Gender differences should be considered in vocational high schools so women and men can develop their potentials without being inhibited by gender bias. Gender mainstreaming in vocational high schools is a strategy to integrate gender differences at all stages in teaching-learning process for achieving gender equality and equity. This research evaluates the implementation of gender mainstreamin...

There is no parity of esteem between academic and vocational qualifications in the labour market. Data from the Labour Force Survey show that on average men and women working full-time with academic qualifications at one level in the national qualifications framework earn about the same as men and women with vocational qualifications set notionally one level higher. So those with A levels have ...

During adolescence, a drop of interest in physical activity in girls’ free time and a stagnation in some physical fitness indicators can be observed. The physical fitness of a sample of 14,920 girls from three different types of secondary-school educational programmes (academic, technical and vocational) with different amounts of physical education lessons in the curriculum was analysed. Data f...

1. Aims and objectives of the Palestinian Vocational Technical Education and Training system. This paper sets out the strategy for the development of a Palestinian Vocational Technical Education and Training (VTET) system. The need for development The world has experienced an unprecedented and ever increasing rate of technological development in this century. Technology, and information technol...