Report on government services 2020

The annual Report on government services (RoGS) provides information on the equity, effectiveness and efficiency of government services in Australia. The report is presented in seven parts: Part A includes an introduction to the report, statistical context for the service-specific parts B to G, the glossary and the acronyms and abbreviations list; Part B includes performance reporting for early childhood education and care (ECEC), school education and vocational education and training (VET); Part C covers police services, courts and corrective services; Part D includes performance emergency services for fire and other events; Part E reports on primary and community health, ambulance services, public hospitals and mental health management; Part F covers community services and includes performance reporting for aged care services, services for people with disability, child protection services and youth justice services; and part G reports on housing and homelessness services.

Part B, Section 5, 'Vocational education and training', contains: Profile of vocational education and training; Framework of performance indicators; Key performance indicator results; Definitions of key terms; References. Key facts related to VET nationally in 2019 include: 82.1 per cent of government-funded 2018 VET graduates reported that training helped to fully or partly achieve their main reason for training, and the proportion was similar for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander government-funded graduates; 88.6 per cent of all government-funded 2018 VET graduates were satisfied with the overall quality of their training, and 67.0 per cent of 20-64 year old total VET graduates from 2018 improved their employment status after training; 86.2 per cent of 20-64 year old total VET graduates from 2018 were employed and/or continued on to further study after training - up from 85.7 per cent in 2018, with the proportion being higher for people from remote and very remote areas (91.8 per cent) and lower for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians (84.1 per cent) and people with disability (73.7 per cent); 67.0 per cent of 20-64 year old total VET graduates from 2018 improved their employment status after training with the proportion being higher for people from remote and very remote areas (75.9 per cent), lower for people wit h disability (45.5 per cent) and similar for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (65.9 per cent).

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