compulsory education - that which must be attended or undertaken by law. The legal requirement may be education from a certain starting age to a certain school-leaving age or it may be education to a certain standard.
The financial support of the Fund shall mainly take the form of assistance to persons and be devoted to the following activities to develop human resources which may be part of a pathway approach to labour market integration: (a) education and vocational training - including vocational training equivalent to compulsory schooling, apprenticeships, pre-training, in particular the provision and upgrading of basic skills, rehabilitation in employment, measures to promote employability on the labour market, guidance, counselling and continuing training ...
