Entry to vocations: strengthening VET in Schools

How [vocational education and training] VET in Schools can be strengthened to provide stronger links to post-school pathways is explored in this report. Integrating vocational learning into the general disciplinary curriculum or having a school-based vocational program separate from the Australian Qualifications Framework qualifications were identified as possible ways to strengthen VET in Schools. The author also proposes a ‘programmatic’ approach to VET in Schools, whereby study is focused on a specific industry rather than an occupation. This work is part of the three-year research program ‘Vocations: the link between post-compulsory education and the labour market’.