Practical work – evaluation of the practical work conducted by the vocational institution; Employers – relations with the employers and evaluation of the training practice; Infrastructure - evaluation of the vocational institution infrastructure; Attitudes towards vocational education; Informational sources – awareness regarding the current informational sources about vocational education. To test the version of the research tool, the pilot research was conducted. Fieldwork activities were carried out in one of the vocational institutions located in Tbilisi. Detailed research implementation plan was developed on the first stage of the pilot research. During the test research 20 interviews were conducted. It was supervised by the interviewers, who had a big experience in such researches. The specialist of logical control was also participating in the process and he/she was obliged to revise the filled in questionnaires and figure out the technical or logical inaccuracies. After the pilot research was implemented, debriefing session was conducted, where the whole process and outcomes were discussed. Debriefing session was attended by interviewers, logical control specialist and research analysts. Each participant of debriefing was speaking about their general impressions and was sharing their own recommendations to the group. After the results of pilot studies were analyzed the following changes were implemented in the questionnaire: Instructions were added to the questions; Some questions were further explained in details and specified to make it more understandable for the respondents and avoid ambiguity;
the group that participates in the sampling should meet sequence that is given by administration. 8) Weighting of Data – for the purpose of aggregated analysis, procedure of data weighting was implemented. Research results Assessment of vocational programs and learning process In this research, student approaches towards the current curriculum and learning process at the vocational educational institutions were studied. Basing on the research results, we may say, the students of the vocational educational institutions are contented with the current curriculum and in general, the existed learning process at the vocational institutions. According to the research results, the majority of the respondents think that the content of the curriculum is complete and the subjects, they study are relevant to their professions (91%). The research participants admit that both theoretic and practical components of the curriculum are well-integrated with the program (89%). Majority of the research participants provide a positive estimation about the effectiveness of the learning methods during the learning process (88%). 93% of students think that the learning process is interactive, they have an opportunity to exchange opinions at the lecture and having an active communication between the lecturer and the students. According to the research results, absolute majority of students admit that the assessment of their knowledge is objective and they will be able to use their knowledge in practice (95%). Vast majority of the students give a positive estimation about the accessibility and diversity of learning materials. It should be noted, that the learning materials in understandable language, is available for the majority of the students (96%).