TIRANA, April 2 (Xinhua) -- Vocational education and training reform are the key to employment opportunities and meet the domestic labor market needs, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said Monday during a visit in a vocational school in Vlora, southern Albania.
Rama paid a visit to the industrial vocational school "Pavaresia (Independence)" which meets the standards of the European vocational education institutions.
"The enthusiastic rebirth of Vlora's Industrial School represents a concrete example of the ongoing transformation towards the real employment through implementation of the vocational education reform," Rama said.
According to Rama, vocational education is closely related to the labor market needs, and developing stronger capacity building remains a major challenge.
"The system of cooperation with enterprises, the introduction of enterprises to schools and guiding students towards a potential work place is the key to the whole change. Now the problem is to increase capacity. The demand will increasingly go up, because people are realizing that this field will offer real employment opportunities," noted Rama.
The school's headmaster said that more students show interest to enroll in vocational schools.
"Pavaresia" Industrial Vocational School has a total of 700 students. The number has doubled compared to fours years ago. The main profiles taught there are electrical techniques, mechanics, service of transport vehicles, technology of information and communication and them Plummer.