Pre-Vocational, Pre-Technical and Pre-Professional Programmes: Basic Tools for Vocational Technical Education and Training

Abstract

It is noted that various institutions of learning such as primary schools, secondary schools, technical colleges, colleges of education, polytechnics and universities adopt different programmes and methods in training their pupils and students. The chosen programmes by these institutions depend on the ability and interest of the students in various institutions. These programmes are the basic tools for vocational technical education and training in various countries of the world. The training required depends on the level of institution of learning. The training starts from primary school level to higher institutions .The study focuses on the meaning of pre-vocational, pre-technical, pre-profession, technical education and vocational education. It also focuses on the occupational competencies required for training vocational technical education students. The study also contained the measures to improve on the training of vocational technical education students.

Keywords: Pre-vocational Education, Pre-technical Education, Pre-professional Education, Vocational Technical Education and Training

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/10-26-09

Publication date:September 30^th 2019