This report examines the challenges and opportunities for pathways from secondary education to industry and trades training in New Zealand. It highlights systemic issues and proposes comprehensive reforms to strengthen these pathways. It finds that nearly twice as many New Zealand school leavers fall into unemployment compared to those who undertake workplace-based learning.

This report presents national data on the graduate pathways of vocational education and training students who completed their qualifications in 2019-2020. Graduates had improved income and employment rates and reduced reliance on income support after training.

This report summarises the findings of the inquiry into the Free TAFE Bill 2024. The bill would establish ongoing financial support to the states and territories to deliver fee-free TAFE and vocational education and training places in areas of local and national priority. The report recommends that the bill is passed.

This report seeks to articulate the benefits of a more harmonised tertiary sector and provides recommendations on how to create a sustainable pathway forward in collaboration with key stakeholders. Harmonisation involves the effective coordination and cooperation of key system actors, to enable learners to obtain the combination of knowledge, skills and their application needed to...

The report on government services (RoGS) provides information on the equity, effectiveness and efficiency of government services in Australia. This report provides performance reporting for early childhood education and care, school education, and vocational education and training. It includes a summary of government expenditure in the sector, a performance outcomes summary and sector-wide statistics on...