ACACA report: vocational education and training in Senior Secondary Certificates of Education [2017]

In Australia, each state and territory issues a Senior Secondary Certificate of Education to signify a student's completion of senior secondary education. Each certificate is issued in accordance with the Australian Qualifications Framework and is known in each state or territory by the following name: ACT - ACT Senior Secondary Certificate (ACTSSC); New South Wales - Higher School Certificate (HSC); Northern Territory - Northern Territory Certificate of Education and Training (NTCET); Queensland - Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE); South Australia - South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE); Tasmania - Tasmanian Certificate of Education (TCE); Victoria - Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) or Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL); and Western Australia - Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE). In all of these Senior Secondary Certificates of Education, students are able to gain credit for Vocational Education and Training (VET) in meeting the requirements of the certificate. [This report] outlines how VET is recognised in these senior secondary certificates.

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