research found that students who opted for the apprenticeship track do not feel well prepared for the labour market the apprenticeship track contains general education while the technical track has according to government sources the dropout rate in apprenticeships is high and the government is concerned that occupations that used to be covered by this track will not find sufficient numbers of skilled workers in the future improving the quality of teaching the relevance of different options as well as the quality of and access to workplace training can help strengthen this pathway