The final examinations of the first pilot classes in occupations of Metal-Cutting CNC, Mechatronics, Construction Mechanics, and Industrial Electronics will be organised at LILAMA 2 International Technology College (LILAMA 2) in the next months. On 14 August 2019, with aims to support preparing upcoming tasks and the procedure information of the final examinations, all students of pilot classes were invited to the Brown Bag Lunch – Introduction of the final examinations at LILAMA 2.

Mr. Ta Van Minh, Vice Rector of LILAMA 2, together with Mr. Frank Schulze, Integrated Expert, welcomed and presented to all students an overview of the individual steps of the cooperative training and its general results. During the piloting of the Cooperative Training not only the occupational standards and training programmes were developed, training phases in the company and at the college in-line with the training programmes conducted by appointed in-company trainers and qualified teachers of LILAMA 2, as well as the equivalence with German training regulations confirmed by competent German chambers.

The students were also asked about the future plans by Mr. Jan Otto, Development Advisor of GIZ. Some of the trainees said that they had found a job in the company where they completed the in-company training. Others said they had to apply for a job after graduation. Besides, the students could ask questions and were very interested in their future possibilities. Some even went on to consider further training.

At the end, the students were given detailed information of the process and regulations of the final examination Part one “Work Assignment with situational professional conversation” and the Part two “Customer Order with situational professional conversation” by LILAMA 2 teachers, Mr. Nguyen Hong Tien (Vice Dean of Mechanics) and Mr. Kieu Tan Thoi (Vice Dean of Mechatronics). This also applies to the structure and weighting of the individual sections of the final examination as well as their scope in terms of time.

This activity is held within the component “Support for Centres of Excellence for TVET” as part of the Vietnamese-German “Programme Reform of TVET in Viet Nam”. The programme is financed by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) together with the Vietnamese Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA).