Secondary vocational education

There are many types of study programmes in Indian secondary vocational education. The study programmes vary in terms of their admission requirements, duration , content and transfer entitlement . You need information about this in order to determine the level of a diploma.

Many students follow study programmes for a Diploma. In many cases, students have to take exams via a state board, a council or the equivalent. Often, the level of a Diploma varies per study programme:

• Diploma programmes with a duration of 1 or 2 years are MBO programmes. We do not often see Diplomas of these study programmes.
• We see Diploma programmes with a duration of 3 years more often. We usually compare these Diplomas to several years of HBO . We describe 2 examples on our webpage about Indian higher education:
  • Diploma in Engineering
  • Diploma in General Nursing and Midwifery