1, the differences between general education and vocational education include:

(1) has different purposes. The goal of vocational education is to make trainees become specialized talents in a certain labor field, so as to meet the needs of both occupation and labor supply and demand in modern society, which is highly targeted and professional. General education aims at improving the basic cultural level of the educated, which is basic and universal;

(2) The objects are different. Vocational education is a kind of human resource development activity with workers as the specific object, and its education and training object is social workers. General education is generally aimed at school-age youth.

2. Legal basis: Article 2 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Vocational Education Law.

The vocational education mentioned in this Law refers to the education implemented for the purpose of cultivating high-quality technical and skilled personnel and enabling the educated to have comprehensive professional qualities and action abilities such as professional ethics, science and culture, professional knowledge, technical skills, etc. required for engaging in a certain profession or realizing professional development, including vocational school education and vocational training.

The specialized training provided by organs and institutions to their staff shall be stipulated separately by laws and administrative regulations.

Second, what are the characteristics of general education?

The characteristics of general education include:

1, the task of general education is usually undertaken by schools that implement general education, which are divided into general basic education schools;

2. General basic education is divided into preschool education, primary education, junior high school education and senior high school education, including special education for disabled children, teenagers and young people and work-study education for supernormal students.