❓ A WA parliamentary question addresses community information on VET courses, student attrition, and the implementation of a more detailed student survey as recommended by the Auditor General. The Minister outlines actions being taken, including reviews and research efforts.
AnsweredQoN 1422Legislative Council
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The second public sector performance 2003 report was published in September. (1) What actions will the minister initiate to enable the community to be better informed on the types of courses and students being funded under the vocational education training system? (2) What action will the minister take to - (a) be better informed on the reasons for the very high student attrition rate; and (b) encourage more students to complete successfully their enrolled subjects? (3) Will the minister initiate a more detailed student survey, as recommended in the Auditor General’s report? (4) If not, why not; and, if yes, will this be initiated for the 2004 academic year? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) A review of the Department of Education and Training’s key performance indicators has been initiated. The review will take into consideration the comments on performance reporting contained in the Office of the Auditor General’s report to Parliament. The focus of the work will be to ensure that a balanced approach is taken to the review and development of the measures at both a department and college level, that they are complementary and that they are of a sufficiently high level to gauge the level of progress within the VET system as a whole in Western Australia. (2) The Department of Education and Training has focused a considerable amount of recent research effort on identifying and addressing student retention strategies, in line with the minister’s priorities for the VET sector for 2003-04. This work includes - a comprehensive analysis of labour market entrants in technical and further education and recommendations for improving completion rates and vocational outcomes - the implementation of these strategies is currently being examined; a detailed analysis of youth participation in education, training and employment in Western Australia as part of the strategy to improve participation, retention and completion rates for 15 to 19 year olds; and an analysis of the component of the student population enrolling in TAFE which has a high non-completion rate. Together these projects will add substantially to the department’s ability to develop and implement strategies to improve retention and completion rates across the sector. (3)-(4) The student surveys conducted by the Department of Education and Training are reviewed annually as a matter of course to determine what, if any, changes are required to ensure comprehensive and valid information is collected. This review process will continue and the Office of the Auditor General’s comments will be taken into consideration in undertaking the 2004 survey review. Importantly, the Office of the Auditor General’s report notes that the student surveys undertaken by the department are a rich source of information that could be used in a more detailed and proactive way. In this respect the department proposes to examine the data available from the surveys to determine how best it can be used to enhance performance monitoring and reporting in the context of the review of key performance measures referred to above.
(1) What actions will the minister initiate to enable the community to be better informed on the types of courses and students being funded under the vocational education training system? (2) What action will the minister take to - (a) be better informed on the reasons for the very high student attrition rate; and (b) encourage more students to complete successfully their enrolled subjects? (3) Will the minister initiate a more detailed student survey, as recommended in the Auditor General’s report? (4) If not, why not; and, if yes, will this be initiated for the 2004 academic year? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) A review of the Department of Education and Training’s key performance indicators has been initiated. The review will take into consideration the comments on performance reporting contained in the Office of the Auditor General’s report to Parliament. The focus of the work will be to ensure that a balanced approach is taken to the review and development of the measures at both a department and college level, that they are complementary and that they are of a sufficiently high level to gauge the level of progress within the VET system as a whole in Western Australia. (2) The Department of Education and Training has focused a considerable amount of recent research effort on identifying and addressing student retention strategies, in line with the minister’s priorities for the VET sector for 2003-04. This work includes - a comprehensive analysis of labour market entrants in technical and further education and recommendations for improving completion rates and vocational outcomes - the implementation of these strategies is currently being examined; a detailed analysis of youth participation in education, training and employment in Western Australia as part of the strategy to improve participation, retention and completion rates for 15 to 19 year olds; and an analysis of the component of the student population enrolling in TAFE which has a high non-completion rate. Together these projects will add substantially to the department’s ability to develop and implement strategies to improve retention and completion rates across the sector. (3)-(4) The student surveys conducted by the Department of Education and Training are reviewed annually as a matter of course to determine what, if any, changes are required to ensure comprehensive and valid information is collected. This review process will continue and the Office of the Auditor General’s comments will be taken into consideration in undertaking the 2004 survey review. Importantly, the Office of the Auditor General’s report notes that the student surveys undertaken by the department are a rich source of information that could be used in a more detailed and proactive way. In this respect the department proposes to examine the data available from the surveys to determine how best it can be used to enhance performance monitoring and reporting in the context of the review of key performance measures referred to above.
