Report by San Quei Lin at Global Education Futures Forum in Kazan, Russia, 22-23 May 2015

1. SAN-QUEI LIN
VICE CHAIR, STRATEGY COMMITTEE
OFFICIAL DELEGATE, CHINESE TAIPEI
WORLDSKILLS INTERNATIONAL
MAY 22, 2015
KAZAN, RUSSIA
Vocational Education , Training &
Economic Development in Taiwan
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2. Members of WorldSkills
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3. Our
Growth
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• WorldSkills
currently
has
74
Members
• Latest
Members
include:
• 2015
–
Israel,
Costa
Rica
• 2014
–
Belarus,
Mongolia,
Egypt,
Kazakhstan,
Zambia
• 2013
–
Chile
and
Kingdom
of
Bahrain
• 2012
–
Sri
Lanka,
Russia,
Armenia,
Georgia,
Kuwait,
and
Dominican
Republic

4. Interna.onal
Regional
Na.onal
Members
also
host
local
compe//ons
ranging
in
level
from
School,
City,
and
State/Province
Skill
CompePPon

5. Skill Competitions(by sector)
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Construction and
Building Technology
• Architectural
Stonemasonry
• Bricklaying
• Cabinetmaking
• Carpentry
• Concrete Construction
Work
• Electrical Installations
• Joinery
• Landscape Gardening
• Painting and Decorating
• Plastering and Drywall
Systems
• Plumbing and Heating
• Refrigeration and Air
Conditioning
• Wall and Floor Tiling
Crea.ve
Arts
and
Fashion
• Fashion
Technology
• Floristry
• Graphic
Design
Technology
• Jewellery
• Visual
Merchandising
and
Window
Dressing
Informa.on
and
Communica.on
Technology
• IT
Network
Systems
AdministraPon
• IT
SoVware
SoluPons
for
Business
• InformaPon
Network
Cabling
• Print
Media
Technology
• Web
Design
Manufacturing
and
Engineering
Technology
• CNC
Milling
• CNC
Turning
• ConstrucPon
Metal
Work
• Electronics
• Industrial
Control
• Industrial
Mechanics
Millwright
• Manufacturing
Team
Challenge
• Mechanical
Engineering
Design
-­‐
CAD
• Mechatronics
• Mobile
RoboPcs
• PlasPc
Die
Engineering
• Polymechanics
and
AutomaPon
• Prototype
Modelling
• Sheet
Metal
Technology
• Welding
Social
and
Personal
Services
• Bakery
• Beauty
Therapy
• Cooking
• Hairdressing
• Health
and
Social
Care
• PâPsserie
and
ConfecPonery
• Restaurant
Service
Transporta.on
and
Logis.cs
• AircraV
Maintenance
• Autobody
Repair
• Automobile
Technology
• Car
PainPng
• Heavy
Vehicle
Maintenance

6. 66
Skills Competition in Chinese Taipei
Kicked off in 1968
Regional Skills Competition in 2013: 45 trades with 2,868
competitors
National Skills Competition in 2013: 47 trades with 728 competitors
National Skills Competition (age below 22)
WorldSkills Competition
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Kicked off in 1970, First WorldSkills Competition,1971 in Gijón, Spain
1993 host WorldSkills Competition in Taipei
Reigniting the Good Old Time
With New Ways & Leadership

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☆Results of the 42rd WSC
Top 10
Rank
Members
Score
（Gold: 4, Silver: 3, Bronze:
2, Excellence: 1）
Average Score
（base on 500 scale）
Nations
1
Korea
Korea
Korea
2
Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland
3
Taiwan Taiwan Taiwan
4
Japan
Austria
Iran
5
Brazil
Iran
South Tyrol, Italy
6
Austria
Brazil
Austria
7
Germany
Japan
Japan
8
France
South Tyrol, Italy
Brazil
9
Finland
Singapore
China
10
UK
Sweden
United Kingdom
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Taiwan sent 44 competitors in 39 trades and won
6 Gold, 4 Silver, 8 Bronze, and 13 Exceilence,
ranking 3rd place worldwide

8. Taiwan’s industrial development
shifting to focus on innovation
Source: IEK, ITRI.(2012)
1960’s 1970’s 1980’s 1990’s 2000’s 2010’s
Labor intensive industries
Light industries
Heavy industries
Capital intensive industries
Technology intensive industries
Knowledge intensive industries
Innovation focus
US
$35,604(21,557)
10 times in 30 yrs
US$3,570
GDP per capita (PPP1)
1: Adjusted by Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) for proper country comparison. In 2012, nominal GDP per capita is US$
20,869.
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9. Good at something

10. 10
Invest more
Create
Better
Investment
Environment
Establish
Inclusive
Society
Visions Guidelines Strategies Action
Plans
Industrial
Development
Financial
Reforms
Talents for
Industries
Public
infrastructure
Social
Inclusiveness

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Development of Human Resources
The four pillars of human resource development and their
relationship
Lifelong
Learning
Training
Enhance the vocational
preparation
function of education
Division and integration
of training and education
(Skill Certificate
Accreditation)
Foreign Workforce
PolicyEducation
Talent Recruitment
Talent Import

