我國高級中學與高級職業學校屬於後期中等教育階段，居國民教育和高等教育之間，具有選擇與分化的功能。我國高級中學法第一條規定：「高級中學應以發展青年身心，並為研究高深學術及學習專門知能之預備為宗旨。」而我國職業學校法第一條規定：「職業教育依中華民國憲法第一百五十八條之規定，已教授青年職業智能、培養職業道德、養成健全之基層技術人員為宗旨。」可見高中教育以升學預備為主，高職教育則以職業預備為主。二者教育目標不同，顯示高級中等學校應有分化的教育功能。

The purpose of this study are：〈1〉to examine the strong points and shortcomings of current entrance procedures of the senior high and the senior vocational schools in Taiwan Province, and〈2〉to work out ways for improving the procedures.
Three method are used in this study, namely, literature review, comparative study, and questionnaire survey. The literature review is used to examine the current status of the procedures for entrance to senior high and senior vocational schools in Taiwan Province and the scholars’ propositions on how to improve the procedures. The questionnaire survey is conducted to collect the popular opinions on how to improve the procedures. The comparative study is made to explore the current procedures for entrance to senior high and senior vocational schools in such country as Japan, Korea, France, West Germany, England, Singapore and the U.S.A..
Based on the findings of this study, the following propositions are offered：
1.Having caused many problems in the secondary education of the province, the entrance examination to senior high and senior vocational schools should be abolished in future and replaced by an application system.
2.The main features of the application system are as follows：
1). The senior high schools and the senior vocational schools in each county or city of the province should establish a joint selection committee respectively to process the applications.
2). Only those students who meet the minimum criteria set in terms of the score of a provincial graduation examination and the scholastic record of junior high school are eligible to apply for admission.
3). The eligible students are permitted to apply only to the selection committee of the county or city where they reside for admission to its senior high schools, while they are entitled to choosed one of the selection committees in the province to apply to for admission to its senior vocational schools.
4.) Selection and admission are based on the applicants’ scholastic record of junior high school and the results of the provincial graduation examination and the aptitude test.
3.Before the application system being put into operation, the entrance examination should be kept to screen the students for admission to senior high and senior vocational schools, but some measures should be taken to improve it. The measures are also presented in the study.