Xinjiang Vocational Education Resources Layout Structure Optimization Research

Regional economic development is inseparable from vocational education.Vocational education,as a supply-side production factor,is invested in social activities to serve regional economic development.As the material basis for the development of vocational education,the quantity,quality and layout of vocational education resources will have a profound impact on the construction of modern vocational education system.The “《Implementation Plan of National Vocational Education Reform》” in 2019 clearly put forward that the development of vocational education should be put in a more prominent position in the reform and innovation of education and teaching and the development of social economy.We should continuously improve the management system of vocational education and training,optimize the layout of colleges and professional clusters,and deepen the reform of the management system and education mechanism of vocational education colleges.In the same year,“《Summary of Reform and Development of Vocational Education in Xinjiang》” stressed that Xinjiang should strengthen the construction and layout adjustment of vocational education institutions in accordance with the economic,social and industrial structure development needs of various states and cities,and make contributions to the realization of the goal of Xinjiang’ s education modernization 2035.However,due to the remote geographical location of Xinjiang,economic development is relatively lagging behind.As a result,the quality of vocational education development is not high,the benefits of educational resources is low,and the imbalance of spatial layout structure is prominent.Optimizing the layout of vocational education resources is an effective way to realize the goal of vocational education modernization in Xinjiang.This study adopts the method of empirical research and takes secondary vocational education colleges and higher vocational colleges in Xinjiang as the main research objects.First of all,this paper describes the basic status quo of the educational resources of vocational education institutions in Xinjiang in terms of the quantitative structure,nature structure,school scale,school conditions,faculty,and professional structure in different regions(southern and northern Xinjiang).Secondly,based on human capital theory,the theory of balanced development of education and synergy theory,Granger causality test is used to verify the relationship between vocational education scale resources and regional economic structure under the demand side.Furthermore,we use the human capital classification model to analyze the impact of the vocational educational scale structure on regional economic development.Finally,the coordination model and fixed effect model are used to explore the coordination degree and influencing factors of the professional structure of vocational education and regional economic development in Xinjiang under the supply side.The results show that the spatial distribution imbalance of vocational education resources in Xinjiang;the development of vocational education has not yet formed a good interactive relationship with the development level of economic structure;the professional structure of higher vocational education in Xinjiang is not coordinated with regional economic development.This study suggests that in order to optimize the layout structure of vocational education resources and promote the construction of Xinjiang vocational education modernization system.First,the layout of vocational education resources should be optimized to promote the southward development of vocational education.Strengthen the construction of vocational schools in southern,border areas,remote and difficult areas.Scientific allocation of vocational education resources,increase investment in vocational education in southern Xinjiang and remote areas,strengthen the construction of " double-qualified " teachers.Second,we should deepen the integration of production and education in vocational education and promote good interaction between education and economy.We should actively create a positive interaction between school and enterprise cooperation,promote the connotation construction of vocational education in Xinjiang,improve the quality of vocational education,and construct a new system of industrial personnel training in Xinjiang.Third,the construction of vocational education professional cluster should be improved to promote the coordination of supply and demand of education economy.To meet the needs of regional industrial economic development,to create a demonstration characteristic professional cluster,to build a multi-leading participation in vocational education professional construction system,and to promote the construction of modern vocational education system in Xinjiang.