(2) What action will the minister take to - (a) be better informed on the reasons for the very high student attrition rate; and (b) encourage more students to complete successfully their enrolled subjects? (3) Will the minister initiate a more detailed student survey, as recommended in the Auditor General’s report? (4) If not, why not; and, if yes, will this be initiated for the 2004 academic year? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) A review of the Department of Education and Training’s key performance indicators has been initiated. The review will take into consideration the comments on performance reporting contained in the Office of the Auditor General’s report to Parliament. The focus of the work will be to ensure that a balanced approach is taken to the review and development of the measures at both a department and college level, that they are complementary and that they are of a sufficiently high level to gauge the level of progress within the VET system as a whole in Western Australia. (2) The Department of Education and Training has focused a considerable amount of recent research effort on identifying and addressing student retention strategies, in line with the minister’s priorities for the VET sector for 2003-04. This work includes - a comprehensive analysis of labour market entrants in technical and further education and recommendations for improving completion rates and vocational outcomes - the implementation of these strategies is currently being examined; a detailed analysis of youth participation in education, training and employment in Western Australia as part of the strategy to improve participation, retention and completion rates for 15 to 19 year olds; and an analysis of the component of the student population enrolling in TAFE which has a high non-completion rate. Together these projects will add substantially to the department’s ability to develop and implement strategies to improve retention and completion rates across the sector. (3)-(4) The student surveys conducted by the Department of Education and Training are reviewed annually as a matter of course to determine what, if any, changes are required to ensure comprehensive and valid information is collected. This review process will continue and the Office of the Auditor General’s comments will be taken into consideration in undertaking the 2004 survey review. Importantly, the Office of the Auditor General’s report notes that the student surveys undertaken by the department are a rich source of information that could be used in a more detailed and proactive way. In this respect the department proposes to examine the data available from the surveys to determine how best it can be used to enhance performance monitoring and reporting in the context of the review of key performance measures referred to above.
(b) encourage more students to complete successfully their enrolled subjects?
(4) If not, why not; and, if yes, will this be initiated for the 2004 academic year? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) A review of the Department of Education and Training’s key performance indicators has been initiated. The review will take into consideration the comments on performance reporting contained in the Office of the Auditor General’s report to Parliament. The focus of the work will be to ensure that a balanced approach is taken to the review and development of the measures at both a department and college level, that they are complementary and that they are of a sufficiently high level to gauge the level of progress within the VET system as a whole in Western Australia. (2) The Department of Education and Training has focused a considerable amount of recent research effort on identifying and addressing student retention strategies, in line with the minister’s priorities for the VET sector for 2003-04. This work includes - a comprehensive analysis of labour market entrants in technical and further education and recommendations for improving completion rates and vocational outcomes - the implementation of these strategies is currently being examined; a detailed analysis of youth participation in education, training and employment in Western Australia as part of the strategy to improve participation, retention and completion rates for 15 to 19 year olds; and an analysis of the component of the student population enrolling in TAFE which has a high non-completion rate. Together these projects will add substantially to the department’s ability to develop and implement strategies to improve retention and completion rates across the sector. (3)-(4) The student surveys conducted by the Department of Education and Training are reviewed annually as a matter of course to determine what, if any, changes are required to ensure comprehensive and valid information is collected. This review process will continue and the Office of the Auditor General’s comments will be taken into consideration in undertaking the 2004 survey review. Importantly, the Office of the Auditor General’s report notes that the student surveys undertaken by the department are a rich source of information that could be used in a more detailed and proactive way. In this respect the department proposes to examine the data available from the surveys to determine how best it can be used to enhance performance monitoring and reporting in the context of the review of key performance measures referred to above.