Bridging the gulf between the world of work and theworld of learning: Vocational education and training in comparative perspective

Abstract

Comparing and evaluating vocational education and training (VET) systems internationally is a challenging task. National systems of VET are very diverse both in terms of their characteristics as well as in terms of their relative importance in the education system and compared to other forms of post-compulsory education. Indeed, in some countries it makes little sense to refer to VET as a single ‘system’ because it only exists in form of vocational modules in general post-compulsory education.