vestibule school

English

Etymology

From vestibule (“passage or hallway connecting to the interior of a building”) + school.

Noun

vestibule school (plural vestibule schools)

1. A schooling facility organised within an industrial plant to teach specific skills to trainee workers.
   • 1924, Horatio W. Dresser, Psychology in Theory And Application, published 2005, page 329:

     […] he is then sent to the vestibule school to be trained for a certain position.

   • 2006, Y. K. Singh. H. S. Rabat, Human Resource Management, New Delhi, page 229:

     Large organizations frequently provide what are described as vestibule schools, a preliminary to actual shop experience. […] Vestibule schools are widely used in training for clerical and office jobs as well a for factory production jobs.

   • 2010, Raj Kumar, Human Resource Management: Strategic Analysis Text and Cases, New Delhi, page 148:

     However, when the number of trainees is large, vestibule schools are generally utilized; but when the number is small, on-the-job training is preferred.

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967