Programs and schools catering for young people at risk of not completing their education

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05 August 2011Dusseldorp Skills Forum carried out an on-line survey of alternative education programs and approaches in early 2011. This summary presents and comments on survey results. It also includes suggestions for survey Follow-Up in which it identifies further questions that could be addressed, for example, through relevant case studies.

Under the new COAG agreement, many new 'alternative education' programs have been established to meet the needs of the growing number of young people who are disengaging from school/education. However, for young people, parents, schools and youth workers there is currently a lack of information (on a national basis) on where and how these programs operate and the services they provide. Dusseldorp Skills Forum sought the assistance of a range of educational networks to try and gauge the scale and range of these programs and to enable advocacy for stronger support, recognition and resourcing. The national survey was conducted to determine just how many young people are currently involved in some form with these programs across Australia.

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Publication typeReport
Publisher TypeAcademic research centre, Non government organisation
CoverageAustralia
Permanent URLhttp://apo.org.au/node/25792
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