There is a brain drain in various industries in Hong Kong, and the engineering sector is no exception.
Bo Guoming, president of the Institution of Engineers, pointed out that there will be many infrastructure projects in Hong Kong in the future, and talents are very important. He proposed three aspects: "open source", "cut expenditure" and promote mutual recognition of qualifications to ensure sufficient manpower.
Bu Guoming believes that it is necessary to train more students to study engineering subjects, and the promotion of STEAM education plays an important role. However, he criticized the current STEAM education in Hong Kong, which still fails to meet the talent needs of the engineering sector. These courses do not need to be reviewed”; “Son of the Stars” Chen Yixi also pointed out that STEAM or STEM education in Hong Kong has only touched the surface and is maintained at the level of interest, which is far less important to students than traditional subjects, urging universities to list them as acceptable record items.
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Cultivate more students to take engineering subjects as electives, streamline engineering design and construction process as far as possible
Bu Guoming pointed out that there will be many infrastructure projects in Hong Kong in the future, and talents are very important, so the engineering industry needs to vigorously attract talents to reduce brain drain.
He believes that there are three ways to ensure sufficient manpower. The first is to "open source" and train more students to take engineering subjects. Among them, the promotion of STEAM education plays an important role. Cultivate high-quality successors and be proud of engineers. Good engineer story."
In addition, it is also necessary to "reduce expenditure". He explained that the engineering design and construction process can be streamlined as much as possible to make the project run smoothly, such as using advanced methods such as modular composite construction (MiC) and building information modeling (BIM). It also emphasizes that quality and safety cannot be compromised.
The third is to recruit talents, especially through the mutual recognition of qualifications to attract overseas educated talents to return to Hong Kong for development.
Refers to STEM education failing to meet the needs of engineering professionals
The government has advocated STEAM education in recent years, but Hong Kong's previous promotion of STEM or STEAM education has been accused of ineffectiveness from time to time.
Bu Guoming believes that Hong Kong’s STEM education is still not able to meet the needs of engineering talents. He hopes that the Education Bureau can review the results. Both have a huge amount of engineering, and there is also a demand for talents in science and technology innovation, and I think there is a need for cooperation.
Chen Yixi: STEM education only maintains the level of interest
Chen Yixi, the founder of Bull.B Tech, an innovation and technology company known as the "son of the stars", believes that the STEM education promoted in Hong Kong in the past has only touched the surface and can only be maintained at the level of interest. For parents and students, STEM is very important. The level is far inferior to other subjects. When the exam or test is approaching, the students will be asked to take care of the original subjects, "let go of STEM."
Chen Yixi believes that if STEM or STEAM is to be successfully developed in Hong Kong, it is necessary to increase the motivation of students. For example, he pointed out that in recent years, some universities will take STEM performance as a consideration, and if they are excellent, they will be admitted, which will help increase students' investment in STEAM education.
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