Some say they will have to abandon the most costly courses, in particular the new “diploma”, a semi-academic, semi-vocational qualification that they reckonis twice as expensive to run as A-levels.

一些学校只好决定撤销花费最大的课程，尤其是新的文凭（一种一边学习理论，一边参加培训的资格认证）估计花费是考大学的两倍。

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In higher vocational colleges, there is a high using frequency in public computer room, and technical levels of users are different, which brought much inconvenience for computer teachers.

高职院校公共机房使用频率高，使用对象技术水平参差不齐，这给机房管理老师的日常工作带来了很大的不便。

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A comprehensive system of vocational education and technical training provides the economy with well-trained manpower at craft, technician and higher technician levels.

完备的职业教育及训练制度，为本港工商界训练技工、技术员和高级技术人才。

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We hope this will prove to be a staging point towards our ultimate goal of rigorous vocational A-levels.

BBC: 'Tech Bacc' aims to boost status of vocational courses

In England, from 2015, young people will be expected to stay in education or training until they are 18 and the CBI says the focus should be switching more towards exams at 18, with improved vocational A-levels.

BBC: CBI complains of 'exam factory' schools

Sir Mike Tomlinson's report in October 2004 proposed that GCSEs, A-levels and vocational qualifications should evolve over 10 years into a new diploma system catering for students at all levels of ability.

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