About 1.8 million students enrolled in the national public vocational education and training (VET) system in 2010, an increase of 5.4% from 2009.
Released by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), Students and courses 2010 – preliminary data provides a snapshot of training activity taken from the annual collection of student enrolments.
Each state and territory reported increases last year, with the greatest increases reported in Tasmania (14.6%), Australian Capital Territory (10.8%) and New South Wales (6.1%).
Compared with the number of students in 2009, the largest increases in student numbers in 2010 occurred in New South Wales (33 300 more students), Victoria (25 700 more students) and Queensland (12 900 more students).
NCVER will release detailed data on training activity in July this year.
Copies of Australian vocational education and training statistics: Students and courses 2010 – preliminary data are available from www.ncver.edu.au/publications/2381.html
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