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) A review of the Department of Education and Training’s key performance indicators has been initiated. The review will take into consideration the comments on performance reporting contained in the Office of the Auditor General’s report to Parliament. The focus of the work will be to ensure that a balanced approach is taken to the review and development of the measures at both a department and college level, that they are complementary and that they are of a sufficiently high level to gauge the level of progress within the VET system as a whole in Western Australia. (2) The Department of Education and Training has focused a considerable amount of recent research effort on identifying and addressing student retention strategies, in line with the minister’s priorities for the VET sector for 2003-04. This work includes - a comprehensive analysis of labour market entrants in technical and further education and recommendations for improving completion rates and vocational outcomes - the implementation of these strategies is currently being examined; a detailed analysis of youth participation in education, training and employment in Western Australia as part of the strategy to improve participation, retention and completion rates for 15 to 19 year olds; and an analysis of the component of the student population enrolling in TAFE which has a high non-completion rate. Together these projects will add substantially to the department’s ability to develop and implement strategies to improve retention and completion rates across the sector. (3)-(4) The student surveys conducted by the Department of Education and Training are reviewed annually as a matter of course to determine what, if any, changes are required to ensure comprehensive and valid information is collected. This review process will continue and the Office of the Auditor General’s comments will be taken into consideration in undertaking the 2004 survey review. Importantly, the Office of the Auditor General’s report notes that the student surveys undertaken by the department are a rich source of information that could be used in a more detailed and proactive way. In this respect the department proposes to examine the data available from the surveys to determine how best it can be used to enhance performance monitoring and reporting in the context of the review of key performance measures referred to above.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) A review of the Department of Education and Training’s key performance indicators has been initiated. The review will take into consideration the comments on performance reporting contained in the Office of the Auditor General’s report to Parliament. The focus of the work will be to ensure that a balanced approach is taken to the review and development of the measures at both a department and college level, that they are complementary and that they are of a sufficiently high level to gauge the level of progress within the VET system as a whole in Western Australia. (2) The Department of Education and Training has focused a considerable amount of recent research effort on identifying and addressing student retention strategies, in line with the minister’s priorities for the VET sector for 2003-04. This work includes - a comprehensive analysis of labour market entrants in technical and further education and recommendations for improving completion rates and vocational outcomes - the implementation of these strategies is currently being examined; a detailed analysis of youth participation in education, training and employment in Western Australia as part of the strategy to improve participation, retention and completion rates for 15 to 19 year olds; and an analysis of the component of the student population enrolling in TAFE which has a high non-completion rate. Together these projects will add substantially to the department’s ability to develop and implement strategies to improve retention and completion rates across the sector. (3)-(4) The student surveys conducted by the Department of Education and Training are reviewed annually as a matter of course to determine what, if any, changes are required to ensure comprehensive and valid information is collected. This review process will continue and the Office of the Auditor General’s comments will be taken into consideration in undertaking the 2004 survey review. Importantly, the Office of the Auditor General’s report notes that the student surveys undertaken by the department are a rich source of information that could be used in a more detailed and proactive way. In this respect the department proposes to examine the data available from the surveys to determine how best it can be used to enhance performance monitoring and reporting in the context of the review of key performance measures referred to above.
(1) A review of the Department of Education and Training’s key performance indicators has been initiated. The review will take into consideration the comments on performance reporting contained in the Office of the Auditor General’s report to Parliament. The focus of the work will be to ensure that a balanced approach is taken to the review and development of the measures at both a department and college level, that they are complementary and that they are of a sufficiently high level to gauge the level of progress within the VET system as a whole in Western Australia. (2) The Department of Education and Training has focused a considerable amount of recent research effort on identifying and addressing student retention strategies, in line with the minister’s priorities for the VET sector for 2003-04. This work includes - a comprehensive analysis of labour market entrants in technical and further education and recommendations for improving completion rates and vocational outcomes - the implementation of these strategies is currently being examined; a detailed analysis of youth participation in education, training and employment in Western Australia as part of the strategy to improve participation, retention and completion rates for 15 to 19 year olds; and an analysis of the component of the student population enrolling in TAFE which has a high non-completion rate. Together these projects will add substantially to the department’s ability to develop and implement strategies to improve retention and completion rates across the sector. (3)-(4) The student surveys conducted by the Department of Education and Training are reviewed annually as a matter of course to determine what, if any, changes are required to ensure comprehensive and valid information is collected. This review process will continue and the Office of the Auditor General’s comments will be taken into consideration in undertaking the 2004 survey review. Importantly, the Office of the Auditor General’s report notes that the student surveys undertaken by the department are a rich source of information that could be used in a more detailed and proactive way. In this respect the department proposes to examine the data available from the surveys to determine how best it can be used to enhance performance monitoring and reporting in the context of the review of key performance measures referred to above.
