Adolescent Education and Pre-Employment Interventions in Australia
Keeping Young People in Education, Employment and Training
About one in ten young people in Australia are neither in employment, education or
training (NEET), a factor that may lower their long-term economic prospects and threaten
their well-being. Individuals who did not graduate from upper secondary education,
who have health limitations, or who are Indigenous are over-represented in this group.
Preventative policies and interventions targeted at adolescents in their early- to
mid-teens can reduce the share of young people out of employment, education and training.
This report explores what is known about the potential preventative impact of educational
and pre-employment interventions on later NEET status and presents a range of policies
and initiatives from across the OECD that can reduce the NEET probability among key
at-risk populations. The report covers interventions to prevent early school leaving
and to promote student engagement and motivation; to strengthen career education,
career guidance and employer engagement; and to improve the perception of the vocational
education and training (VET) system and the learning of VET students. The report also
provides recommendations on improving the monitoring and evaluation of youth policies
in general and policies to keep young people in employment, education and training
in particular.
Available from April 28, 2023