The commencement ceremony of teaching equipment shipment for the Tajikistan Luban Workshop, the first of its kind in Central Asia, was held in Jinan, capital of East China's Shandong province on May 20.
The Hunan Sany Industrial Vocational & Technical College (HSIVTC) in China and the Genovasi University College (GUC) in Malaysia recently signed an agreement to build a training base for international engineering talents.
A video conference was held on April 29 to step up cooperation between the Thailand Luban Workshop and the Tianjin Bohai Vocational and Technical College (TBVTC) in China.
An online ceremony launching the Ethiopian EPIP Teaching and Research Center was held on April 28. It also marked the opening of a China-Africa (Ethiopia) friendship contest for industrial robot technology as well as the first anniversary of the founding of the Ethiopian Luban Workshop.
Senior school officials, faculty members and students of Tianjin Bohai Vocational and Technical College (TBVTC) sent festive greetings to Thai teachers and students of the Luban Workshop program ahead of the Songkran Festival, the traditional Thai New Year's Day. The festival is celebrated yearly from April 13 to 15.
The program "Luban Workshop" has become a flagship brand of Chinese vocational education with great influence in the world.
China's Ministry of Education (MOE) announced on March 28 that, with the approval of the State Council, a world conference on vocational and technical education is set to kick off in Tianjin in mid- to late June.
Sustained support from China for vocational education and technical training is putting African countries on track to address talent deficiencies, a perennial challenge for the development of the continent.
