About this survey
Cedefop's opinion survey on vocational education and training (VET) examines EU citizens' awareness and opinions on VET's attractiveness and effectiveness; it also looks at their personal experience as students at upper secondary level, the stage following compulsory education (typically from age 16 to 18). A representative sample of Europeans (aged 15+) from all Member States responded to the questionnaire in June 2016; over 35 000 interviews were carried out across the 28 Member States following a series of cognitive testing and pre-testing to ensure questionnaire validity.