Educational trajectories of schoolchildren. Source: compiled by the author based on data from the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th waves of TrEC. Note: the figure illustrates the educational trajectories of 2,503 schoolchildren, depicting their actual educational transitions after grade 9 and after graduating from grade 11 or SVE/PVE. Students with consistent intentions and valid transitions at each stage are marked in green. Those whose intentions did not align with the actual transition on at least one occasion are highlighted in red. Students who, at least at one stage, did not have precise plans for further education are represented in blue. SVE – secondary vocational education, PVE – primary vocational education.