An In Depth Look of Today's Vocational Education
Vocational education is a type of educational attainment wherein it prepares its students for livelihoods that are based in labor-intensive or hands-on types of occupation. The vocational education courses are basically non-academic; of which are entirely associated to a particular industry, line of work or profession. That is the main reason why it is called vocational education. Vocational education is also considered as a technical education for a particular field of work or industry. It allows the student to immediately learn or develop knowledge or the "basic know-how's" of the methods, practices, technologies and systems that of a particular field of work or industry.
Vocational trainings are usually associated with courses that usually utilize a much extensive technical subject and may tend to focus more on theories and hypothetical facts and other elements of tertiary lessons. Vocational education is usually offered at secondary or post-secondary level, however, it is also offered as a type of apprenticeship program or course. Currently, vocational education has become more and more accepted in terms of "acknowledgment of prior learning" and most of the vocational courses are partially accredited towards tertiary education (such as courses that are offered by a university). On the other hand, some these types of courses are seldom regarded in its own classification. That is why they are rarely considered as part of the standard classification that of higher education.
The main core of the vocational education these days concentrate on particular line of work or occupations; such as electrical technician, carpentry or automobile mechanic. And as a result, these types of educational attainments are usually related with various livelihoods of those who fall under the lower level of society. This type of educational attainment is usually considered as one of the traditional method of apprenticeship training.
Nevertheless, as the labor industry gradually becomes more focused on the need for a more advanced level of expertise, most of today's governments and business industries are dedicate in improving and developing the vocational industry. More and more private and government institutions and foundations have openly supported and offered training and apprenticeship programs. There are even several traineeship programs and courses for various business processes.
Most of the vocational educations that are offered at secondary or post-secondary levels are usually offered by private and public organizations, or institutions, colleges and universities. It has become more and more diverse as the years go by. Lots and lots of industries these days offer various vocational courses to further improve and develop their industry (e.g. tourism, information technology, etc.).
