Vocational Education In Belarus

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VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION It is one of the critical components of the national education system intended for forming an accessible, open and continuously developing system to provide free-of-charge vocational and technical education and general secondary education and allowing the economy and social/cultural sphere to fully meet the needs in qualified workers and employees. 229 vocational and technical institutions of education training 114.7 thousand students were available in Belarus as of 1.3.2006. The students are trained in more than 300 professions. In the majority of institutions of education students are given instructions both in professional and general educational disciplines. 148 (64.6%) institutions of education train, retrain and upgrade the qualification of the adult population. Currently, the vocational and technical institutions of education are changing over to training versatile workers of integrated professions simultaneously phasing out training of single-profession workers. To improve the vocational and technical education system and integrate it in the specialized secondary education, 53 vocational and technical colleges combining vocational/technical and specialized secondary education were set up; 61 vocational lycees provide general education and vocational training at a higher level. Specialized Secondary Education. 140 public and 10 private specialized secondary institutions of education are available in Belarus (technical schools, vocational schools, colleges). 4 higher colleges, 53 vocational and technical colleges and 6 education and pedagogical centers based on the general education schools train specialists with the specialized secondary education. The specialized secondary institutions of education train nearly 154.2 thousand students including 112.3 thousand full-time students. The students are trained in

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