Thursday, 15 May 2025

Adjournment

Gayle TIERNEY (Western Victoria – Minister for Skills and TAFE, Minister for Water) (01:53): I move:

That the house do now adjourn.

Vocational education and training

Jacinta ERMACORA (Western Victoria) (01:53): (1631) My adjournment is for the Minister for Education. Victoria is home to some of the most talented and awesome teachers in the nation, and we are backing them with smaller class sizes so they can spend more time engaging with the student population in their education. Victoria is also the only state on record with continued VET enrolment growth in schools for the last four consecutive years. Last year, for the first time, more than 30 per cent of year 11 and 12 students in Victorian government schools chose vocational education. Can the minister outline the growth in VET enrolment and VCE in Victoria over the last four years?