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New Report Shows Growth of VET In Schools Across 2021

This publication presents information on VET in Schools, the vocational education and training (VET) undertaken by school students as part of their senior secondary certificate of education (SSCE).

 Students can undertake VET through a school-based apprenticeship or traineeship pathway, or other pathway (the latter is referred to as ‘other VET in Schools students’).

Data are presented by the state or territory of the senior secondary assessment authority.

The information contained in this publication is, unless stated otherwise, derived from the National VET in Schools Collection, which is compiled under the Australian Vocational Education and Training Management Information Statistical Standard (AVETMISS), Release 8.0.

In 2021, in Australia there were  251 200 VET in Schools students, consisting of:

• 20 500 school-based apprentices and trainees, representing 8.2% of all VET in Schools students
• 230 700 students undertaking other VET in Schools programs, representing 91.8% of all VET in Schools students.

An estimated 28.2% of the Australian resident population who were at school and aged 15 to 19 years participated in VET in Schools in 2021.  In 2021, compared with 2020, the number of VET in Schools students in Australia increased by 4.2% and from 2017 to 2021, the number of VET in Schools students in Australia increased by 3.8%.

Read the full data report details here.

Date posted Jul 21, 2022