Vocational education and training (VET, or professional-technical education, as it is known in Chile) is increasingly crucial to countries wishing to develop a highly skilled labour force. Upper secondary VET programmes can provide a range of mid-level trade, technical, professional and management skills, while post-secondary VET programmes can provide students with high-level trade, technical-professional and management skills. By developing and sustaining a high-quality VET system, the Chilean government has the opportunity to improve the skills of its population and to begin developing a more innovative and knowledge-based economy. The Chilean government can do this by: 1) ensuring that VET programmes meet both the needs of students and employers for the short and longer term; 2) taking measures to ensure that all post-secondary VET programmes and institutions do not fall under a certain quality level; 3) Implementing a national qualifications framework to better meet labour market needs and the aspirations of students, and; 4) Developing good-quality career guidance and information, and make it available to students.