CCTV News: The reporter learned from the Ministry of Education that the latest 758 new versions of the vocational education professional teaching standards have been officially released on February 11. This is a major revision of professional teaching standards based on the new version of the "Vocational Education Major Catalog" to adapt to the new requirements of industrial transformation and upgrading for the cultivation of vocational education talents.

The new standards released this time include 758 items, involving 52.9% of the 1,434 majors in the new version of the "Catalog", covering 82.1% of the total number of vocational education majors in 2024.

Xie Yonghua, Secretary of the Party Committee of Nanjing Vocational and Technical University, said: "After the introduction of this new standard, it first stipulates which courses must be offered to students for a major and a course, and what kind of training requirements must be met."

The integrated design of secondary vocational colleges, higher vocational colleges and undergraduates for the first time

The new standard for teaching professionals released this time is the first integrated design of professional teaching in secondary vocational colleges, higher vocational colleges and undergraduates for the first time. At the same time, similar or similar majors at different stages have been integrated and optimized, such as the new energy vehicle manufacturing and testing major in secondary vocational colleges, the new energy vehicle technology major in higher vocational colleges, and the new energy vehicle engineering technology major in vocational colleges, etc.

Strengthen practical requirements and stipulate the proportion of practical hours

In addition, the new standard strengthens the requirements for cultivating students' practical skills, and stipulates that practical teaching hours in secondary vocational and higher vocational colleges shall not be less than 50% of the total hours, and in principle, the vocational undergraduates shall not be less than 60%.

Vocational undergraduates generally do not require students to write papers

It is also particularly clear that vocational undergraduates generally do not require students to write papers. Process improvement, product design, technological innovation, etc. can be used as graduation design results.