What's the matter with Shanghai setting up an undergraduate major in home economics? What is the specific situation?

What's the matter with Shanghai setting up an undergraduate major in home economics? What is the specific situation? "Auntie" goes to college! School: There is a huge market demand

In order to regulate the domestic service industry, Shanghai has introduced a series of new policies in recent years to allow "aunties" to settle down and go to university. Currently, Shanghai Open University is applying to offer an undergraduate program based on its associate’s degree education in home economics, and it is expected to be approved this year. The deputy director of the school's academic education department said that among managers of domestic service agencies in Shanghai, less than 30% have received higher education, and there will be great market demand for this major in the future.

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There is no distinction between high and low occupations. The domestic service industry needs cross-border talents to "update"

Some time ago, a "most amazing nanny resume" became popular on the Internet. Liu Shuang, a 32-year-old domestic worker in Hangzhou, holds a master's degree, speaks two foreign languages ​​and has overseas work experience; Wang Yulan, a post-80s master's degree holder from Qingdao, gave up her "iron rice bowl" as a Chinese teacher due to financial problems and became one of the top confinement nannies. The big strides made by these highly educated women not only attracted media attention, but also sparked heated discussions among netizens.

Under traditional concepts, the mismatch between "high education" and "housekeeping industry" is like a college graduate selling pork, which carries a clear sense of conflict. In the eyes of most people, the technical content required for housekeeping is not high; in real life, the educational level of nannies or babysitters is generally low. Therefore, some people think that this career choice is somewhat "shameful" and believe that "all their studies have been in vain."
In fact, there is no distinction between high and low occupations. Anyone in any profession can integrate what they have learned to explore a higher level. A high level of education can add points to a job application, but should not become a hindrance to a practitioner’s career transition. What's more, with the strengthening of professional concepts and the improvement of customers' requirements for the industry, domestic services have already undergone new changes. The skills required by practitioners are no longer simple cleaning and cooking, but the careful management of life, smooth cultural communication, and even improving the quality of life of customers. Liu Shuang's specialty is storage, and storage organizers are a scarce resource in the housekeeping field. This type of working women joining the domestic service market cannot be considered a loss of talent, but rather a change of field to realize their own value.

Highly educated people like Liu Shuang and Wang Yulan joining the domestic service industry can, on the one hand, broaden their employment opportunities; on the other hand, it can also inject fresh impetus into the domestic service industry. Some representatives suggested setting up home economics colleges in universities to provide associate and bachelor degree education. "A good domestic worker should have knowledge and skills in nutritional cooking, storage and cleaning, nursing and health care, infant care, communication and psychology. We should cultivate all-round, customized domestic workers and managers to improve the professional level of domestic workers." Therefore, instead of paying attention to the "best nanny", we should pay more attention to the upgrading of the domestic industry.