Student equity in VET: participation, achievement and outcomes

Description

This publication presents information on how different equity groups fare in their VET journey. The featured equity groups have historically been disadvantaged in accessing and benefitting from education in Australia. We focus on their participation, achievement in and outcomes from VET.

The full data is available to download below with details of the data sources and definitions.

Notes:

1. There are high numbers of ‘not known’ responses for some student characteristics explored in this resource. For more information, refer to the Student equity in VET: participation, achievement and outcomes: data tables.

2. This data excludes international offshore training activity.

3. Students may have enrolled in more than one type of training, with more than one type of provider and with different sources of funding.  For this reason, percentages may sum to more than 100.

3. Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.

Sources: 

National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER)

Total VET students and courses 2019

Government-funded students and courses

VET qualification completion rates 2018

VET Student outcomes 2020

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)

Census of Population and Housing 2016

Disability, Ageing and Carers, Australia 2018

© Commonwealth of Australia, 2021

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This document should be attributed as NCVER 2021, Student equity in VET: participation, achievement and outcomes. NCVER, Adelaide.

This work has been produced by NCVER on behalf of the Australian Government, and state and territory governments, with funding provided through the Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment.

The views and opinions expressed in this document are those of NCVER and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Australian Government or state and territory governments.

ISBN: 978-1-925717-73-0

TD/TNC: 144.08

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