Last year the government said it would consider the value of vocational qualifications in performance measures.
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Still, students pursuing vocational degrees are almost always required to take some liberal-arts courses.
For them, college is basically a supplier of vocational preparation and a credentialling service.
"We now offer the whole package - literacy, numeracy and a meaningful vocational training, " he said.
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Unlike vocational skills that vary from person to person, everyone can improve their attitude.
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The Department for Education and Skills said vocational qualifications were central to the government's education reforms.
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U.S. high schools have traditionally offered three types of academic programs: college preparatory, general, and vocational.
In recent years, enrollment in vocational programs has declined compared with the other two categories.
These so-called Level 3 vocational qualifications were taken by about 185, 000 students last year.
From 2014 thousands of vocational qualifications will no longer count in school league tables at all.
The training course is carried out in cooperation with the Vocational University of Uruguay.
This undercurrent has long eaten away at much of what we do, especially in vocational rehabilitation.
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In another development, university students are now able to take two-year "foundation" degrees in vocational subjects.
Wegene creates opportunities for families to become self-sufficient through vocational training and small start-up grants.
The government has pledged more work to tackle re-offending including enhanced vocational training fro some prisoners.
Participants are major entrepreneurs, TVET Specialists, Vocational Educationists and international youth support reform experts.
This can be a community college or a four-year school, vocational training or an apprenticeship.
He also said he would consider "employer led" skills academies to improve vocational provision.
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The DfE said schools were expected to teach "high quality" vocational qualifications from September 2012.
That meant better vocational training in schools - but also a change in attitude from business.
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The "arbitrary" higher education student target was encouraging more young people to "dismiss the vocational route".
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The company offers workplace training which has been approved as a nationally accredited vocational qualification.
Technical and vocational education and training must provide the competences and tools necessary for green economies.
Barbara Campbell, a 59-year-old vocational rehabilitation counselor, has had virtually no sight since her 40s.
Furthermore, the secondary school system hardly provides learners with adequate vocational skills training opportunities.
The standard required for acceptance onto a course might be one A-level or a vocational equivalent.
Around 49 percent of Chinese workers think their job matches their skill set and vocational goals.
The low status of the vocational path means that few able youngsters are tempted down it.
He said many schools offer vocational courses for students who are not going to achieve five GCSEs.
After interviewing 173 of the 407 inmates, inspectors praised the prison's vocational training and provision of activities.
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