Introduction. The relevance of considering dual education issues as the basis of a practice-oriented model of vocational education is due to the active changes taking place in the country in connection with the modernization of the education system, as well as some inertia of the existing vocational education system, which continues to train specialists insufficiently focused on the real needs of employers. The modern system of vocational education should be focused not only on the theory of the profession and related concepts, but also on training specialists with real working skills. The purpose of the research is to study dual education as the basis of a practice-oriented model of secondary vocational education. The research materials and methods were: methodological scientific literature in the field of practice-oriented educational technologies, special literature revealing the content of dual education as one of the components of the practice-oriented learning model. Research results, discussion. It is established that the dual education system is aimed at involving enterprises in the process of professional training of students. At the same time, future employers bear quite significant costs associated with training future personnel, since they are fully aware that the cost of high-quality vocational training is a reliable investment of capital. The introduction of a dual approach to student education contributes to the transition to a qualitatively new level of education and retraining of workers and specialists for high-tech production. Dual training also contributes to the formation of general and professional competencies of graduates, ensuring their competitiveness and demand in the labor market, as well as the development of an effective system of social partnership in the field of vocational education, as a powerful factor in its modernization.