These secondary schools tend to offer technical and vocational instruction in one of five major fields: agriculture, fishery, trade/technical, home industry, and non-traditional courses. The types of vocational fields offered by these vocational schools usually depend on the specific region in which the school is located.
During the initial two years of study at one of the nation’s vocational secondary schools, students study a general vocational area. During the third and fourth years they must specialize in a particular discipline within that general vocational area. For instance, a student may take two years of general trade-technical courses, followed by two years specializing specifically in cabinet making. All programs at vocational secondary schools contain a combination of theory and practice courses.