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Government unveils JobTrainer program for school leavers struggling to find work amid coronavirus pandemic - ABC News www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-15/government-jobtrainer-program-skills-investment-coronavirus/12459388
Government unveils billion-dollar JobTrainer skills program
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The Federal Government has announced its latest skills program where the focus is to train school leavers in areas where there are jobs or to re-skill those who are unemployed as a result of the pande...To make jobseeker fit for purpose, its temporary rise should be permanent | Greg Jericho
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The base rate doesn’t do enough to keep job hunters out of poverty, or to support the economy15 July - World Youth Skills Day
WYSD 2020: Resilient youth in the era of COVID-19 & beyond
Wednesday 15 July is World Youth Skills Day, a global celebration designed to raise awareness about the importance of youth skills development.
This year WYSD takes place in a challenging context, with the lockdown and closure of VET institutions worldwide threatening the continuity of skills development.
Young people in post-COVID-19 societies will need the skills to successfully manage evolving challenges and the resilience to adapt to future disruptions.
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The day is an opportunity for young people, technical and vocational education and training (TVET) institutions, and public and private sector stakeholders to acknowledge and celebrate the importance ...Free childcare ends today. Here’s why that spells disaster
Even when the end of free childcare was announced in early June it felt inexplicably premature & short-sighted. Now, it seems completely unsustainable. Read More +
Free childcare ends today. Here's why that spells disaster
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Even when the end of free childcare was announced in early June it felt inexplicably premature & short-sighted. Now, it seems completely unsustainable.Vocational Education and Training Review - Research Report
July 2020 Publication author(s): Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and Qualtrics
Publication abstract: To capture the views of students, a Research Report was conducted by Qualtrics on behalf of the Review.
From TAFE Directors Australia:-
"Some research used by Steven Joyce that led to the National Careers Institute has been a curiosity. In an extract below, it points to the disjoin between education and training and the aspirations of young people. The Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet recently released the base report[1]. It’s an easy read so I suggest you have a look.
Joyce uses the analysis to raise the concern that many students’ career aspirations were not aligned with their educational plan, which could leave them overqualified. For example, as shown in the chart, 45 per cent of those surveyed intended to complete a bachelor level degree, when they need a certificate. Others risk underqualification - 33 per cent intending to pursue a VET pathway when they need a bachelor’s degree.
These are big figures. It means that in a group of 100 young people aspiring for a job (on a ten‑year horizon) which needs a VET level qualification that 45 are over-shooting by aiming for university. In another group of 100 young people aspiring for a job which needs university preparation 33 are aiming too low in pursuing VET.
That’s big turn-arounds.
Over or under qualified aside, the bigger question is that of aspiration. Of the young people surveyed 63 per cent aspire for jobs requiring a bachelors’ qualification, the remainder for jobs needing a certificate. Joyce quotes from The Grattan Institute and Mission Australia that university is now the default post-school activity for many young people, with 67 per cent planning to go to university, compared with 14 per cent intending TAFE or another RTO, and 9 per cent an apprenticeship. ..."
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