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The National Centre for Vocational Education and Research (NCVER) Total VET Students and Courses 2024 report released today shows that over the 2024 calendar year, 309,655 South Australians undertook VET – an increase of 11,260 compared to 2023, and a 23.6% increase compared to 2019.

Of these, 42,700 attended studied through TAFE, an increase of 0.4% compared to 2023 and above the national decline of 2.3%; and 297,300 attended a non-TAFE provider, an increase of 4.2% compared to 2023 and above the national increase of 2.4%.

There were also increases in the number of VET program enrolments and program completions, subject enrolments and the number of hours delivered:

• 45,710 program completions, an increase of 7.4% or 3,150 more completions compared to 2023, and the second consecutive yearly increase.

• 139,680 program enrolments, an increase of 0.6% or 855 more program enrolments compared to 2023.

• 1,572,340 subject enrolments, an increase of 4.2%, or 63,005 more compared to 2023, and 1.6 percentage points above the national increase of 2.6%.

Of the 309,655 South Australian VET students in 2024:

• 28,705 were at school, an increase of 20.3% compared to 2023 and the largest percentage increase in the nation.

• 9,055 identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, an increase of 8.3% compared to 2023 and the largest percentage increase in the nation.

• 88,165 were young people (aged 24 years and under), an increase of 7.7% compared to 2023 and the second largest percentage increase in the nation.

• 145,260 female, an increase of 4.6% compared to 2023.

• 13,790 reporting a disability, an increase of 3.7% compared to 2023.

• 77,085 from regional and remote locations, an increase of 2.9% compared to 2023.