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On the Road to Reform

The draft VET Reform Roadmap outlines the intended direction and major components of reform for Australia's Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector.  A pathway for change has been developed to achieve the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Skills Council's (Skills Council) three priority areas of:

1. Relevance: ensuring VET is relevant and responsive to the job market, employers, industry and learners. 
2. Quality: supporting public confidence in the quality and value of VET for learners throughout their lives and moving it to parity with the higher education system. 
3. Accessibility: ensuring that all prospective learners and employers can access suitable information and training when and where it is required, including a specific focus on supporting access for disadvantaged Australians.

A series of seven destinations and associated actions have been outlined to achieve these through three distinct phases over five years.

The Roadmap is part of the new shared vision for VET agreed by the COAG which recognises delivering high quality training is a shared responsibility for governments in all jurisdictions as well as the private sector, and that VET requires a viable and robust system of both public TAFE and private providers, with national consistency.

For more information, you can view the VET Reform Roadmap on the Department of Education, Skills and Employment website.

Date posted Feb 27, 2020