Department of Vocational Education and Training

Vocational education is education that prepares people to work as a technician or to take up employment in a skilled craft or trade as a tradesperson or artisan. Vocational education is sometimes referred to as career and technical education.Vocational Education and Training (VET) qualifications have been developed with the specific goal of preparing students with skills for work. VET is designed to help people to join or re-join the workforce, move into a new career or gain additional skills in their existing career.

• To give opportunities for professional growth, career improvement and lateral entry into courses of general, technical and professional education through appropriate bridge courses.
• Vocational education is any form of education that has its primary purpose as to prepare persons for employment in recognized occupations. It provides the skills, knowledge and attitudes necessary for effective employment in specific occupation.
• Vocational training focuses on developing technical skills for a specific job or trade. It offers you practical knowledge in contrast to theoretical knowledge offered by the conventional formal education system.