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Vocational education and training issues for people from a non-English speaking background (NESB)

This paper examines the nature of the non-English speaking background (NESB) client experience of migration, education, training and employment to better understand the position of this client group in vocational education and training (VET). It also provides a platform for discussing any actions necessary to improve the VET experience of clients from NESB. The chapters are: Context of migration experience; Employment experience; Vocational education and training experience; Barriers to equity: constraints on access, participation and outcomes. Problems of methodology and definition are included in the appendix.

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Authors: Lerch, Sandra; Veal, Karina
Corporate authors: Australian National Training Authority (ANTA)
Date: 1998
Geographic subjects: Oceania; Australia
Resource type: Paper
Subjects: Vocational education and training; Migration; Participation;

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