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AI is opening up innovation opportunities for vocational education, helping to improve training quality and form a highly skilled workforce. Associate Professor, PhD. Pham Quang Thao, Vice President of VUSTA, spoke at the Workshop - Photo: VGP/Thu Giang On November 6, in Hanoi, the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA) coordinated with the Institute for Vocational Education Research to organize the Workshop Application of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in developing vocational education. Opening speech, Associate Professor, PhD. Pham Quang Thao, Vice President of VUSTA, emphasized that in the process of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, AI has become a foundational technology that can be applied in most areas of life, economics, politics and society. For education and training, especially vocational education, the application of AI tools has profound practical significance, contributing to comprehensive innovation in content, teaching and management methods. He said that for each field of vocational training, Each has its own characteristics, so the application of AI needs to be designed to suit each specific industry - from mechanics, electronics, refrigeration, garments to information technology.... Sharing experiences, models and practical solutions between training institutions is essential to identify feasible directions, and at the same time form a common program framework for AI application in vocational education. Building an AI ecosystem in vocational educationMr. Le Viet Anh, Department of Quality Management (Ministry of Education and Training) said that applying AI in education in general and vocational education in particular is an inevitable trend, contributing to improving the efficiency of management, teaching, learning, and serving the industrys comprehensive digital transformation process. Currently, the country has more than 1,800 vocational education institutions, including nearly 400 colleges. The Ministry of Education and Training is continuing to perfect the professional competency framework, considering digital competency and technology application skills as important criteria to evaluate learners. The application of AI in education has been clearly oriented in Resolution No. 21 on educational breakthrough - considering digital transformation and artificial intelligence as the focus of innovation in management, teaching and learning. Along with that, Decision No. 1504 of the Ministry of Education and Training on universalizing digital knowledge and skills for students was issued to equip technological capacity and the ability to apply AI in learning, research and work. However, Mr. Le Viet Anh also pointed out that the biggest difficulty today is information technology infrastructure, digital data and human resources. Within the framework of Project 06 of the Government, the education sector is implementing a number of key tasks, including digitizing diplomas and certificates and integrating them into the national database to prevent fake degrees; building electronic school records for students... These steps not only reduce administrative procedures, but also create a data platform to serve the management, streaming, and connection of training - employment in a smart and effective way. Mr. Le Viet Anh also shared that Vietnam has many excellent students in the field of AI, achieving high achievements at international exams. That shows that the intelligence and potential of Vietnamese people is huge. The problem is how to effectively exploit and apply AI to serve socio-economic development. Currently, the Ministry of Education and Training is advising the Government to issue a decree on attracting and utilizing high-quality experts and human resources to participate in teaching and research in higher education and vocational institutions - an important solution but also a big challenge due to the limited source of good experts in technology, especially AI.. Workshop Application of AI tools in developing vocational education - Photo: VGP/Thu GiangTS. Nguyen Thanh Nghi, former Vice Principal of the School of Science and Technology Management (Ministry of Science and Technology), said that applying AI in vocational education is not only a trend but an inevitable requirement to meet the national human resource development strategy. He said that only about 30% of vocational education institutions have labs that meet digital standards; The digital capacity of lecturers is still a bottleneck. Mr. Nghi proposed that Vietnam needs to build an AI ecosystem in vocational education, synchronized from institutions, data, simulation infrastructure to teacher capacity and business-school cooperation, thereby shortening the gap between policy and practice. From actual implementation, Mr. Le Viet Cuong, Hanoi College of Electronics and Refrigeration, said many vocational schools have initially applied AI in teaching and training management. However, the rate of vocational schools regularly applying it is still less than 10%, due to lack of technological human resources, unsynchronized infrastructure and large investment costs. To overcome this, he proposed to increase digital competency training for lecturers; develop open learning materials about AI; promoting tripartite cooperation State - School - Enterprise; At the same time, forming an annual forum on AI in vocational education to connect, share experiences and replicate effective models...Thu GiangSee moreSee more
