RCVET „Vanco Pitosheski“-Ohrid is a secondary vocational school, located next to the quay of Lake Ohrid in the immediate vicinity of the "Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality",
easily accessible to students, parents and other interested visitors.
The school was established by decision no. 05-80117/1 of September 10, 1960 by the People's Board of the Municipality of Ohrid,
as a professional catering school with practical training.
As an educational institution, the school is verified by decision no. 07-691 on June 14, 1963 by the Council for Education of the SR Macedonia with the task of preparing personnel with a generally recognized degree of professional education in the rank of
qualified worker in the hospitality industry for the occupation of cook, waiter and porter.
It is registered in the court register under the title of professional catering school with practical training in the District Economic Court in Bitola under no. 82/65 on January 11, 1966.
In the school year 1961/62, 35 students were enrolled, whose education lasted 2 years. The first subjects that were taught in the school were: serving, cooking, catering organization with hotel management and foreign language.
In July 1964, the hotel part of the school was put into use, which is used as a student dormitory, and during the summer period for commercial purposes.
Those were the beginnings, modest, but with great faith that this educational institution plays a significant role in the development of tourism, both in the region and more widely in the country.
In the school, teaching is conducted in the Macedonian teaching language.