Although vocational education and general education are different types of education, they have the same status and are both important components of national education.
The purpose of vocational education is to cultivate applied talents and workers with a certain cultural level and professional knowledge and skills. Compared with general education and adult education, vocational education pays more attention to the cultivation of practical skills and practical work ability.
China's vocational education system includes two parts, namely, vocational school education and vocational skills training.
1. Vocational school education: academic vocational education is divided into primary, secondary and higher vocational school education, including technical school, senior technical school and technician college.
2. Vocational skills training: non-academic short-term vocational education. According to the requirements of workers' occupations or jobs, education and training aimed at cultivating and improving workers' vocational skills should be carried out.
China's vocational training can be divided into primary, intermediate and advanced vocational training, including pre-job training, professional training, apprenticeship training, on-the-job training, job transfer training and other vocational training.