Pilot area for collaborative innovation on education and industry to be built

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Category: On The Campus

Published: Tuesday, 01 October 2013 19:31

It has been learned recently from the Administrative Committee of Hangzhou Bay New Zone that the new zone has signed the agreement with Ningbo Municipal Bureau of Education to co-build the national "pilot area for collaborative innovation on education and industry".

The project is composed of the collaborative innovation center, higher education center, and the center for vocational qualification accreditation and public vocational training. The collaborative innovation center will integrate five sub-centers for smart appliances and electronic information, auto and parts, medical instruments, bulk commodity and health services, 10 practical professional talents training bases or labs that will be jointly built with enterprises through close cooperation in production, learning and research, and such other carriers as scientist studios, postgraduate workstations, the incubator park for returned talents, the talent stage and "1000-peope plan" industrial park. The higher education center aims to introduce prestigious universities from home and abroad by constructing the "TAFE" college and sub-campuses of some universities in the new zone, based on such existing campuses as Ningbo Institute of Fudan University and the Hangzhou Bay New Zone Auto College. The center for vocational qualification accreditation and public vocational training will provide vocational training for junior high school graduates, pre-employment skill training, on-the-job training and vocational qualification accreditation for enterprises and productive training or internship for university or vocational college graduates. In the meanwhile, the center will be built as a comprehensive center for vocational qualification accreditation by integrating various kinds of accreditation resources.