Globally, vocational education, particularly initial VET at the upper secondary level, is faced with a demanding task: national authorities as well as the global players (such as the OECD, the EU, the World Bank etc.) are expecting VET to stimulate economic growth, and lately, particularly in the EU, to support the digital and green transition. Nothing less than excellence is expected. In VET, high quality teaching and education refers particularly to the improvement of graduates’ employabilit...