Over 95 per cent of Australia’s secondary schools offering senior secondary programs now offer vocational education and training (VET) to their senior students. This means students can gain practical work skills and nationally-recognised VET qualifications as part of their school education.
In 2003, over 202 935 school students undertook programs at school that could lead to Certificate I, II or III qualifications as well as a senior secondary certificate.
Over 10 568 school students commenced part-time School-based Apprenticeships in 2003. This means that while studying their senior secondary certificate they were also trainees and employees, participating in a work-based pathway.
ANTA has provided $20 million a year since 1997 as seed funding to support the implementation and expansion of VET in schools, and this level of funding plus indexation will continue in the 2005-2006 period.