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  2. Vocational education - Wikipedia

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    The John F. Ross Collegiate Vocational Institute is an institution of vocational learning in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, considered one of the first in the country. Vocational education is education that prepares people for a skilled craft as an artisan, trade as a tradesperson, or work as a technician.

  3. Vocational education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Vocational schools or tech schools are post-secondary schools (students usually enroll after graduating from high school or obtaining their GEDs) that teach the skills necessary to help students acquire jobs in specific industries. The majority of postsecondary career education is provided by proprietary (privately-owned) career institutions.

  4. Vocational school - Wikipedia

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    The vocational school is a secondary school for ages 16–21, and prepares the students for entering the workforce. The curriculum includes little academic general education, while the practical skills of each trade are stressed. The education is divided into eight main categories with a total of about 50 trades.

  5. Community colleges in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the late 1940s, the county operated a popular vocational institute. The New York state government required that the county transform its technical institute into a community college. The county government resisted this transformation, as it would be responsible for a third of the new institution's operating costs (in contrast, the state paid ...

  6. List of vocational colleges in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Bellingham Technical College. Clover Park Technical College. Lake Washington Institute of Technology. Renton Technical College. Spokane Community College. The Art Institute of Seattle. Carrington College (US) Everest College.

  7. Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act

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    The Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act was first authorized by the federal government in 1984 and reauthorized in 1990 (Perkins II), 1998 (Perkins III), 2006 (Perkins IV), and 2018 (Perkins V). Named for Carl D. Perkins, the act aims to increase the quality of technical education within the United States in order to help the ...

  8. TVET (technical and vocational education and training)

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    Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) serves multiple purposes. One purpose is to prepare the youth for work. This is done through the learning and development of work related skills and the mastery of underlying knowledge and scientific principles. Work is broadly defined and therefore refers to both formal employment and self ...

  9. Vocational university - Wikipedia

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    Technical and Vocational University. The Technical and Vocational University ( TVU) is one of Institutes of Higher Education under control of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology. The university has more than 176 schools and colleges across the country and more than 220 thousand students is one of the largest universities in Iran.