The increasing challenge of college graduates to get a suitable job, and the decreasing value of university degrees have become a matter of concern. Yet vocational education remains underappreciated, with, contrary to expectations, few college graduates turning to vocational institutions for acquire additional skills.
The opening ceremony of a faculty training course for Luban Workshop in Kazakhstan was held recently at Tianjin Vocational Institute, North China's Tianjin municipality.
A new platform of agricultural cooperation between China and Kenya has been established and is expected to improve modern agricultural technology and agricultural talent cultivation in the East African country.
In collaboration with Chinese partners, more than 300 students and their instructors from nine African countries will participate in a training program aimed at helping them become qualified technicians.
Kiplagat Kenneth Kiptoo, a young man from Kenya, took a flight in May to East China's Hangzhou, to pursue a bachelor's degree in intelligent manufacturing.
On July 5 residents of Xangongo, a rural community in Angola's southern province of Cunene, witnessed the start of construction on a primary school donated by Sinohydro, a Chinese hydropower engineering and construction company.
The Belt and Road Initiative has promoted African people's wellbeing and helped build a shared future for people from China and African countries, delegations told a forum Friday.
On July 7, a five-member delegation from Sikasso of the Republic of Mali visited Tianjin Hongxing Vocational Secondary School in North China, a co-founder of the Mali Luban Workshop.
