BR12 Post-school education and training pathways to age 20
Authors:
Sheldon Rothman, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Publication date:
1 December 2005
Publication type:
Briefing paper
Themes:
Students and individuals > Careers and pathways > Pathways after compulsory education
Students and individuals > Learner groups > Young people
This paper looks at participation in post-school study, pathways through higher education and vocational education and training (VET) and New Apprenticeships. Findings of this study include: 80% of young people have taken some form of post-school study by age 20; more than 75% of young people have completed study or are continuing in the course of study commenced after school; those that change courses do so within the first year; young people who are working are more likely than those not working to withdraw from post-school study; and young people tend to stop post-school study because the course was not what they had expected or because personal interests had changed.
Briefing paper no.12
This paper, published by the Australian Council for Educational Reasearch (ACER), is part of the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) research program.
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