wide variations in administrative practices for Victorian training organisations in identifying, recording and reporting qualification completion, and variations in student intent and behaviour in completing qualifications. The DEECD (2012) Strategic Review of Completion Rates in Vocational Training found that one of the difficulties in providing accurate vocational training completion numbers is the quality of data that is collected, recorded and reported in the vocational training data system as course completions to date has not been a field for the Vocational Training data collection. This includes different approaches to ‘required’ reporting of awards and the monitoring of student progress at the training organisation level as well as variations in the types of software used for student information data management. Case studies also indicate that, if qualifications were issued to all students who are eligible for them, rates of qualification completion would be substantially higher. It is also important to note that while the majority of students who enrol in a vocational training course intend to complete all of the modules or the whole course, some instead seek a skill or set of skills. In Victoria, the Department has taken active steps to optimise completions data by: Strengthening Service Agreements to explicitly require all RTOs to: record the qualification completion as soon as possible after the student has completed the requirements of the award, and issue the qualification to students who have completed it, and by auditing performance against this requirement; Continuing to support public providers to: improve their administrative practices, and support their students to complete their vocational training qualifications. Table 1.8: Vocational training government subsidised and fee for service completions, 2008–2012 Figure 1.: Vocational training government subsidised and fee for service completions, 2008–2012 Key Points In line with the overall growth in vocational training enrolments over recent years, the numbers of reported completions have also increased, reaching 238,500 completions in 2012. 2012 figures reveal that total reported completions (government subsidised and fee for service) have grown by 27 per cent compared with 2011, and 79 per cent compared with 2008. Enrolments (government subsidised and fee for service) over the same periods have grown 22 per cent and 69 per cent respectively. Table 1.9: Vocational training completions by qualification level, 2008–2012
wide variations in administrative practices for Victorian training organisations in identifying, recording and reporting qualification completion, and variations in student intent and behaviour in completing qualifications. The DEECD (2012) Strategic Review of Completion Rates in Vocational Training found that one of the difficulties in providing accurate vocational training completion numbers is the quality of data that is collected, recorded and reported in the vocational training data system as course completions to date has not been a ‘required’ field for the Vocational Training data collection. This includes different approaches to reporting of awards and the monitoring of student progress at the training organisation level as well as variations in the types of software used for student information data management. Case studies also indicate that, if qualifications were issued to all students who are eligible for them, rates of qualification completion would be substantially higher. It is also important to note that while the majority of students who enrol in a vocational training course intend to complete all of the modules or the whole course, some instead seek a skill or set of skills. In Victoria, the Department has taken active steps to optimise completions data by: Strengthening Service Agreements to explicitly require all RTOs to: record the qualification completion as soon as possible after the student has completed the requirements of the award, and issue the qualification to students who have completed it, and by auditing performance against this requirement; Continuing to support public providers to: improve their administrative practices, and support their students to complete their vocational training qualifications. Table 1.8: Vocational training government subsidised and fee for service completions, 2008–2012 Figure 1.: Vocational training government subsidised and fee for service completions, 2008–2012 Key Points In line with the overall growth in vocational training enrolments over recent years, the numbers of reported completions have also increased, reaching 238,500 completions in 2012. 2012 figures reveal that total reported completions (government subsidised and fee for service) have grown by 27 per cent compared with 2011, and 79 per cent compared with 2008. Enrolments (government subsidised and fee for service) over the same periods have grown 22 per cent and 69 per cent respectively. Table 1.9: Vocational training completions by qualification level, 2008–2012
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