Analysis On The Functions Of Local Government In The Development Of Higher Vocational Colleges

Paying more attention to the development of vocational education is not only an inevitable trend of economic globalization,but also the trend of future education development.Higher vocational education is a significant part of China's education system.Since China launched its reform and opening up policy for more than thirty years,the higher vocational education has made a great progress and cultivated a large number of applied talents for regional economic development.Overall,the higher vocational education in Jiangsu province has been developing rapidly and comprehensively under the guidance of the government,which experienced a period of prosperity,but there are also some problems,such as organizational structure caused by management control,the differences between personnel training objectives and local economic and social development,the discrepancy between the professional settings and industry development and so on.And for the higher vocational colleges which locate in the county areas may encounter more problems in the process of development.For example,local government did not invest and direct enough to the local higher vocational colleges,and they lacked the guarantee and support of government policy.The government did not provide the service to help the professional setting of higher vocational colleges match with the local industrial structure.This essay focuses on the development of higher vocational education in our country on the basis of the characteristics of higher vocational education and takes Yixing city of Jiangsu Province as an example.Some problems are put forward according to the recent relationship between the Yixing municipal government and Wuxi Institute of Arts and Technology,including the unreasonable management system,the absence of relevant laws and regulations,and the inability of government services.At the same time,the essay discussed the function of local governments of various levels after learning from the advanced experience of developed countries and analyzed the role of local government in the development of higher vocational schools,especially in the way of improving the policy,guiding the higher vocational colleges to serve the local economic development,perfecting the supervision and evaluation system of higher vocational education,establishing the platform for their cooperation.And it provided a certain reference in the establishment of local government purchase of public service system.Meanwhile,the essay has discussed the planning and management of the provincial government about higher vocational education and explored the mode of "government investment,the school raised and social assistance".It has a detailed discussion in innovating the management model of higher vocational colleges about Yixing municipal government.And the essay also carries out the detailed discussion and analysis about how to fulfill the development of higher vocational education for the provincial government and how to innovate the management mode of higher vocational colleges and proactively take higher vocational education into the consideration of local economic and social development plan for Yixing municipal government.Local government in the development of higher vocational colleges should follow the principle of fairness,guidance,performance and speed up the transformation of government function,the work styles and management style under the guidance of the new public management theory.The government function should be strictly located as the maker of the policies and regulations,the planner of development,the supervisor of education quality,the provider of public service.The Provincial and municipal governments will help promote the sustainable development of higher vocational colleges,only when they find out their roles,which will finally better serve the local economy and speed up China's socialist modernization construction.