Lapseki Meslek Yüksekokulu Uygulamalı Araştırmalar Dergisi

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To provide vocational and technical education to meet the needs of the labor market in our country, to support lifelong learning, to strengthen the relationship between education and working life, and to provide quality assurance, T.R. Vocational Qualifications Institution (VQA) was established under the Ministry of Labor and Social Security. The main task of VQA is to establish the National Vocational Qualifications System (NVQS) and ensure its functioning. To carry out this task; Establish and ensure the execution of the National Qualifications System in line with the European Qualifications Framework, ensuring the follow-up of these services for the sustainability, preparation of National Occupational Standards (NOS) and National Qualifications (NQ), establishment of the Measurement, Evaluation, and Certification System, and preparation and operation of the Turkish Qualifications Framework. responsible for its implementation. In this context, the national occupational standards and qualifications that VQA has prepared for different occupations are constantly increasing to carry out the work and operations specified. It is of great importance that these studies, which are realized in occupational standards and qualification definitions, are taken into account by vocational education units and their preparation. Because the basic formal education institutions providing vocational education are Vocational and Technical Anatolian High Schools (VTAHS) and Vocational Schools. Vocational education fields and programs within VTAHS and Vocational Schools must comply with the curriculum's determined occupational standards and qualification definitions. With this study carried out in this context, the current national occupational standards and qualifications that are related to the computer technologies profession will be examined, and the compliance status of the existing VTAHS and Vocational School programs with these standards and qualifications will be analyzed. Thus, in terms of vocational education in information technologies, determinations and suggestions were made to establish a strong employment relationship with sustainable lifelong education.