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For many years the Australian Information Industry Association and the Information Technology (IT) Industry has been concerned about the ratio of women and men involved in this Industry. The development of the first training package - the IT Client Support Training Package made it possible to introduce an adaptation to the schools. In 1998 the Vocational Education and Training IT (Information Technology) course was introduced as a pilot program into 40 schools in New South Wales (NSW). The initial enrolment reflected a smaller proportion of female students (one third) to male students. In 1999 it is anticipated that there will be approximately 200 schools and approximately 2,000 students participating in this program. Concern was raised by the Information Technology Industry Training Advisory Board (ITITAB) that this ratio reflected the Information Technology Industry, i.e. there are significantly more men than women employed in the industry. The ITITAB is very aware of the shortage of women in the industry and commissioned a report in October 1998 to substantiate anecdotal information and consolidate research in this field.