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This publication presents information on vocational education and training (VET) undertaken by school students as part of their senior secondary certificate, known as VET in Schools. The VET in Schools arrangement offers two main options: students can undertake school-based apprenticeships and traineeships or VET subjects and courses (the latter are referred to as ‘other VET in Schools programs’). Most VET in Schools students are aged between 15 and 19 years. Therefore, in this report, statistics for VET in Schools students are compared with students aged 15 to 19 years who enrolled in the public VET system. Highlights include: in 2009, there were 229 500 VET in Schools students, comprised of 21 500 school-based apprentices and trainees and 208 000 students enrolled in other VET in Schools programs; in 2009, compared with 2008, the total number of VET in Schools students increased by 4.3 per cent, the number of school-based apprentices and trainees declined by 16.4 per cent and the number of students enrolled in other VET in Schools programs increased by 7.1 per cent. Show less