National Technical Honor Society

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National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) is a honor society for outstanding career and technical students of workforce vocational education institutions in the United States.

NTHS began in 1984 as the National Vocational-Technical Honor Society a the H.B. Swofford Career Center, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. In 2003, the board of directors unanimously agreed to change the name of the organization from the National Vocational-Technical Honor Society to the National Technical Honor Society.

Today NTHS serves over 1,800 member schools and universities throughout the nation.

The goals of the National Technical Honor Society include:

  • Rewarding excellence in workforce education
  • Developing self-esteem, pride
  • Encouraging students to reach higher levels of achievement
  • Promoting strong values-honesty, responsibility, initiative, teamwork, leadership, citizenship, scholarship
  • Helping schools build effective business partnerships
  • Building a strong positive image for workforce education in America

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