High School Technical Education--High Prerequisite for Getting a Job

Overview & Synopsis

The paper is theoretically based on the concept of "postindustrial" (information) society (Bell, 1973) where the importance of education is emphasized and caused by changes in the structure of employment rate, growing intellectual labor exigence as well as higher unemployment rate of individuals of the lowest educational category. Therefore, higher secondary and tertiary education are becoming frequently the basic prerequisite for entering in new technological spheres and labor market in the information society where both service and production are more and more complicated. The attained education level--theoretical knowledge, professional specialization and understanding of inter-disciplinary relationships, thus, playing the key role in furnishing the individuals with knowledge and skills necessary for a successful integration in social and economic life. (Contains 3 tables and 2 figures.)