Come June 2017, all high-school students will be required to sit a technical or vocational subject in their exit examinations.
Fifty-eight thousand students across the island will sit the Grade Four Literacy and Numeracy examinations on June 28 and 29.
Since the introduction of the Career Advancement Programme (CAP) six years ago, approximately 48,301 students have been trained in technical and vocational skills as well as 5,622 through the General Programme of Literacy and Numeracy.