INVEST aims to increase physical infrastructure in order to be able to provide Vocational Education and Training (VET) to secondary school students and to reduce the rate of early school leavers (ESL). The project involves the conversion of laboratories in various schools in Malta and Gozo into VET Labs. The investment shall involve the setting up of a total of seventy-eight (78) VET labs in thirteen (13) schools in Malta and Gozo in the areas of Engineering Technology, Information Technology, Hospitality, Health and Social Care, Agribusiness, Retail, Textiles and Fashion. Hairdressing and Beauty, and Media Literacy.