vocational education

noun

1. educational training that provides practical experience in a particular occupational field, as agriculture, home economics, or industry.

Example Sentences

T-levels were launched by the former Conservative government, which planned to make them the main route into vocational education by defunding alternative courses, like BTecs, with overlapping subject areas.

From BBC

Private universities and non-university higher education providers will be able to enrol 30,000 new international students, while vocational education and training institutions will be limited to 95,000.

From BBC

Each higher education institution will be given an individual restriction, the government announced on Tuesday, with the biggest cuts to be borne by vocational education and training providers.

From BBC

The study was funded by the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training.

From Science Daily

A 2019 state report on vocational education in Massachusetts found that student demand had increased by 33 percent in five years, with vocational school enrollments falling far short of projected job needs in health care and other fields.

From New York Times