Convention on Technical and Vocational Education Adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO at Its Twenty-Fifth Session, Paris, 10 November 1989 = Convention sur l'enseignement technique et professionel adoptee par la Conference generale a sa vingt-cinquieme session, Paris, 10 novembre 1989.

This document contains the Convention on Technical Education adopted by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). English, French, and Russian versions are provided. Article 1 defines technical and vocational education, specifies its applicability, and states how it shall be applied. Article 2 describes the methodology by which each Contracting State shall determine the general framework for the development of technical and vocational education. Article 3 specifies items that shall be accounted for in programs so developed; describes the content of technical and vocational education; and recommends other measures each Contracting State shall take to support and carry out the programs. Articles 4-7 mandate the following: periodical review of technical and vocational education; requirements for education and hiring of teachers; steps to facilitate international cooperation; and periodic reports to the General Conference of UNESCO. Article 8 sets forth provisions for parties to this Convention that have a nonunitary constitutional system. Articles 9-10 address such topics as the following: how Member States of UNESCO may become parties to this convention; date on which the Convention shall enter into force; right to denunciation of the Convention; procedures to follow such denunciation; revision of the Convention; authority of texts in the various languages; and registration of the Convention. (YLB)