Journal of East China Normal University(Educational Sciences) ›› 2024, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (4): 88-96.doi: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5560.2024.04.008

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Vocational Qualification Certificate System Serving the Construction of Skilled Society: Historical Lineage, Internal Logic and Practical Paths

Xiuhua Zhao   

  1. 1. Yunnan Communications Vocational and Technical College, Kunming, Yunnan 650500
  • Accepted:2023-12-28 Online:2024-04-01 Published:2024-04-01

Abstract:

The construction of a skilled society is a strategic initiative to improve the overall skill quality level of society in the context of industrial structural transformation. The matching relationship between the supply and demand of skills in society determines the overall effect of the construction of a skilled society. The vocational qualification certificate system plays an important role in the process of coordinating the relationship between supply and demand of skills. Looking at the history of the development of the vocational qualification certificate system, it is found that the vocational qualification certificate system has experienced three major stages, namely, the high matching of skills supply and demand, the biased mismatch and the move towards matching, which correspond to the three major forms of the workers’ technical grade assessment system, the “dual certificate” system and the 1+X certificate system. The vocational qualification certificate system serves the construction of a skill-based society through the logical paths of enhancing the employment quality of VET graduates, evaluating the skill level of skill possessors, safeguarding the career of VET graduates, and bringing benefits to skill stakeholders. We should start by appropriately designing the idea of building a vocational qualification system and integrating the vocational qualification system with the construction of a skilled society, so as to further promote the practice of the vocational qualification system in serving the construction of a skilled society.

Key words: skilled society, vocational qualification certificate system, dual certificate, 1+X certificates, vocational education