21.1. Secondary vocational-professional education provides for the training of secondary education specialists in various fields of production in accordance with the demands of the society and labor market, on the basis of basic and general secondary education.
21.2. Secondary vocational-professional education is mainly implemented at colleges and corresponding units established within the higher educational institutions, and concludes with the issuance of a sub-bachelor vocational-professional degree. The graduates from the basic secondary education entering the secondary vocational-professional education also receive the general secondary education.
21.3. Secondary vocational-professional education is organized on the basis of respective educational programs. The graduates completing secondary vocational-professional education are accordingly issued a standard state document – a diploma.
21.4. The document on completion of the secondary vocational-professional education allows for entering higher educational institutions and constitutes the basis to receive higher education in the next stage of education.
21.5. The conformity of the programs in secondary vocational-professional education with the higher education programs on the corresponding majors is ensured, and the credits obtained by the sub-bachelors, the graduates who complete this level of education with high results, are taken into account in the higher educational institutions by the respective majors in accordance with the rules established by the corresponding executive authority.
