vocational education

collocation in English

meaningsofvocationalandeducation

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vocational
adjective
uk
/vəʊˈkeɪ.ʃən.əl/us
/voʊˈkeɪ.ʃən.əl/
(of an educational course or a qualification) providing knowledge and skills that prepare you for a ...
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education
noun[S or U]
uk
/ˌedʒ.ʊˈkeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌedʒ.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/
the process of teaching or learning, especially in a school or college, or the knowledge that you get ...
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(Definition ofvocationalandeducationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Traders' associations argued that the introduction of cash registers, along withvocationaleducation, would help solve many of the bookkeeping problems encountered by shopkeepers.
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Level of education had three categories: ' up to completed high school', 'up to completedvocationaleducation', and 'higher education'.
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Table 3 shows the proportion of teenagers and young adults participating in general secondary and secondaryvocationaleducation.
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Moreover, in postindustrial societies private industry has left basicvocationaleducationto schools.
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The trade unions contributed by agreeing to moderate wage development while employers invested substantially invocationaleducation.
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This will necessitate 'a spread of good schools across all social neighbourhoods, high-classvocationaleducation, expansion of higher education, and a proper system of lifelong learning' (p. xxxi).
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The majority of respondents were married (62 %), 89 % had finished elementary school, lower or intermediatevocationaleducationor lower secondary education and 90 % held a rank below officer.
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I will return later to the difficult issue ofvocationaleducation.
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We believe that employers should have the largest say on the new college councils since they are the ultimate consumers ofvocationaleducationand training.
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We want a university system that promotes excellence in learning, andvocationaleducationthat provides genuine skills for life for all.
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It also strengthens and enhances the status of technical andvocationaleducationwithin both the further and higher education phase.
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It gives young workers technical andvocationaleducationand initial training, often involving exchanges.
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That is one of the objects of our reforms of the national curriculum and of the technical andvocationaleducationinitiative.
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It is used in planning training andvocationaleducationprovision, to help ensure that local labour market needs are met effectively.
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The technical andvocationaleducationinitiative has been extensively assessed both nationally and within each education authority.
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The technical andvocationaleducationinitiative is making excellent progress.
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The programme is concerned with the support for the improvement of foreign language competence through initial and continuingvocationaleducation.
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In it he said thatvocationaleducationand training are an investment.
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All training and enterprise councils will be working closely with their local education authorities to help develop and implement the technical andvocationaleducationinitiative.
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They will follow the line that we established with the technical andvocationaleducationinitiative, training and enterprise councils and higher education.
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