What is technical secondary education and how is it different from higher and primary? This will be discussed in the article. At the same time, you will learn what profiles and specialties exist in secondary technical schools.
When to go to study?
To begin with, we note that secondary technical education is a technical school, college, polytechnic school (vocational school). Graduates after 9th grade, as well as after 11th and even university, are accepted to study at these institutions. In a word, absolutely everyone can do it if the age of the applicant does not exceed 45 years. Of course, the older generation will choose only correspondence education. And for those who have just graduated from school, it is advisable to enter full-time.
It should be noted that in those who entered after the 11th grade, education is reduced by a year. What is the reason for this? The first course is only for those who entered after the 9th grade. These guys have incomplete secondary education. They are required to obtain knowledge for grades 10 and 11 of high school. It is for these purposes that 1 course of college is reserved. Now it becomes clear why the 11th grade graduates are shortened for a whole year - they are immediately accepted to the 2nd year.
At the end of the college / technical school, a diploma is issued on secondary specialized education. By the way, at present, almost all schools (not including medical and pharmaceutical) and technical schools have been renamed to colleges.
The volume of the curriculum compared to universities and primary vocational education
We can say that technical secondary education at all times had more advantages, even in the present. The fact is that in college all disciplines are served in a compressed form. That is, the student studies only the most necessary. In universities, on the contrary, discipline is considered in depth. According to many university students there is a lot of superfluous and unnecessary.
Secondary education or university? What to choose?
You need to answer your questions:
- Do I need to learn quickly and immediately go to work (the sooner the better)?
- Do I have high intelligence, interest in in-depth study of sciences?
- Does this institution have the profession that I dream of?
So, if your answers are: “I need to learn as soon as possible,” and “I have no desire to immerse myself in science,” then choose secondary technical schools.
Let's now begin to choose a future profession. It is worth noting that many technical schools are specialized, but specialties that are not related to the corresponding field of activity may be present in them. For example, in an electromechanical college, economic specialties.
Life Safety and Ecology
If you have a dream of becoming a meteorologist, for example, then you should choose a specialized educational institution related to environmental protection. It is not necessary to enter a university. This direction includes:
- environmental safety and technosphere;
- hydrology;
- geodesy;
- environmental management.
Do you like nature and would like to work in the environment as well as in laboratories? Then choose only this direction.
Technology for the production of any goods
Would you like to know how wine or cheese is made? Or maybe you would like to become a textile worker? Choose a specialized secondary technical education.
In Russia, there are many technical schools and colleges that teach the production of a product, whether it is food, industrial, textile.
Service sector
Do you dream of working in the tourism sector or want to become a hairdresser / makeup artist? There are colleges for you related to the service sector. You just have to choose a specialty. Young people will also find a profession for themselves if they wish to work in Housing and Utility Services, Special Economic Zones and similar institutions.
It is worth noting that trade and merchandising also belong to the service sector.
Information Systems
If you have a good command of a computer, you are interested in studying everything related to it, then you can easily choose a specialty to your liking. There are several varieties:
- Information Security;
- automation and control;
- Informatics.
Technical secondary education related to information technology allows a graduate to receive a specialty in which he can work in many fields. In addition, any of you can go on to study further, get higher education. At the same time, studying at a university will be much easier.
Agriculture and fisheries
For provincial children and girls, as a rule, there are technical schools and colleges related to agriculture. Usually in such educational institutions they train agronomists, machine operators, and technologists.
Construction and architecture
Remember, we talked about the fact that technical schools have advantages compared to universities? This may apply to construction.
If you want to build, carry out installation work, perform technical tasks, then go to college to study construction. During the training, you will be able to choose a place of practice where you will be taught a lot, which means that you will soon be able to start work.
Woodworking and landscape
Who produces furniture, boards, wooden elements? Of course, graduates of technical schools related to woodworking. And who is trusted to design parks, squares? Of course, specialists in landscape design. Secondary vocational education provides knowledge and skills in these areas. Of course, it is desirable to have talent and a love of work.
Chemical and metallurgical production
If you are interested in chemistry, then you can easily choose a technological specialty to work in any technical laboratory or factory in the future. Of course, the girls will be offered a job as a laboratory assistant, and young people will be offered a job as a worker in the processing of any production materials.
Minerals
Secondary technical education provides a profile related to the extraction of minerals and oil. Work can be found for a graduate in the mountains, in the Far North. It should be borne in mind that college graduates must have good health in order to work in this area.
Aviation, space technology, railway and urban transport
In Russia there are enough educational institutions that train technicians to service transport equipment, drivers, drivers, pilots and so on. But most of these colleges require a preliminary medical commission.
Each type of transport equipment has its own college, for example, railway, aviation, and so on.
Communication, devices
Mail operators, Internet cable installers and telephone exchanges and other specialists also graduate from specialized educational institutions. In the future, it is not difficult for them to find a suitable job.
Energy and Electrical Engineering
Do you have a dream to work in a power plant or just an electrician? Choose any technical school / college where this profession is taught.
So, we have come to the end of the study of the material. We think you no longer have the question "Secondary technical education - what is this?" By the way, most of the graduates receive the qualification of “technician”.