To attract talented people to study majors serving the high-speed railway project, the State needs to invest 2,000 billion VND to improve training quality, including scholarships for students.
Today, February 11, the National Assembly's Committee on Science, Technology and Environment worked with the University of Transport on a number of contents serving the review of the revised Railway Law project.
The highlight of the working session was issues related to human resource training for the railway industry, especially human resources to prepare for major national railway projects such as the high-speed railway project on the North-South axis, the Hai Phong-Lao Cai railway, etc.
According to Mr. Tran Thien Canh, Director of Vietnam Railway Authority, the State needs to allocate 2,000 billion VND to improve the quality of railway training.
Which schools train railway personnel?
According to the University of Transport, currently, railway human resource training in Vietnam is carried out at two main levels. Training of technical workers (train drivers, vehicle maintenance and repair, bridge and road infrastructure, information and signalling) is mainly undertaken by the Railway College under the Vietnam Railway Corporation.
There are three main institutions participating in training from university level and above: University of Transport, Ho Chi Minh City University of Transport, University of Transport Technology. In addition, University of Construction, University of Technology - Da Nang University, University of Water Resources are also researching to open some majors in railways.
However, this is an unattractive field of study and has not received much investment, so there is a shortage of high-quality human resources. Right at the University of Transport, out of 90 PhDs in traffic engineering, there are only 5 PhDs in railway engineering.
Many important positions in the fields of engineering, operational management, and railway safety do not have enough qualified personnel to meet the requirements, especially in the fields related to high-speed railways and urban railways. The number of students choosing to continue their studies at graduate and doctoral levels is very limited.
"Although the demand for human resources and mastery of core technology in the modern railway sector is currently very large, compared to other technical and economic sectors, the attraction of this sector to society is still limited. Most students studying railways at railway training institutions choose dual degree, in-service or short-term training programs," Associate Professor Nguyen Van Hung, Principal of the University of Transport, shared.
4,000 scholarships needed for talented people
Mr. Tran Thien Canh, Director of the Vietnam Railway Authority, also stated that Vietnam's current railway human resources only meet the basic needs of the existing railway system. With the development needs of the railway industry in the coming time, the State needs to have appropriate policies to expand the scale and improve the quality of human resource training in many areas of activity: management, construction, exploitation - operation...
According to the pre-feasibility study report of the North-South high-speed railway project, for the operational human resources alone (train operation and system maintenance, from 2035 - 2036), we need about 13,880 workers, of which about 20% have university degrees or higher, the rest are workers with intermediate or college degrees.
In the next few years, the project management staff will need about 500 people, and the consulting staff will need 1,200 - 1,300 people.
The construction sector is the group with the largest demand for human resources, up to 220,000 - 240,000 people. At its peak, this sector needs up to 18,000 - 20,000 engineers, with 20 - 30% of them being engineers specializing in railway construction (infrastructure, railway vehicles).
According to Mr. Canh, all human resources for construction and operation of new railway lines, especially the North-South high-speed railway line, must undergo basic training, that is, 20,000 - 25,000 personnel with university degrees or higher. Currently, the capacity of domestic universities meets the human resource requirements for the project. However, the problem is the quality of training.
"To attract quality students to register for majors serving high-speed railways, the state budget needs to allocate about VND2,000 billion (equivalent to USD80 million) to make this field of study more attractive.
This is the amount of money to spend on: training teaching staff, especially in the field of high-speed railway (expected 100 masters and 10 doctors abroad); providing 4,000 scholarships to attract talented people; equipping laboratories and practical simulation equipment," said Mr. Canh.
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/can-2000-ti-dong-de-dao-tao-nhan-luc-chat-luong-cho-duong-sat-toc-do-cao-185250211172920033.htm
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