1, poor academic qualifications
Higher vocational education is higher than technical secondary schools and technical schools in academic qualifications. In terms of personnel training objectives, high-quality technical and skilled talents are trained, and the level of talents is correspondingly higher. Higher vocational graduates should learn certain theories, not only have enough theoretical knowledge, but also have strong practical skills. Graduates from technical secondary schools and technical schools have low theoretical requirements but outstanding practical skills.
They all belong to the category of vocational schools and are part of vocational education. Secondary schools and technical schools belong to secondary vocational education, and students can obtain intermediate or advanced qualification certificates and graduate from secondary schools. Higher vocational education belongs to higher vocational education and has a junior college degree.
2. Jurisdiction department
Technical secondary schools are generally under the jurisdiction of the local education bureau. Enrollment should be in the previous junior high school and high school. They are responsible for training intermediate skilled workers and issuing secondary professional diplomas, which are issued by the Education Bureau. The off-the-job training lasts for three years. Graduates can take the corresponding college entrance examination and single entrance examination to enter the university, or they can use their professional skills to find a job.
Technical schools are generally subordinate to local human resources and social security bureaus. They recruit students from previous junior and senior high schools, train middle and senior technical workers, and issue technical school diplomas, which are issued by the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau. The academic system is three to five years, three years for intermediate workers and five years for senior workers. Graduates can also participate in the single-recruit and counterpart college entrance examinations to enter universities or directly find jobs.
Higher vocational education is a college affiliated to the education department, which mainly recruits graduates from high schools or secondary vocational schools. Through the single recruit or college entrance examination, there is a national unified marking admission, full-time training, and the academic system is three years. After graduation, college diplomas will be awarded, and the academic qualifications will be recognized by the state.
3. The enrollment population is different.
Technical secondary schools and technical schools face more junior high school students, while higher vocational schools face high school graduates.
4. Learning focuses are different.
Technical secondary school focuses on theoretical knowledge learning and assists in learning skills; Technical schools focus on skills training; Higher vocational education requires students not only to have deeper and broader knowledge than students in secondary vocational schools, but also to have stronger practical ability.
The main differences between technical secondary schools, technical schools and higher vocational schools, including academic qualifications, are all here. Are you clear now?