Secondary vocational schools refer to all kinds of vocational schools established with the approval of relevant government departments according to law and implementing full-time secondary education. The enrollment targets are junior high school graduates and junior high school equivalent. The basic academic system is three years, and students receive secondary vocational education when they graduate.
In 20 18, there were 10200 secondary vocational education schools nationwide, a decrease of 442 schools or 4. 14% over the previous year.
Students in secondary vocational education15,552,600, a decrease of 372,300, or 2.34%, compared with the previous year, accounting for 39.53% of the total number of students in high school education. The number of secondary vocational education graduates was 4,872,800, a decrease of 96,000 over the previous year, a decrease of 1.93%.
School classification:
Secondary vocational schools provide students with high school cultural knowledge education, and at the same time, according to the requirements of professional posts, carry out targeted vocational knowledge and vocational skills education. Divided into public and private categories.
There are four types of secondary vocational schools: vocational high schools, ordinary middle schools, adult middle schools and technical schools. Technical schools have gradually developed into three levels: technical schools, senior technical schools and technician colleges. Among them, technical schools (technician colleges) are managed by human and social departments, while vocational high schools, general secondary schools and adult secondary schools are managed by education departments.