Sentence:  The present Federal program of vocational <WSD>education</WSD> began in 1917 with the passage of the Smith-Hughes Act , which provided a continuing annual appropriation of $ 7 million to support , on a matching basis , state administered programs of vocational education in agriculture , trades , industrial skills and home economics . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill