Students also study two vocational subjects that reflect their interests.
They'd all learn a lot more if they were doing a vocational subject such as media studies - and they'd enjoy it.
With this academic and vocational subjects are given equal weight of importance.
The curriculum contains only general education until the 9th year at which point vocational subjects are introduced.
In 1874, it became a day school teaching vocational subjects such as bookkeeping.
Such a "great books" curriculum would leave no room for practical or vocational subjects.
Although history is not primarily a vocational subject, the skills of analysis and writing which its study develops are much in demand.
But after the school year 1951-52, only a complete secondary course with vocational subjects was offered.
There are 26,200 books on engineering, technical and vocational subjects.
It had a strong academic focus, but also taught vocational subjects such as woodwork.