Indicator: Incomplete Education/Training (17-24 yrs)

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What we know from research

What the data indicates about Mildura
INCOMPLETE EDUCATION/TRAINING (17 – 24 YEAR OLDS)
Apart from the intrinsic value of education, it is a major handicap to enter today’s world of work without credentials. One way of capturing a community’s position in this regard is to examine the number of 17-24 year olds who are neither completing the VCE and not in further education and training. The table below shows that four of Mildura’s sub-regions (Mildura Central, Red Cliffs, Merbein and Wentworth) had a third as many again of their young people as Melbourne in the less educated/vocationally under-prepared category. The situation in Ouyen and Irymple was considerably better with the former (with its small base number) matching Melbourne and the latter matching the findings for Regional Victoria:

PROPORTION 17-24 YEAR OLDS NEITHER COMPLETING VCE NOR UNDERTAKING FURTHER SCHOOLING, EDUCATION AND/OR TRAINING (CENSUS 2001)
Source: 2001 Census of Population and Housing Special Run

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	Upward trend			Progress away from desired direction
	Downward trend
	No observable trend		Progress towards desired direction
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Last Updated: Tuesday, 6 February 2007