Differences in definition
Secondary vocational education is a school (vocational high school) that implements secondary vocational education. Higher vocational education includes junior college education and undergraduate education.
Differences in graduation qualifications
Secondary vocational education students graduated from secondary vocational schools. When higher vocational students graduate, they get college and undergraduate diplomas with nationally recognized academic qualifications and enjoy all the treatment of ordinary college graduates.
Differences in the focus of training objectives
The main goal of higher vocational colleges is to cultivate knowledge-based talents. That is, the goal is practicality, that is, on the basis of completing secondary education, training a group of talents with higher education knowledge and certain professional and technical skills. Secondary vocational schools cultivate a large number of skilled talents and high-quality workers on the basis of compulsory education.