In Europe, after completing lower (compulsory) secondary education, 16-year-old students can enroll in upper-secondary vocational education and training (VET) programmes which form the second/final stage of their secondary education and provide an alternative education track to general (academic) education. In this chapter, we aimed to classify the European VET systems into similar groups (countries) using two indicators and statistical analysis. The first indicator (dimension) was the share of upper secondary students undertaking vocational programmes. The second indicator (dimension) was the percentage of VET students enrolled in programmes combining a work-based and school-based component as opposed to VET programmes which are basically schoolbased. VET programmes account for sizeable shares of upper secondary enrolments in the Czech Republic and Slovakia but they are basically school-based, as opposed to Denmark and German-speaking countries where the dual VET system (also known as apprenticeship programmes) is part of the post-compulsory education system. © 2022 Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
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