Australian Vocational Education and Training Statistics: Young People in Education & Training 2013

National Centre for Vocational Education Research Ltd. P.O. Box 8288, Stational Arcade, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia. Tel: +61-8-230-8400; Fax: +61-8-212-3436; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: http://www.ncver.edu.au

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Australian Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education

Foreign Countries; Vocational Education; Statistics; Late Adolescents; Youth Programs; Youth Opportunities; Participation; Statistical Data; Statistical Distributions; Secondary School Students; College Students; Trainees; Adult Vocational Education; Tables (Data); Learning Activities; Apprenticeships; Participant Characteristics; Age Differences; Majors (Students); Demography

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The Australian education and training system offers a range of options for young people. This publication provides a summary of the statistics relating to young people aged 15 to 19 years who participated in an education and training activity during 2013 Information on participation is presented for VET in Schools students, higher education students, apprentices and trainees, and other publicly funded vocational education and training (VET) students. Table 1 provides an estimate of participation in education and training in Australia by 15 to 19-year-olds at a point in time--August 2013. The sectoral tables (tables 2 to 10) provide statistics on all education and training activities undertaken by young people from 2009 to 2013, by sector.

ERIC

2014

ED550336