Pre-vocational or pre tenchinal education
Definition: Pre-vocational or pre-technical education programmes are mainly designed to introduce participants to the world of work and to prepare them for entry into further vocational or technical education programmes. Successful completion of such programmes does not lead to a vocational or technical qualification that is directly relevant to the labour market (at least 25% of programme content is vocational or technical).
Source: OECD (2013). Education at a Glance 2013: OECD Indicators, OECD Publishing. http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/eag-2013-en
Hyperlink: https://www.oecd.org/edu/eag2013%20(eng)--FINAL%2020%20June%202013.pdf