(2) The Department of Education and Training has focused a considerable amount of recent research effort on identifying and addressing student retention strategies, in line with the minister’s priorities for the VET sector for 2003-04. This work includes - a comprehensive analysis of labour market entrants in technical and further education and recommendations for improving completion rates and vocational outcomes - the implementation of these strategies is currently being examined; a detailed analysis of youth participation in education, training and employment in Western Australia as part of the strategy to improve participation, retention and completion rates for 15 to 19 year olds; and an analysis of the component of the student population enrolling in TAFE which has a high non-completion rate. Together these projects will add substantially to the department’s ability to develop and implement strategies to improve retention and completion rates across the sector. (3)-(4) The student surveys conducted by the Department of Education and Training are reviewed annually as a matter of course to determine what, if any, changes are required to ensure comprehensive and valid information is collected. This review process will continue and the Office of the Auditor General’s comments will be taken into consideration in undertaking the 2004 survey review. Importantly, the Office of the Auditor General’s report notes that the student surveys undertaken by the department are a rich source of information that could be used in a more detailed and proactive way. In this respect the department proposes to examine the data available from the surveys to determine how best it can be used to enhance performance monitoring and reporting in the context of the review of key performance measures referred to above.
a detailed analysis of youth participation in education, training and employment in Western Australia as part of the strategy to improve participation, retention and completion rates for 15 to 19 year olds; and an analysis of the component of the student population enrolling in TAFE which has a high non-completion rate.
an analysis of the component of the student population enrolling in TAFE which has a high non-completion rate.
(1) What actions will the minister initiate to enable the community to be better informed on the types of courses and students being funded under the vocational education training system? (2) What action will the minister take to - (a) be better informed on the reasons for the very high student attrition rate; and (b) encourage more students to complete successfully their enrolled subjects? (3) Will the minister initiate a more detailed student survey, as recommended in the Auditor General’s report? (4) If not, why not; and, if yes, will this be initiated for the 2004 academic year? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) A review of the Department of Education and Training’s key performance indicators has been initiated. The review will take into consideration the comments on performance reporting contained in the Office of the Auditor General’s report to Parliament. The focus of the work will be to ensure that a balanced approach is taken to the review and development of the measures at both a department and college level, that they are complementary and that they are of a sufficiently high level to gauge the level of progress within the VET system as a whole in Western Australia. (2) The Department of Education and Training has focused a considerable amount of recent research effort on identifying and addressing student retention strategies, in line with the minister’s priorities for the VET sector for 2003-04. This work includes - a comprehensive analysis of labour market entrants in technical and further education and recommendations for improving completion rates and vocational outcomes - the implementation of these strategies is currently being examined; a detailed analysis of youth participation in education, training and employment in Western Australia as part of the strategy to improve participation, retention and completion rates for 15 to 19 year olds; and an analysis of the component of the student population enrolling in TAFE which has a high non-completion rate. Together these projects will add substantially to the department’s ability to develop and implement strategies to improve retention and completion rates across the sector. (3)-(4) The student surveys conducted by the Department of Education and Training are reviewed annually as a matter of course to determine what, if any, changes are required to ensure comprehensive and valid information is collected. This review process will continue and the Office of the Auditor General’s comments will be taken into consideration in undertaking the 2004 survey review. Importantly, the Office of the Auditor General’s report notes that the student surveys undertaken by the department are a rich source of information that could be used in a more detailed and proactive way. In this respect the department proposes to examine the data available from the surveys to determine how best it can be used to enhance performance monitoring and reporting in the context of the review of key performance measures referred to above.
(2) What action will the minister take to - (a) be better informed on the reasons for the very high student attrition rate; and (b) encourage more students to complete successfully their enrolled subjects? (3) Will the minister initiate a more detailed student survey, as recommended in the Auditor General’s report? (4) If not, why not; and, if yes, will this be initiated for the 2004 academic year? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) A review of the Department of Education and Training’s key performance indicators has been initiated. The review will take into consideration the comments on performance reporting contained in the Office of the Auditor General’s report to Parliament. The focus of the work will be to ensure that a balanced approach is taken to the review and development of the measures at both a department and college level, that they are complementary and that they are of a sufficiently high level to gauge the level of progress within the VET system as a whole in Western Australia. (2) The Department of Education and Training has focused a considerable amount of recent research effort on identifying and addressing student retention strategies, in line with the minister’s priorities for the VET sector for 2003-04. This work includes - a comprehensive analysis of labour market entrants in technical and further education and recommendations for improving completion rates and vocational outcomes - the implementation of these strategies is currently being examined; a detailed analysis of youth participation in education, training and employment in Western Australia as part of the strategy to improve participation, retention and completion rates for 15 to 19 year olds; and an analysis of the component of the student population enrolling in TAFE which has a high non-completion rate. Together these projects will add substantially to the department’s ability to develop and implement strategies to improve retention and completion rates across the sector. (3)-(4) The student surveys conducted by the Department of Education and Training are reviewed annually as a matter of course to determine what, if any, changes are required to ensure comprehensive and valid information is collected. This review process will continue and the Office of the Auditor General’s comments will be taken into consideration in undertaking the 2004 survey review. Importantly, the Office of the Auditor General’s report notes that the student surveys undertaken by the department are a rich source of information that could be used in a more detailed and proactive way. In this respect the department proposes to examine the data available from the surveys to determine how best it can be used to enhance performance monitoring and reporting in the context of the review of key performance measures referred to above.
