The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of the Vocational High Schools(VHS) teachers regarding Comprehensive High School(CHS) as a new type. To perform this study, questionnaire method was used and data were collected by mail. A total sample of 636 questionnaires were sent, and the return rate was 77.0%(490 cases). The questionnaire analyzed in this study was composed of 483 VHS teachers in agricultural, commercial, industrial, and fishery - marine high schools. The major findings in this study were as follows: 1. The VHS teachers indicated `low scholastic attainments of students`, and `negative recognition of society on VHS` as the serious problems of VHS. CHS was appropriate moderately(2.88) for to solve the problems. 2. The VHS teachers responded that after the CHS as a new type must be pilot-tested for a few years, then it should be adopted to academic high schools as well as vocational high schools at a rural region rather than urban. 3. The VHS teachers showed that if the CHS as a new type would be adopted, and the anticipated problems were `preference of the subject or track helpful to entrance into college`(21.0%), `overall school administration confusion`(18.5%), `supply of teachers`(15.4 %), etc. 4. As the solution of the anticipated problems, the VHS teachers perceived `reduction of teachers`s task`, `charming curriculum development responsive to needs of communities and enterprises`, `various career guidance programs development`, and so on. 5. The VHS teachers responded that principal must have the right to management of the CHS as a new type and the CHS should be operated under the its own independence.
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