FACING LABOUR SHORTAGE, HONG KONG VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS COMPETE ON STUDENTS
February 1st, 2018
HONG Kong tertiary education suppliers are recognising the need to ensure vocational skills are integrated into their courses, as the territory faces up to a skill shortage “epidemic”, highlighted by employment surveys.
One – released last September (2017) by Hong Kong based think tank, the Bauhinia Foundation Research Centre, that polled 2,493 parents and students, found that a high proportion of university graduates did not match the labour market needs. Indeed, the majority of respondents – 68% of students and 69% of parents – had never heard of ...
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