Campaign for

VET & Technologies Education

Purpose

The Campaign for VET & Technologies Education (CVTE) aims to establish Initial Teacher Education (ITE) programs in Victoria capable of producing a sustainable supply of high-quality and professionally qualified Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT) registered Vocational Education and Training (VET) and Technologies (Design & Technologies and Digital Technologies) teachers to resource Victorian schools.

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97%

of schools in Victoria have difficulty finding qualified Technologies teachers

(DATTA, 2019).

88%

of schools in Victoria are using unqualified teachers from other learning areas to teach Technologies due to teacher shortage (DATTA, 2019).

230

number of unqualified teachers teaching VET in Schools in Victoria in 2017 (DET, 2020)

28%

of schools in Victoria have reduced their Technologies offerings due to difficulties finding qualified teachers (DATTA, 2019).

The value of VET & Technologies teachers - survey

CVTE are in the process of analysing data of a survey to identify the value that VET and Technologies teachers bring to secondary education. A report of findings will be uploaded to this website on completion.