The goals of vocational and professional training are:

- to develop capabilities of comprehending and communicating in the Slovene language; while in regions defined as ethnically mixed, in the Italian or Hungarian language respectively,

Language of instruction in vocational or professional training shall be Slovene.

In vocational and professional schools of the national community, the language of instruction shall be Italian, while in bilingual vocational and professional schools it shall be Slovene and Hungarian.

In regions populated by members of the Slovene nation and members of the Italian national community, which are defined as ethnically mixed regions, the apprentices or pupils in vocational and professional schools with Slovene as language of instruction shall learn Italian, while apprentices or pupils in vocational and professional schools with Italian as the language of instruction shall learn Slovene.

Source: Report submitted by the Republic of Slovenia pursuant to Art. 25 Para. 1 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
http://www.humanrights.coe.int/minorities/Eng/FrameworkConvention/StateReports/2000/slovenia/slovenia.html#annex2