Both academic high schools and vocational high schools have failed to meet the various needs of high school students. Therefore, alternative high school systems were explored. Ministry of Education suggested one of the alternatives would be an integrated high school system. The purpose of this study was to assess the needs of stakeholders in secondary vocational education on the adoption of an integrated high school system. Those stakeholders were students, parents, teachers, and principals of vocational high schools as well as personnels managers in various companies. This study was conducted through both reviewing literatures available and surveying. The major finding of the study were as follows: 1) Most stakeholders perceived that an integrated high school system would have positive impacts. 2) The integrated high school system was not perceived as an effective alternative to the current vocational high school system which faced various problems. 3) If the integrated high school system will be adopted, it should be applied to all the high schools regardless their school type and location. 4) Problems would be anticipated if the integrated high school system would be adopted to the vocational high schools. It was concluded that the adoption of an integrated high school system should be decided after being pilot-tested for at least three years and the new system should be adopted to academic high schools at the same time.
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