Complex sentence: Some education programmes are academically oriented, the most common being the "Gymnasium", while other programmes are more practically oriented, training students for jobs as e.g. artisans or clerks through a combination of teaching in vocational schools and apprenticeship.
Split into simpler sentences: Some education programmes are academically oriented, the most common being the "Gymnasium". Others are more practically oriented, training students for jobs as e.g. artisans or clerks through a combination of instruction in vocational schools and apprenticeship.