Instead of the state sorting students into vocational tracks, it opened the system up and allowed students to make their own choices. (educationbythenumbers.org)
The government at the time restructured the system — the existing eight - year primary school followed by early vocational tracking was replaced by six years of primary education and three years of lower general secondary education. (teachermagazine.com.au)
This is not a new debate arena; it has been active since at least the days of John Dewey, who believed that a dual college / vocational track system would institutionalize the inequalities of the society in his day. (seethruedu.com)