Adolescent Education and Pre-Employment Interventions in Australia
Keeping Young People in Education, Employment and Training
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About one in ten young people in Australia are neither in employment, education or training (NEET), a factor that may lower their long-term economic prospects and threaten their well-being. Individuals who did not graduate from upper secondary education, who have health limitations, or who are Indigenous are over-represented in this group. Preventative policies and interventions targeted at adolescents in their early- to mid-teens can reduce the share of young people out of employment, education and training. This report explores what is known about the potential preventative impact of educational and pre-employment interventions on later NEET status and presents a range of policies and initiatives from across the OECD that can reduce the NEET probability among key at-risk populations. The report covers interventions to prevent early school leaving and to promote student engagement and motivation; to strengthen career education, career guidance and employer engagement; and to improve the perception of the vocational education and training (VET) system and the learning of VET students. The report also provides recommendations on improving the monitoring and evaluation of youth policies in general and policies to keep young people in employment, education and training in particular.
Preventive interventions in vocational education and training
This chapter discusses different interventions within vocational education and training (VET) that aim at helping young people who are at risk of becoming NEET (not in education, employment, or training). In particular, the chapter presents examples of strategies in OECD countries that smoothen access to VET programmes, ensure successful programme completion through adequate support, and improve the effectiveness of VET teachers and trainers. In addition, the chapter looks at broader intervention areas to improve the awareness of VET pathways among students and their caretakers as well as the image they might have of VET and discusses how the industry can get more involved in VET development and provision. The last section of the chapter considers key policy lessons for Australia.
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