A Study On Qualification Certificate System In Vocational Education In United Kingdom And Its Enlightenment

Vocational qualification certificate is an important method of evaluating the professional ability of workers. Since the establishing and carrying out of vocational qualification certificate system in Britain is earlier, its standard is scientific, quality assurance is rigorous and with great feasibility, it has great model significance to our country. As early as in 1921, United Kingdom has begun to employ National vocational qualification in vocational education. After decades of development, many vocational schools in Britain have all opened vocational qualification certificate curriculum that has become the main curriculum of school of continuing education, Not only became perfect in policy supplies from the government but also in specific teaching in the vocational schools. Since the start of vocational qualification certificate system in China is later, under the condition of market economy, how to cause the vocational education implement scientific and reasonable vocational qualification certificate system is a new topic.Based on the carding of the massive foreign and Chinese material, through the elaboration of historical evolution and concrete practice of vocational qualification certificate system in United Kingdom and the experience summary, this article provides the enlightenment and the reference for implementing vocational qualification certificate system in vocational education of our country.The foreword part summarized the writing source to get up of the paper, the present situation of the research, the research goal and the value, and carried on the limiting of the related concept.Chapter One expounds the development course and the function of vocational qualification certificate system in United Kingdom. The paper indicates that the carrying out of vocational qualification certificate system in vocational education is a process that consummates and innovates unceasingly. There is a systematic organizing and managing mechanism of vocational qualification certificate in United Kingdom. Vocational qualification certificate system play a promoting roll in youth's employment, the vocational education development and the economical promotion.Chapter Two is focus on specific research of the National Vocational Qualification certificate (NVQ) in United Kingdom involving its background, implementation, assessment and characteristics. Its superiority mainly includes: (1) ability-based standard system urges ability standard concrete application; (2) take the field control as the basis urges the control to be fair and to be public; (3) take the certificate quality control as the life. Its problem is easy to separate the general education and the vocational education and cause many barriers for the student's migration between different occupations. Chapter Three is focus on specific research of the General National Vocational Qualification certificate (GNVQ) in United Kingdom involving its background, implementation, its basic framework, merit and problems existing. It can provide the extensive preparation for the students to get a job and help them to take the higher education. Its problems existing mainly includes :(1) uncertainty of appraisal standard; (2)the passing percent is not high; (3) actual approval degree by society is low.Chapter Four summarizes the basic experience of United Kingdom, proposes the enlightenment and the suggestion through analysis of problems existing in vocational qualification certificate system in our country. The author thought we should profit from United Kingdom's procedure in following several aspects:(1) enhance legislation construction to assure the implementation of vocational qualification certificate system;(2) take the vocational qualification certificate as the guidance to regulate the open of the vocational education curriculum;(3) cooperative Education is the effective way to implement of vocational qualification certificate system;(4) gradually establish a uniform management system of qualification certification system.