SKILLS FIRST YOUTH ACCESS INITIATIVE PLACING the needs of young people first The focuses on creating a viable pathway to education and employment that greatly improves the Skills First Youth Access Initiative young person’s chance to break out of the cycle of disadvantage. SKILLS FIRST ACCESS INITIATIVE PATHWAYS for FOR young people! Summary of the Program Purpose What? Who is eligible for the Initiative What can you study? The tuition fee waiver will be To reduce barriers and increase Tuition fee waiver eligible The person must be: – provided to eligible young persons access for disadvantaged young person will not have to under 22 years as at 01 to study the following accredited young people to participate in pay tuition fee for undertaking January in the year of first Government subsidised education and training. government subsidised commencing education and training: accredited training. training; and the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL); been’ or on’ a ‘has ‘currently the Victorian Certificate of Child Protection Order or a Education (VCE) Youth Justice Order. Certificates I IV –
SKILLS FIRST YOUTH ACCESS INITIATIVE PLACING the needs of young people first The Skills First Youth Access Initiative focuses on creating a viable pathway to education and employment that greatly improves the young person’s chance to break out of the cycle of disadvantage. INITIATIVE PATHWAYS for FOR young people! Summary of the Program Purpose What? Who is eligible for the Initiative What can you study? To reduce barriers and increase access for disadvantaged young people to participate in education and training. Tuition fee waiver – eligible young person will not have to pay tuition fee for undertaking government subsidised accredited training. The person must be: under 22 years as at 01 January in the year of first commencing education and training; and ‘has been’ or ‘currently on’ a Child Protection Order or a Youth Justice Order. The tuition fee waiver will be provided to eligible young persons to study the following accredited Government subsidised training: the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL); the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) Certificates I – IV SKILLS FIRST ACCESS
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