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• a  of or relating to a vocation or occupation; especially providing or undergoing training in special skills
  vocational school
  vocational students learning to repair a motor

• To make vocational education both more available and more attractive, the Nixon plan calls for the creation of 150,000 new federal job-training slots (raising the total to more .
• This new curriculum will lower Exeter to the level of a vocational institution whose graduates are skilled in the business of doing, not the business of thinking.
• Today vocational ed--or career tech, as it's commonly called--more often involves a computer mouse than a lathe.

News & Articles

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• Overhaul urged at Madison Park Technical Vocational High School
  Parents, alumni, and community activists are galvanizing to stop what they call the “downward spiral” of Madison Park Technical Vocational High School, urging School Department officials to move quickly in addressing a wide range of issues, including a lack of textbooks, no permanent headmaster, and an extended day that leaves many students losing class time.        
  June 17, 2013 - Boston Globe
• Dive Medic Technician/HSEQ/Paramedic
  Tech/Vocational Cert. We are actively recruiting Dive Medic Technicians. If you have a current DMT Certification, please submit your resume noting as such. Include work experience, companies worked for/with and duties.
  June 17, 2013 - Rigzone
• Autodesk Inks Agreement with Turkey’s Ministry of Education
  Autodesk, Inc. has signed a four-year agreement with Turkey’s Ministry of National Education, to advance the country’s vocational and technical education system. This nationwide agreement will enable more than 5,000 schools and 1.6 million students to access Autodesk’s professional-grade software.
  June 17, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• Jose Ramos Horta in Melbourne Herald Sun
  As special envoy, I will be encouraging the international community, all of the donor countries and their partners to make basic education, vocational training and higher education a priority and to work with the Haitian government and population... Michaelle Jean http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micha%C3%ABlle_Jean&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEpJGbP01-gWZUHpqS9KPGHbTiq2g Vancouver Sun http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Haiti%2Bheart%2BJean%2Bmission/3189379/story.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGoZPHfQkepdU7yv07v_0R6RH9e_A Jun 23, 2010 108334 142142 vocational Mr Ramos Horta said: I have spoken to Prime Minister Howard, (Foreign Affairs Minister) Alexander Downer . . . to push for Australia to accept many hundreds of East Timorese young people in the next few years to study to do vocational, professional...
• Alan Johnson in EducationGuardian.co.uk
  The education secretary, Alan Johnson, announcing the latest diploma details, said today: "With fewer low-skilled jobs, we need more high-skilled young people. Diplomas will provide the missing link - creating the mix of vocational and academic...