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Thematic Areas: Youth Employment | Greening TVET | Access, Equity & Quality | TVET in a Digital World | Other Themes
Our Key Programmes & Projects: i-hubs: Skills for Innovation Hubs | YEM: Youth Employment in the Mediterranean | BILT: Bridging Innovation and Learning in TVET | UNEVOC TVET Leadership Programme | WYSD: World Youth Skills Day
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The TVETipedia glossary is a collection of terms that are commonly used in the area of Technical and Vocational Education and Training. This glossary provides definitions and background information from various trustworthy sources.
Access to education and training | Accreditation ![]() |
Adult |
Adult education | Apprenticeship ![]() |
Assessment ![]() |
Audit |
Career | Certification | Competence/y |
Course | Credential | Credit |
Curriculum ![]() |
Decent work ![]() ![]() |
Dual system ![]() ![]() |
E-learning ![]() ![]() |
Education ![]() |
Employer |
Employment | Entrepreneurship education/training ![]() ![]() |
Evaluation ![]() |
Gender ![]() |
Greening |
Hard skills ![]() |
Information and communication technology ![]() ![]() |
Job |
Knowledge |
Labour market | Learning | Learning outcomes ![]() ![]() |
Level | Lifelong learning ![]() ![]() |
Literacy |
Mobile learning ![]() ![]() |
National qualifications framework ![]() ![]() |
Occupation | Open educational resources ![]() ![]() |
Permeability ![]() |
Programme ![]() |
Qualification | Qualifications framework ![]() |
Quality ![]() |
Quality assurance ![]() |
Recognition |
Science technology engineering and mathematics ![]() ![]() |
Secondary education | Skills ![]() ![]() |
Soft skills ![]() ![]() |
Standard |
Technical and vocational education and training ![]() |
Training ![]() |
Transfer |
Vocational education (VE) | Vocational education and training |