Abandoning the mindset of "asking businesses for support
Talking to Lao Dong Newspaper, Mr. Tran Quang Phuong - Vice Rector of Phu Tho Vocational College - informed that the school is changing its approach in relations with businesses, from the mindset of "asking businesses for support" to "creating value with businesses".
Accordingly, instead of waiting for businesses to receive students to intern or recruit after graduation, schools proactively survey the human resource needs of the market, build and adjust training programs according to the actual requirements of businesses.
This approach helps shorten the distance between the knowledge learned at school and the requirements at work. Learners have the opportunity to have early access to machinery, production processes, and industrial style, while businesses can participate in training human resources suitable to their needs.
One of the latest activities showing this direction is the Phu Tho Vocational College strengthening cooperation with businesses in the field of technology and engineering.
At the beginning of August 2026, the school's delegation visited Anam Electronics Factory and learned about the actual production activities. On August 11, Phu Tho Vocational College signed a cooperation agreement with Toptech Service and Trading Co., Ltd.
According to the agreement, the enterprise will participate in contributing opinions and completing the teaching program to ensure that the training content closely follows the actual production. Experienced experts and engineers of the enterprise will directly participate in teaching some technical topics to students.
The two sides also agreed to create conditions for students of the school to intern and train their skills with modern technology equipment. In particular, businesses commit to prioritizing the recruitment of students after completing the training program if they meet job requirements.
Towards the goal of 85% employment after training
The fact that vocational schools proactively seek and expand cooperation with businesses is part of the vocational education development orientation of Phu Tho province in the period 2026 - 2030.
According to the plan, the locality sets a target to support vocational training for about 76,500 rural workers, an average of 15,300 people per year; striving for the employment rate of workers after training to reach 85% or more.
In the total number of trained workers, non-agricultural vocational training is expected to account for about 70%, while agricultural vocational training and rural industry development account for about 30%. The province also focuses on ensuring access to vocational education for female workers, people with disabilities and ethnic minorities.
To achieve this goal, Phu Tho orients to innovate the content and methods of training according to the needs of businesses and the labor market. Retraining programs, vocational conversion, digital skills and industry groups serving industry, services and high-tech agriculture are focused on.
Along with program innovation, the province plans to continue investing in facilities and vocational training equipment in a modern, standardized and digitized direction; prioritizing resources for difficult areas, ethnic minority areas and safe zone areas.
In which, strengthening links between vocational education institutions and businesses and cooperatives is identified as one of the important solutions. The coordination is not only limited to building programs but also expanded to organizing practice, enrollment and recruitment of workers after training.
From training and then connecting jobs for students, vocational schools are gradually shifting to a reverse approach: Finding out what businesses need to organize appropriate training. When businesses participate deeply in the training process, while schools proactively grasp human resource needs, the gap between "vocational training" and "vocational work" is narrowed.
This is also a direction for vocational education to truly become a bridge between learners and the labor market, contributing to improving the quality of human resources and turning job opportunities after training into a goal prepared right from the lecture hall.
