The Minister of Education and Science Levon Mkrtchyan received the delegation of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of the People’s Republic of China, headed by Vice-Minister Mrs. Zhang Yizhen.
Welcoming the guests, the Minister mentioned the importance of educational cooperation, successfully established between China and Armenia, particularly the bilateral relations have developed in recent years.
The head of the Chinese delegation stressed that vocational education and training is actively promoted in China and it is considered an important guarantee of social security by the state. According to the guest, workers of economy and infrastructure are mainly middle-class specialists and masters, a large number of university students are also VET graduates who get further education in higher education institutions based on labor market needs.
The representative of Shanghai Municipality represented the educational system of Shanghai city to the Minister of Education and Science, noting that vocational educational institutions play an important role there, too. The Chinese delegation members noted the importance of holding the competition “WorldSkills International 2021” in Shanghai.
