TVET Institutes in the Dong Nai Province are benefiting from pilot experiences of LILAMA 2 in cooperative training

24.07.2018

Mr. Nguyen Khanh Cuong, Rector of LILAMA 2, demonstrates the cooperative training approach of LILAMA 2 and its partner companies.

Mr. Tran Van Thang, Vice Rector of VCMI, shares that the college will intensify its cooperation with the business sector by focusing on occupations relevant for a Green Economy.

The cooperation agreement between VCCI, DVET and GIZ is presented by Ms. Bui Thi Ninh, Director of the Bureau For Employers’ Activities, VCCI HCMC

Ms Kreibich, GIZ, emphasizes that the Programme Reform of TVET in Vietnam will support LILAMA 2 and VCMI in sharing its piloting experiences with other TVET institutes in the province so that they can adopt a similar cooperative training approach

Mr. Nguyen Thanh Danh, Vice Head of Propaganda and Support, Department of Tax Dong Nai, explains that training costs of enterprises in Dong Nai are deductible from their taxable income according to a regulation of the province.

Representatives of LILAMA 2, the partner company, DoLISA Dong Nai and GIZ are signing the MoU with Thuan Hai Corporation on cooperative training for Mechatronics and Industrial Electronics.

Mr. Ngo Thanh Quang, Head of Labour Management Department of the Management Unit of Industrial Zones in Dong Nai, presents the current and future need for skilled workers of the province’s industrial zones.

According to Mr. Vu Van Sang, Deputy General Director of Ishisei Vietnam, trainees are already contributing to the production process during the first in-company training phase.

The MoU with SeAH Steel Vina Corporation on cooperative training for Construction Mechanics is being signed by representatives of LILAMA 2, the partner company, DoLISA Dong Nai and GIZ.

Mr. Ngo Kim Lan, Vice Rector of Dong Nai Technical College, shares different approaches of cooperating with companies in the province.

“Cooperative training implemented jointly with LILAMA 2 International Technology College is successful, because the in-company training phases are well structured and carefully prepared by the two partners,” Mr. Vu Van Sang, Deputy General Director of Ishisei Vietnam, partner company for Metal Cutting-CNC, stated. “The joint selection of relevant modules to be implemented in the company, the training of in-company trainers and the preparation of working places for the trainees ensures a smooth implementation of the in-company training phases. The skills of the trainees exceed our expectations: After two weeks at Ishisei Vietnam, they are already able to operate the machines independently”.

Different modes of delivery of training involving the business sector were discussed at the Workshop “Intensifying Cooperation between TVET Institutes and Enterprises to Improve the Quality of TVET” organized by DoLISA Dong Nai which took place at LILAMA 2 on 20 July 2018. Representatives of DoLISA Dong Nai, Department of Taxation Dong Nai, VCCI HCMC, Industrial Zones, companies and TVET Institutes in Dong Nai contributed to a lively discussion. Mr. Nguyen Khanh Cuong, Rector of LILAMA 2, explained how LILAMA 2, supported by the Programme Reform of TVET in Vietnam, engaged the business sector in the development of occupational standards and training programmes for four occupations. The focus lies now on the implementation of well-defined in-company training phases at selected partner companies. During the workshop, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed with two new partner companies: Thuan Hai Corporation and SeAH Steel Vina Corporation.

Mr. Pham Van Cong, Vice Director of DoLISA Dong Nai concluded: “The example of LILAMA 2 shows that only the involvement of the business sector in all steps of TVET, ranging from the development of occupational standards and training programmes, the joint delivery of training to assessment and certification, ensures demand-orientation of TVET and thus provides skilled workers matching the needs of the business sector in the province and beyond. The pilot experiences of LILAMA 2 and VCMI, which are being supported by the Vietnamese-German Programme Reform of TVET in Vietnam in close coordination with Dong Nai People’s Committee and DoLISA, will be used to help other TVET institutes in the province to adopt similar approaches.”