Belt and Road vocational education bluebook released in Ningbo

Ningbo in East China's Zhejiang province witnessed the release of the nation's first bluebook on the technical and vocational education and training (TVET) of countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative on Dec 3.

The book focuses on four South Asian countries, namely, India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, analyzing their TVET histories, present situations and future outlooks, summarizing the common problems in the TVET of South Asian countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative, and proposing suggestions for the TEVT cooperation between China and South Asia.  

Ma Shuchao, vice director of the Shanghai Research Institute of Education Science, commented on the book as having an unprecedented significance in China's vocational education studies. 

The book was released at the 3rd International Conference on TVET in Developing Countries held in Ningbo Polytechnic, and was compiled mainly by the school. 

Ningbo Polytechnic is one of the top vocational schools in China with international characteristics. It has developed its own model in industry-education integration and the running of overseas schools.

The conference also saw the founding of the China-South Asia TVET Research Center by Ningbo Polytechnic, Bangladesh Institution of Diploma Engineers, and Sri Lanka Vocational and Technical University. 

The center will be headquartered in Ningbo Polytechnic and have sub-centers in the other two institutions.

It is designed for policy studies and educational cooperation between China and South Asia in the field of TVET.

A. K. M. A. Hamid, chairman of the Bangladesh Institution of Diploma Engineers, hoped that China and South Asia will conduct more cooperation activities in the future for mutual benefits. 

G. L. D. Wickramasingh, president of the Sri Lanka Vocational and Technical University, noted the establishment of the center will attract more South Asian countries to join in the TVET cooperation with China.