Understanding why 47.5% of TAFE NSW students failed to complete their courses between 2001 and 2017 will be critical to any reform.
The increasingly intertwined pathways across secondary schools, vocational education providers, universities, government, industries and corporations will also require a different approach to complex systems thinking.
Confused students and parents will need better articulation of pathways to make the right decisions on future careers.
Lessons also need to be learnt to better support the concepts of lifelong learning and open education.
David Gonski and Professor Peter Shergold are leading a review of the NSW VET sector and its results were originally due in July though Covid paused it.
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