Government-funded students and courses – January to September 2021

This publication provides a summary of data relating to students, programs, subjects and training providers in Australia’s government-funded vocational education and training (VET) system, defined as all Commonwealth and state/territory government-funded training delivered by technical and further education (TAFE) institutes, other government providers (such as universities), community education providers and other registered providers.

In the first nine months to 30 September 2021, 1 124 100 students were enrolled in government-funded vocational education and training (VET). They included:

• 1 096 100 students enrolled in nationally recognised training
• 65 800 students enrolled in non-nationally recognised training.

Government-funded program enrolments comprised:

• 86.9% in nationally recognised programs
• 9.4% in locally developed programs
• 3.7% in non-nationally recognised programs.

81.8% of program enrolments were in qualifications:

• 74.4% of program enrolments were in training package qualifications
• 7.4% were in accredited qualifications
• 47.5% of qualifications were at certificate III level
• 20.2% of qualifications were at certificate IV level.

To access the most recently released DataBuilder for Government-funded students and courses quarterly please see the Government-funded students and courses collection page.

This Databuilder provides an interactive way of visualising data that can be customised as needed which can show students, programs, subjects in Australia’s government-funded vocational education and training (VET) system.