Collabarative efforts needed to train students for industry 4.0

Collaboration across industries, academia and the government is needed to both retrain the existing workforce and better prepare the next generation of graduates from secondary schools and universities to achieve optimal success with the fourth industrial revolution. This was discussed at a two-day conference held in HCM City.

Speaking at the "Industry 4.0 & STEM (STEMCON): People are the Key to Success and Competitiveness" conference held on Thursday in HCM City, delegates said that the collaboration would help train students better.

Enterprises could provide machinery and equipment to universities, and set up open labs for their students, they said.

The conference's organisers said that global markets recognise that Industry 4.0 would require a massive transformation in leadership, professional and technical skills, workplace culture, and the recruitment and training of new and existing workforces.