Article 2008

Enhancing the quality of VET in Hong Kong: Recent reforms and new initiatives in widening participation in tertiary qualifications

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Lim, David
Journal of Education and Work
Journal · Vol. 21 · Issue 1 · pp. 25-40
Abstract

As elsewhere, vocational education and training (VET) has a poor image in Hong Kong. To remove the stigma, the Vocational Training Council of Hong Kong embarked on pro-active strategic planning to make it more relevant and cost-effective, exposed long and widely held myths that VET is for dullards which leads only to low-paid and low-status jobs, provided a through-train education system to ensure that VET is no longer an educational cul-de-sac, and sought external accreditation aggressively. Though it is early days, there is strong evidence that these strategies have worked.

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vocational education and training Strategic planning External accreditation Through-train education Unfounded myths

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Department of International Business and Asian Studies, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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