Australia Ensures High Quality Trade Training For Victorian Secondary Students
The Minister for Education, Julia Gillard, and Victorian Education Minister, Bronwyn Pike, today welcomed the agreement to integrate the Australian Technical College – Eastern Melbourne into the Victorian education and training system.
The facility at Ringwood Secondary College will be a trade training centre for programs at the Certificate II and III levels, delivered by TAFE. The facility will be available to students from all local schools.
The facility at St Joseph’s College, Ferntree Gully, will continue to offer trade training in partnership arrangements will local training providers.
The integration will expand access for young people in the region to the senior secondary qualifications, the Victorian Certificate of Education and the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning and a simultaneous trade training program. This will give the students the opportunity to have a head-start on an Australian school-based apprenticeship or traineeship.
The Australian and Victorian governments have worked closely with stakeholders to develop plans for the integration into the Victorian education and training system.
The Australian Government is committed to providing education and training that meets the needs of students and their communities, while also combating skills shortages and improving workforce participation.
The Australian Government is also committing $2.5 billion for Trade Training Centres for all Australian secondary schools.
Topics: apprenticeships, Australia, Australian Technical College, education, Governance, local schools, trade training programs, Victoria, young people
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