vocational education

American  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

Vocational education and training centres have been established for the prevention of terrorism.”

From The Guardian • Nov. 24, 2019

Vocational education, trade and immigration were prominent topics, according to some executives.

From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2016

Vocational education and job training skills were not a major focus of the reorganization, Holdren told legislators, although he said such efforts remain a top administration priority.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 5, 2013

Vocational education, where young people learn the skills and earn their qualifications working while studying is in many countries being revitalised.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2012

Vocational education, Douglass thought, would disprove the so-called mental inferiority of the Negroes.

From The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861 A History of the Education of the Colored People of the United States from the Beginning of Slavery to the Civil War by Woodson, Carter Godwin