Break the specialty “ceiling”! Vocational education majors basically cover all fields of the national economy

Reporters learned from a press conference held by the Ministry of Education on the 12th that as of the end of 2025, there were 10,792 vocational schools in the country with 33.5596 million students. my country has built the world's largest and high-quality modern vocational education system, and vocational education majors basically cover all fields of the national economy.

According to reports, as of the end of 2025, there will be 9,151 secondary vocational schools (including technical schools) and 1,554 higher vocational schools across the country. At present, there are 124 vocational undergraduate schools, and 52 general colleges and universities offer vocational undergraduate majors, breaking the "ceiling" that the vocational education level is limited to junior colleges. Vocational education majors basically cover all fields of the national economy.

Peng Binbai, Director of the Department of Vocational Education and Adult Education of the Ministry of Education: In terms of professional system, vocational education currently has 19 professional categories, 97 professional categories, 1,491 majors, and more than 120,000 professional points, covering all 41 industrial categories and basically covering all fields of my country's national economy.

In terms of the industry-education integration system, the Ministry of Education and 14 provinces jointly carried out pilot projects for the construction of a modern vocational education system, and established 34 national and municipal industry-education integration communities and 7 national industry-education integration communities.

Vocational education funding increased by 23.3% during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period

According to the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Education, during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the national vocational education funding increased by 23.3%, reaching 757 billion yuan, forming a pattern of government investment as the mainstay and multi-channel financing.

Peng Binbai, Director of the Department of Vocational Education and Adult Education of the Ministry of Education: Equity is more prominent and the multiple funding policy system of "awards, subsidies, loans, exemptions, attendance, subsidies, and reductions" should be improved to prevent a child from dropping out of school due to financial difficulties. In recent years, secondary vocational education has provided opportunities for approximately 5 million junior high school graduates to receive high school education every year, and higher vocational education has provided opportunities for nearly 6 million young people of school age to receive higher education every year. Every year, nearly 3 million families have first-generation college students through vocational education.