Abstract:

The linkages between schools and enterprises are becoming the most important mean of undergraduate education outcome. Universities always stand in need of coordinating with employers to help themselves catch the demand of market on the labour force. On the other hand, it is good news for enterprises if there is a training agent which can provide labours who can meet their demand. There was a lot of reliable evidence to show that students, teachers, parents, business, schools as a whole and the wider community can all benefit from school–business partnerships.

The Industry 4.0 is an indispensable technology trend that Vietnam must aim to catch up with developed countries in the world with intelligent technologies such as artificial intelligence, Internet, automation, technology of 3D printing. Therefore, the demand of quantity and quality human resources in information technology is quite enormous. In this article, we propose a new “connecting model” in undergraduate education to make a closer coordination between enterprises and universities. That is, businesses and enterprises will be directly involved in teaching and training in the course of the school. Content such as training syllabus, assessment process, facilities, teaching staff, are all decided by the related businesses. Those solutions relate to universities, enterprises and the labour market as well.

Keywords:

Linkages in education, connecting model, training link model, undergraduate education.