Alabama celebrates Career and Technical Education Month
Alabama celebrates Career and Technical Education Month
By Bethany Davis | February 2, 2021 at 6:00 AM CST - Updated February 2 at 8:17 AM
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - February is Alabama Career and Technical Education Month. Around the state, schools will be highlighting and celebrating the value of preparing students for their future careers even before they finish high school.
More than 173,000 high school students are putting plans in place for their next steps after graduation in Alabama.
“Across the state of Alabama, we offer programs in all 16 clusters and 79 pathways that are basically offered nationwide. So really, any career a student thinks that they may be interested in there may very well be a program offered at their high school,” said Assistant State Superintendent Dr. Jimmy Hull. “Now, every high school doesn’t offer the program, but this state in general, we do a great job of offering access to all programs across the state.