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Download full textNational Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2015
This publication presents completion and attrition rates for apprentices and trainees using three different methodologies: (1) contract completion and attrition rates: based on the outcomes of contracts of training; (2) individual completion rates: based on contract completion rates and adjusted for factors representing average recommencements by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Apprenticeships, Contract Training, Statistical Data
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2012
This publication presents estimates of apprentice and trainee activity in Australia for the December quarter 2011. The figures in this publication are derived from the National Apprentice and Trainee Collection no.71 (March 2012 estimates). The most recent figures in this publication are estimated (those for training activity from the June quarter…
Descriptors: Mathematical Models, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Trainees
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2012
This publication presents estimates of apprentice and trainee activity in Australia for the June quarter 2012. The figures in this publication are derived from the National Apprentice and Trainee Collection no.73 (September 2012 estimates). The most recent figures in this publication are estimated (those for training activity from the December…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Trainees, Foreign Countries, Mathematical Models
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2011
This publication presents estimates of apprentice and trainee activity in Australia for the March quarter 2011. The figures in this publication are derived from the National Apprentice and Trainee Collection no. 68 (June 2011 estimates). The most recent figures in this publication are estimated (those for training activity from the September…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Trainees, Vocational Education, Apprenticeships
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2011
This publication presents estimates of apprentice and trainee activity in Australia for the December quarter 2010. The figures in this publication are derived from the National Apprentice and Trainee Collection no.67 (March 2011 estimates). The most recent figures in this publication are estimated (those for training activity from the June quarter…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Trainees, Statistical Data
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2010
This publication presents estimates of apprentice and trainee activity in Australia for the September quarter 2009. The figures in this publication are derived from the National Apprentice and Trainee Collection no. 62 (December 2009 estimates). There were 425,500 apprentices and trainees in-training as at 30 September 2009, a decrease of 2.4%…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Foreign Countries, Trainees, Comparative Analysis
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Direct linkWhitmire, Richard; Bailey, Susan McGee – Education Next, 2010
Debates about gender and schooling have taken a surprising turn in the past decade. After years of concern that girls were being shortchanged in male-dominated schools, especially in math and science, there has grown a rising chorus of voices worrying about whether boys are the ones in peril. With young women making up close to 60 percent of…
Descriptors: Single Sex Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Females, Gender Discrimination
Stromback, Thorsten; Mahendran, Anusha – International Journal of Training Research, 2010
There has been a discernable focus within many Australian industries on improving the rates of completion amongst their apprentices and trainees. This paper outlines the results of a study which involved a multivariate analysis of data relating to apprenticeship and traineeship completion, derived from a database developed by the Victorian…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Multivariate Analysis, Predictor Variables, School Holding Power
Mangan, John; Trendle, Bernard – Education Economics, 2010
The vocational education and training (VET) sector is a major pathway to post-school education for indigenous students, yet questions are being raised about the capacity of the VET system to provide successful outcomes for the indigenous apprentices and trainees it attracts. Within a system plagued by high cancellation rates in general, indigenous…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Vocational Education, Indigenous Populations, Census Figures
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2009
This annual publication provides a summary of training activity in apprenticeships and traineeships in Australia, from the period 1998 to 2008, including information on training rates, attrition rates, completion rates, training within the trades and duration of training. The figures in this publication are derived from the National Apprentice and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Trainees, Annual Reports
Gray, Jan; Hackling, Mark – Australian Educational Researcher, 2009
Non-completion of senior secondary schooling continues to be a matter of concern for policy makers and practitioners in Australia today. Despite the efforts of governments to improve participation and retention rates, 30% of students drop out of school before completing Year 12. Further, some students remain at school, just biding their time until…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, School Culture, Focus Groups, Foreign Countries
Jha, Jyotsna, Kelleher, Fatimah – Commonwealth of Learning, 2006
Gender disparity in education has usually been experienced as disadvantaging girls. Although this continues to be the case in many places, the phenomenon of boys' underachievement--both in terms of participation and performance--has also become an issue in a number of countries. This book reviews the research on boys' underachievement and presents…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Underachievement, Foreign Countries, Case Studies
