Vietnam – bachelor degree graduates rush to vocational schools
Analysts have warned about the big waste of society’s resources as many graduates, after spending money and time at university, are now returning to vocational school. Vice Rector of Pasteur Hanoi Junior College of Medicine and Pharmacy Le Hong Khanh said his school now has 1,000 students and 50 percent of them have finished other junior colleges (3-year training) or university (4-5 years), or even have a master’s degree.
KIM’S NOTE: This echoes a similar trend seen in China six or seven years ago, where fresh university graduates encountered issues with securing work because they lacked job specific skills, and so they were drawn to vocational college programs that would give them a specific domain, or specific industry knowledge, that would give them a leg up in the job market. This development in China was followed by a growth of interest in certain kinds of college level programs abroad.
