ABSTRACT

In the 21.century that globalization is the determiner, economical development is very important for all countries. In addition to the traditional development programmes, local development strategies are also very important as the supplementary factors for the economical developmental process. Vocational high schools take place as local implementing institutions. Universities have an important role at the global rivalry and development process as the education of human resources. Universities known as the basic dynamic of the regional development help the improvement of education, economy, social and cultural structure in societies. Vocational high schools are also important especially for local economies as the supplementary of development. They also give support to the employment constitutions at the labour force markets especially at the developing countries with the help of training staff for them. The result of the questionnaire applied at this study to find out the contributions of vocational high schools to the local economies concretely let us calculate the students‘ expenses on accommodation, food, transport, school canteen, stationery etc. It was seen that these expenses also contribute to income and employment at local economies.