Spotlight on Vocational Education and Training
Findings from Education at a Glance 2023
This Spotlight presents data and analysis on vocational education and training (VET)
from Education at a Glance 2023. VET is a key component of most education systems
in OECD countries. About one in three 25-34 year-olds have a vocational qualification
as their highest level achieved, whether at upper secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary
or short-cycle tertiary level.
The first part of the Spotlight focuses on upper secondary programmes, analysing their
components and outlining the main challenges to countries aiming to improve their
quality, while promoting equity and ensuring better labour-market opportunities for
their graduates. The second part focuses on progression pathways open to VET graduates
and higher-level vocational programmes. Taken together, the two parts of this spotlight
demonstrate the huge diversity of OECD country VET programmes.
Published on September 12, 2023Also available in: French