Our Department

The department’s services

Early childhood

School education

Training and skills and Higher Education

Birth to 8

More than 400,000 children and families

5 to 18

More than 1,014,200 students

15 to 65+

More than 328,800 government-subsidised enrolments in Vocational Education and Training (VET)

  • Early years learning and development including early childhood education and care services
  • Primary education
  • Secondary education
  • Special education
  • Language
  • Technical and Further Education (TAFE)
  • Dual-sector Universities
  • Private registered training providers
  • Learn Locals

We have a diverse range of public, private and not-for-profit providers serving Victorians and international students of all ages:

  • More than 4,590 approved education and care services providing long day care, kindergarten, outside-school-hours care, and family day care
  • Approximately 270 licensed children’s services providing limited-hour services such as occasional care
  • 1,557 government schools
  • 729 non-government schools (498 Catholic schools and 231 independent schools)
  • 12 TAFE institutes
  • 10 universities operating under State legislation (4 of which are dual-sector that also provide VET)
  • 269 government-contracted registered training organisations, including community-based, not‑for‑profit, industry‑based and private organisations
  • 263 Learn Local organisations, which are community owned not-for-profit organisations and Adult Education Institutions, registered with the Adult, Community and Further Education Board (ACFEB) to deliver pre-accredited training

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