vocational preparation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofvocationalandpreparation
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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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preparation
noun
uk/ˌprep.ərˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌprep.əˈreɪ.ʃən/
the things that you do or the time that you spend preparing ...
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(Definition ofvocationalandpreparationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Bettervocationalpreparationis another.
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We must see that those in work also receive suitablevocationalpreparation.
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First, there is considerable scope for improving thevocationalpreparationof young people.
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In addition, we are expanding the youth opportunities programme and our support for unifiedvocationalpreparation.
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He criticised me for introducing the question of unifiedvocationalpreparationin isolation.
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He wantsvocationalpreparationfor employed and unemployed 16 to 18-year-olds.
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But the unifiedvocationalpreparationprogramme, as it has existed up to now, is relatively small.
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This will require training and for young people entering work it requires propervocationalpreparation.
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Half our young people leave school without getting an apprenticeship or avocationalpreparation.
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It also has representatives on the steering group committee that deals with unitedvocationalpreparation.
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We hope that the experimentalvocationalpreparationschemes envisaged will be operating by the autumn.
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The concept of unifiedvocationalpreparationwas developed to bridge that gap.
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Many of the recommendations, including that specifically referred to in the question, relate to the field ofvocationalpreparation.
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We must work to improve arrangements for transition from school to work by implementing far bettervocationalpreparation.
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A high proportion of our 16-year-olds leave school with no prospects of genuinevocationalpreparation.
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He said that he wanted the programme to develop into a programme ofvocationalpreparationfor all young people.
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We have continued with the consultations and are now considering possibilities for the future ofvocationalpreparation.
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They include measures involving collective funding, transferable skills andvocationalpreparation, on which we are now working.
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They must talk to the companies and get them to involve themselves with thevocationalpreparationprogrammes.
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Its purpose will be to establish what forms ofvocationalpreparationwill attract young people and win the support of their employers.
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We are also considering ways to bring the administration of the scheme closer to that of the unifiedvocationalpreparationprogramme.
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Within available resources, they will give priority to children with special needs and to thevocationalpreparationof young people aged 16 to 19.
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The first wasvocationalpreparationfor the young, where, as he rightly said, we are way behind the performance of our main competitors.
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Meanwhile, the scope for further developing the principles of unifiedvocationalpreparationis under active consideration with our partners in the programme.
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A major purpose of the experimental programme of unifiedvocationalpreparationhas been to develop courses that are attractive to young people and their employers.
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