Description
Presented here is a summary of statistics relating to young people aged 15 to 19 years who participated in education and training with an Australian provider during the year. Information on participation is presented for school students, higher education students, apprentices and trainees, and vocational education and training (VET) students.
Highlights
This publication presents a summary of statistics relating to young people aged 15 to 19 years who participated in education and training with an Australian provider in 2017. It brings together data from multiple sources.
A snapshot as at August 2017 shows there were 1.5 million Australians aged 15 to 19 years, of which an estimated 82.8% participated in education and training. An estimated:
57.1% were at school14.3% were enrolled in a VET in Schools program
42.9% were at school but not participating in a VET in Schools program
16.1% were enrolled in higher education
4.4% were undertaking an apprenticeship or traineeship, which was not part of a VET in Schools program
5.2% were enrolled in other VET programs (not a VET in Schools program or an apprenticeship or traineeship).
During the 2017 calendar year, among all students aged 15 to 19 years who participated in education and training with an Australian provider, there were an estimated:
847 000 school students
237 700 VET in Schools students
353 100 higher education students
76 500 apprentice and trainee commencements
705 100 VET students
312 000 government-funded VET students.
SOURCE: NCVER. “Young People in Education and Training 2017 – NCVER, December 2018.
Produced by the librarians at the Brotherhood of St Laurence in Melbourne, Australia
