of training equipment.
• Conduct quality assurance and train according to the needs of businesses and society.
• Promote the socialization of education to mobilize resources for the development of the school.
• Innovate organization and management following the principle of democratic centralism; build a school culture of "discipline, compassion, and responsibility."
• Apply information and communication technology in teaching and management.
• Strengthen continuing education and other training programs.
• Integrate general education curriculum into the school, taught by in-house lecturers in accordance with regulations.

1. Strongly innovate training programs, content, and methods; implement international training partnerships; apply advanced curricula and materials.

a. Continuously innovate training programs and content:

• Survey and forecast labor market needs to determine appropriate training sector structures that meet the socio-economic development needs of key economic regions.
• Develop curricula aligned with practical needs, enhancing applicability amid the information explosion, industrialization, modernization, and international integration.
• Improve vocational skills, increase self-study and practice time, and optimize the balance between theoretical subjects, modules, and applied courses.
• Invite businesses and experts in relevant fields to participate in teaching practical experience and guiding practice and internships.
• Strengthen training in foreign languages, informatics, vocational culture, and soft skills through various formal methods.

b. Innovate teaching methods with a learner-centered approach, combining theory with practice, turning the training process into a self-training process:

• Shift from primarily teaching knowledge to focusing on methods of information exploitation, research, and application.
• Focus on vocational skill training, enhancing self-study capacity, independent work, teamwork, and practical skills.

c. Implement modular training to offer flexible and adaptable study plans for learners.

d. Increase compilation of textbooks, reference materials, and specialized publications.

e. Enhance inspection, testing, and quality assurance to ensure objectivity and fairness.

f. Innovate English teaching methods using advanced programs aligned with international economic integration.

2. Promote scientific research and technology transfer

a. Develop research orientations based on practical needs to serve technical management and business development within the community.

b. Propose and implement research and technology transfer contracts with enterprises or linked to curriculum innovation.

c. Promote scientific research among students to foster professional creativity.

d. Regularly organize seminars for lecturers and students to exchange and learn from technical experts in enterprises.

3. Strengthen international cooperation

a. Enhance international partnerships, promote the school brand, and implement joint training programs.

b. Establish training linkages through articulation and experience exchange with quality institutions in Vietnam and abroad.

c. Promote academic exchange, organize seminars, and facilitate teacher exchanges within the vocational education system.

d. Focus on building capacity in international cooperation.

4. Train teaching staff and management personnel

a. Standardize vocational skills of lecturers according to ASEAN and international standards.

b. Increase the number of staff pursuing Master's, Doctoral degrees, and professional English training at home and abroad.

c. Standardize lecturer recruitment processes and develop mechanisms to attract high-level lecturers and technical staff.

d. Organize English classes for teachers, managers, and students with instruction from qualified domestic and international educators.

e. Invite scientists, technical experts, industry practitioners, and successful entrepreneurs to participate in teaching, research, seminars, and technology transfer.

5. Enhance the procurement of training equipment

a. Invest in teaching equipment, focusing on the six prioritized trades to meet ASEAN and international training standards. Establish practice workshops and research labs with simulation software for technical, economic, and business activities.

b. Develop a robust information network, library, and electronic library:

• Upgrade the campus-wide wireless internet system.
• Improve the website as an open learning resource.
• Connect with the national library and major university and research institute libraries and information centers domestically and internationally.

6. Quality assurance and training based on business and social needs

a. Conduct quality accreditation for the vocational college. Develop the school comprehensively based on high-quality vocational college criteria and standards. b. Base training, research, technology transfer, and international cooperation on practical requirements and sustainable development of key economic regions. c. Emphasize feedback from training experts, employers (businesses, socio-economic organizations, government agencies), students, alumni, and the public.

7. Promote the socialization of education to mobilize resources for school development

a. Develop the school's annual development and financial plans.

b. Establish internal expenditure regulations and financial mechanisms toward financial autonomy and transparent accounting.

c. Diversify revenue sources, gradually increasing the proportion of non-budget revenues.

Main revenue sources include:

• State budget allocations.
• Increased legitimate income from school activities.

8. Innovate organization and management; implement democratic centralism; build a school culture of "discipline, compassion, and responsibility."

a. Continuously innovate and create in management.

b. Strengthen comprehensive leadership of the Party Committee, directive role of the administration, and participatory management of mass organizations.

c. Democratize the school environment, foster a friendly educational atmosphere, and promote the central role and ownership of students, lecturers, and staff.

9. Apply information and communication technology (ICT) in teaching and management

a. Utilize ICT infrastructure for teaching.

b. Equip synchronized software systems.

c. Digitize records, materials, and manage them in the system.

d. Use technology to provide services for learners.

10. Promote continuing education and supplementary training programs

a. Strengthen communication and recruitment for continuing education using various methods.

b. Develop multiple training programs suited to learners' needs.

c. Collaborate with enterprises to implement better supplementary training.

d. Integrate general education programs into the school, taught by in-house lecturers as per regulations.

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