(b) encourage more students to complete successfully their enrolled subjects?
(4) If not, why not; and, if yes, will this be initiated for the 2004 academic year? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) A review of the Department of Education and Training’s key performance indicators has been initiated. The review will take into consideration the comments on performance reporting contained in the Office of the Auditor General’s report to Parliament. The focus of the work will be to ensure that a balanced approach is taken to the review and development of the measures at both a department and college level, that they are complementary and that they are of a sufficiently high level to gauge the level of progress within the VET system as a whole in Western Australia. (2) The Department of Education and Training has focused a considerable amount of recent research effort on identifying and addressing student retention strategies, in line with the minister’s priorities for the VET sector for 2003-04. This work includes - a comprehensive analysis of labour market entrants in technical and further education and recommendations for improving completion rates and vocational outcomes - the implementation of these strategies is currently being examined; a detailed analysis of youth participation in education, training and employment in Western Australia as part of the strategy to improve participation, retention and completion rates for 15 to 19 year olds; and an analysis of the component of the student population enrolling in TAFE which has a high non-completion rate. Together these projects will add substantially to the department’s ability to develop and implement strategies to improve retention and completion rates across the sector. (3)-(4) The student surveys conducted by the Department of Education and Training are reviewed annually as a matter of course to determine what, if any, changes are required to ensure comprehensive and valid information is collected. This review process will continue and the Office of the Auditor General’s comments will be taken into consideration in undertaking the 2004 survey review. Importantly, the Office of the Auditor General’s report notes that the student surveys undertaken by the department are a rich source of information that could be used in a more detailed and proactive way. In this respect the department proposes to examine the data available from the surveys to determine how best it can be used to enhance performance monitoring and reporting in the context of the review of key performance measures referred to above.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) A review of the Department of Education and Training’s key performance indicators has been initiated. The review will take into consideration the comments on performance reporting contained in the Office of the Auditor General’s report to Parliament. The focus of the work will be to ensure that a balanced approach is taken to the review and development of the measures at both a department and college level, that they are complementary and that they are of a sufficiently high level to gauge the level of progress within the VET system as a whole in Western Australia. (2) The Department of Education and Training has focused a considerable amount of recent research effort on identifying and addressing student retention strategies, in line with the minister’s priorities for the VET sector for 2003-04. This work includes - a comprehensive analysis of labour market entrants in technical and further education and recommendations for improving completion rates and vocational outcomes - the implementation of these strategies is currently being examined; a detailed analysis of youth participation in education, training and employment in Western Australia as part of the strategy to improve participation, retention and completion rates for 15 to 19 year olds; and an analysis of the component of the student population enrolling in TAFE which has a high non-completion rate. Together these projects will add substantially to the department’s ability to develop and implement strategies to improve retention and completion rates across the sector. (3)-(4) The student surveys conducted by the Department of Education and Training are reviewed annually as a matter of course to determine what, if any, changes are required to ensure comprehensive and valid information is collected. This review process will continue and the Office of the Auditor General’s comments will be taken into consideration in undertaking the 2004 survey review. Importantly, the Office of the Auditor General’s report notes that the student surveys undertaken by the department are a rich source of information that could be used in a more detailed and proactive way. In this respect the department proposes to examine the data available from the surveys to determine how best it can be used to enhance performance monitoring and reporting in the context of the review of key performance measures referred to above.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) A review of the Department of Education and Training’s key performance indicators has been initiated. The review will take into consideration the comments on performance reporting contained in the Office of the Auditor General’s report to Parliament. The focus of the work will be to ensure that a balanced approach is taken to the review and development of the measures at both a department and college level, that they are complementary and that they are of a sufficiently high level to gauge the level of progress within the VET system as a whole in Western Australia. (2) The Department of Education and Training has focused a considerable amount of recent research effort on identifying and addressing student retention strategies, in line with the minister’s priorities for the VET sector for 2003-04. This work includes - a comprehensive analysis of labour market entrants in technical and further education and recommendations for improving completion rates and vocational outcomes - the implementation of these strategies is currently being examined; a detailed analysis of youth participation in education, training and employment in Western Australia as part of the strategy to improve participation, retention and completion rates for 15 to 19 year olds; and an analysis of the component of the student population enrolling in TAFE which has a high non-completion rate. Together these projects will add substantially to the department’s ability to develop and implement strategies to improve retention and completion rates across the sector. (3)-(4) The student surveys conducted by the Department of Education and Training are reviewed annually as a matter of course to determine what, if any, changes are required to ensure comprehensive and valid information is collected. This review process will continue and the Office of the Auditor General’s comments will be taken into consideration in undertaking the 2004 survey review. Importantly, the Office of the Auditor General’s report notes that the student surveys undertaken by the department are a rich source of information that could be used in a more detailed and proactive way. In this respect the department proposes to examine the data available from the surveys to determine how best it can be used to enhance performance monitoring and reporting in the context of the review of key performance measures referred to above.
