Vocational high school generally refers to vocational high school, which is a secondary vocational school developed on the basis of the educational system reform of vocational high school, and most of them are transformed from ordinary middle schools. Technical secondary schools generally refer to secondary specialized schools, which are generally carried out after the end of nine-year compulsory education. There are public and private schools, ordinary middle schools and adult middle schools.

The requirements for students are different.

Vocational high schools require students to have technical theoretical knowledge, professional knowledge and operational skills that can directly engage in a certain occupation; Basic cultural courses should be equivalent to the level of ordinary high schools. The requirements of secondary schools are relatively low. As long as you pass the cultural test, you can go to secondary schools.

The training objectives are different.

Vocational high schools cultivate high-quality workers and skilled personnel who meet the requirements of China's socialist modernization, develop morally, intellectually, physically and aesthetically, have comprehensive professional ability and work in the front line of production and service. Secondary technical schools train middle-level management talents, and secondary technical schools train middle-level technical workers.