Australian vocational education and training statistics: equity groups in total VET students and courses 2014

This publication presents summary information on equity groups in vocational education and training (VET) delivered in 2014 by [4,601] Australian training providers. The equity groups presented in this publication are: Indigenous students, students with a disability, students from a non-English speaking background, and students from rural/remote locations.

In 2014, there were: 146,500 Indigenous students (3.7 per cent of all students); 201,000 students with a disability (5.1 per cent of all students); 527,100 students from a non-English speaking background (13.5 per cent of all students); 558,100 students from rural/remote localities (14.3 per cent of all students). The subject load pass rate for all students was 83.4 per cent in 2014, compared with: 74.4 per cent for Indigenous students; 74.6 per cent for students with a disability; 80.7 per cent for students from a non-English speaking background; 85.6 per cent for students from rural/remote localities. It is important to note that 2014 is a transition year in which a number of training providers were granted exemption from reporting and others did not report their training activity. The coverage and completeness of the data should improve over time once reporting exemptions are removed and training providers adapt to mandatory reporting requirements.

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