12. Visions -- Future Directions
Develop and Sponsor In-time and Market-oriented
VET Courses.
Strengthen 「Research、Training、Certification、
Employment」 4 in 1 Vocational Training Model.
As Marketing Placements with Real and Virtual Regional
Operations, knowing the manpower better, and adopt
Regional Consensus and Resources.
Strengthen and Promote Our Evaluation System(TTQS)
Develop Cross-disciplinary trainings and Cultivate
Cross-borders Talents.
Commercialization of VET & other experience
to share with our friends in need.
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13. Pre-job trainings
1. Diversified and
pragmatic pre-job
training plan
2. Training plans for
talents in several
strategic targeted
industries
3. Providing convenient
information service.
1. Unclear goals
of case
subjects'
career
development
2. Employment
gaps between
technical
conditions and
career goals
The
unemployed
1. Conducting diversified
market-oriented pre-job
trainings to create
manpower needed by
market demand.
2. Providing training
consulting service and
introducing adaptive
training
3. Subsidizing training
fees
Offering living allowance
during training to help
trainees settle down.
1. Employment Insurance Act
2. Measure for the
Implementation of the
Employment Promotion
Allowances
1. Taiwan TrainQuali
System (TTQS)
2. Establishing regulations
for investigation
operations
3. Establishing KPIs
Requiring
improvement
of available
training
categories and
training quality
Involuntarily
Unemployed
labors who
are policy
holders
and
Unemployed
labors of
the
Under-
privileged
groups
Training
systems
Unable to
sustain
livelihood
during training
TheunemployedorBetweenJobs
1. Maintaining relationship with
training partners, and
establishing a comprehensive
supply system.
2. Improving check-and-
balance during training.
3. Determining entering and
withdrawal mechanisms
according to job market and
evaluation results.
Subject Issues Strategies Plans or Regulations
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Core capability for Youths
1. Communication
2. Team work
3. Problem solving
4. Initiation and Pro-active
5. Plan & Organization
6. Self Management
7. Learning ability
8. Technology
Skills
Knowledge
&
Attitude
For
Employment
Jobs
A
C＝（S＋K）
ASK WDA
Attitude
Capability＝（Skills＋Knowledge）

15. Subsidizing universities /
colleges to provide
programs (with industry
pragmatic courses,
working experience
courses, and general core
competency courses).
Difference
between
learning and
application
and the
myth of job
market
University
students
(2years
before
graduation)
1. Cooperating with universities'
programs to introducing trainers
from industries with working
experiences to narrow the gaps
between schools and industries.
2. Implementing core competency and
career guidance to establish correct
concepts of employment.
Youths
who
ARE
students
Providing long-term demand-
oriented trainings by Student-
trainees systems to meet
manpower demands.
Vocational training
project with dual
systems (Age 15-29)
Student-trainees
Programs (Age 15~29)
Youth Placement Flag-ship
Program
1.Rooted Model：center+
post
training
2.Growth Model : private
institution + training
3.Relay Model ：post training
Employability
gaps
and
insufficient
working
experiences
Youths
who are
NOT
students
1.Developing practice and training
model to connect manpower
demands within training centers'
jurisdictions to help youths go to
the job market smoothly.
2.Providing chances to practice in
workplaces to youths with enough
competency to help them getting
more working experiences.
3.Offering training allowance so
youths can participate in training
without worries.
Age 15~ 29
with junior
high school
diploma
Age 15~29
The
graduated
Low
education
background
and weak
employability
Subject Issues Strategies Plans
Youth Training
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16. Youth Training─Mentor-Student Project
Mentor
Student
Mentor and student
ratio (1:2)
1.Self-application。
2. Reviewing board:
Matching Mentor and
students：helping
proposals, finalizing
schedules and contents
PES recommend
and accompany for
interview with
Mentors
Signing
contracts and
Co-designing
Training
schedules
Under PES’
close watch
and guidance;
and periodic
reviews
Mode
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17. Managing Vocational Training Quality
1. Establish Taiwan’s training quality assurance system, use 19 KEY
indicators as a basis for evaluating training quality.
2. Use training quality indicators to guide training institutions in
establishing process management, and enhancing training quality.
Training Quality System
TTQS Project
Elevate the quality of
outsourced training
courses
Vocational instructors
training and competency
training project
Incentives for
outstanding
training institutions
Amend vocational
training laws
and regulations
1. Improve the performance of private pre-service training institutions,
better the operation and management of public training institutions.
2. Provide the public with information on excellent training institutions.
3. Simplify pre-service training institution assessment, and avoid
repeated assessments.
1. Enhance the professional competency of instructors to ensure that
teaching methods keep pace with the times.
2. Establish manpower pool of instructors; establish training knowledge
sharing and benchmark learning; enhance knowledge management.
Provide incentives to encourage private institutions to offer training
courses, or subsidies to hold seminars on human resources.
Continue to review current laws and regulations on vocational training,
and make amendments in accordance with current affairs.
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18. Cost or Investment ?
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19. Thank you and See you in
São Paulo 2015 August19