It refers to a person who is unemployed, not receiving an education or in vocational training. I'm not sure if the acronym is commonly-used in your country, but if it is, then do you use it to describe someone who are in their late 30s, 40s and 50s also?
In British English we normally refer to being in the various stages of education this way: I'm at school ('in' is more American) I'm in college ('at' is common too, though) I'm on a course (either a college course or any other kind of study, such as a vocational study or a training programme) I'm at university
WGBH: It’ll soon be a lottery to get into vocational and technical schools in Massachusetts
Starting this fall, admissions to technical and vocational schools with waitlists in Massachusetts will turn into a lottery. The state’s Board of Elementary and Secondary Education voted 8-2 to push ...
It’ll soon be a lottery to get into vocational and technical schools in Massachusetts
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It would be understood, and sounds natural, but the -al is not necessary; "vacation" is a perfectly good adjective. And, ate to brake this too you, but even people running shools sometime make usage airs. By the way, I believe your example about the "vacational college" was a typo or brainfart for "vocational". As for your example in comment above, I certainly wouldn't follow the usage example ...
Is this the right way to write about choices limitation. Students' choices should be restricted\limited to\in vocational courses. Or Your choices are limited to\in the following options (a or...
That might be written out as a full question as follows: What is the last school that you attended? So, that means the school you most recently attended. If the form is intended for adults, it will be your final school. The trick with forms like this is, I suspect, to think of the label and gap as being a short declarative sentence with a missing verb or preposition, and a space for you to ...
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For years demand for seats in the state’s vocational schools has outstripped supply — the issue at the heart of this year’s escalated battle over admission criteria. The obvious alternative is to ...