(1) A review of the Department of Education and Training’s key performance indicators has been initiated. The review will take into consideration the comments on performance reporting contained in the Office of the Auditor General’s report to Parliament. The focus of the work will be to ensure that a balanced approach is taken to the review and development of the measures at both a department and college level, that they are complementary and that they are of a sufficiently high level to gauge the level of progress within the VET system as a whole in Western Australia. (2) The Department of Education and Training has focused a considerable amount of recent research effort on identifying and addressing student retention strategies, in line with the minister’s priorities for the VET sector for 2003-04. This work includes - a comprehensive analysis of labour market entrants in technical and further education and recommendations for improving completion rates and vocational outcomes - the implementation of these strategies is currently being examined; a detailed analysis of youth participation in education, training and employment in Western Australia as part of the strategy to improve participation, retention and completion rates for 15 to 19 year olds; and an analysis of the component of the student population enrolling in TAFE which has a high non-completion rate. Together these projects will add substantially to the department’s ability to develop and implement strategies to improve retention and completion rates across the sector. (3)-(4) The student surveys conducted by the Department of Education and Training are reviewed annually as a matter of course to determine what, if any, changes are required to ensure comprehensive and valid information is collected. This review process will continue and the Office of the Auditor General’s comments will be taken into consideration in undertaking the 2004 survey review. Importantly, the Office of the Auditor General’s report notes that the student surveys undertaken by the department are a rich source of information that could be used in a more detailed and proactive way. In this respect the department proposes to examine the data available from the surveys to determine how best it can be used to enhance performance monitoring and reporting in the context of the review of key performance measures referred to above.
(2) The Department of Education and Training has focused a considerable amount of recent research effort on identifying and addressing student retention strategies, in line with the minister’s priorities for the VET sector for 2003-04. This work includes - a comprehensive analysis of labour market entrants in technical and further education and recommendations for improving completion rates and vocational outcomes - the implementation of these strategies is currently being examined; a detailed analysis of youth participation in education, training and employment in Western Australia as part of the strategy to improve participation, retention and completion rates for 15 to 19 year olds; and an analysis of the component of the student population enrolling in TAFE which has a high non-completion rate. Together these projects will add substantially to the department’s ability to develop and implement strategies to improve retention and completion rates across the sector. (3)-(4) The student surveys conducted by the Department of Education and Training are reviewed annually as a matter of course to determine what, if any, changes are required to ensure comprehensive and valid information is collected. This review process will continue and the Office of the Auditor General’s comments will be taken into consideration in undertaking the 2004 survey review. Importantly, the Office of the Auditor General’s report notes that the student surveys undertaken by the department are a rich source of information that could be used in a more detailed and proactive way. In this respect the department proposes to examine the data available from the surveys to determine how best it can be used to enhance performance monitoring and reporting in the context of the review of key performance measures referred to above.
a detailed analysis of youth participation in education, training and employment in Western Australia as part of the strategy to improve participation, retention and completion rates for 15 to 19 year olds; and an analysis of the component of the student population enrolling in TAFE which has a high non-completion rate.
an analysis of the component of the student population enrolling in TAFE which has a high non-completion rate.
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