[A split screen with a straight-haired young woman on the left in a garden, and a curly haired young woman on the right with a robot figure in the background. Then a young woman with large hoop earrings sings into a microphone on the left. On the right, a student wearing a lab coat and safety glasses looks down, working on something.]
[On-screen text: Your Pathway Options]
There are now two ways to get your Victorian Certificate of Education.
[A young woman in a lab coat and hijab reaches out with her hand to touch a plasma ball.]
You can enrol in the VCE or in the VCE Vocational Major, a new 2-year vocational and applied learning program that sits within the VCE.
[On-screen text: VCE Vocational Major.]
[A calendar shows 2 years. A young woman standing outside in nature operates a tablet.]
The VCE Vocational Major is a great choice if you prefer to learn in a real-world environment, putting practical life skills into action.
[A VCE Vocational Major certificate graphic appears. A graphic of three people appears].
It’s also a great choice if you don’t need an ATAR for your post-school goals and want to move into apprenticeship, traineeship, further study or directly into a job.
[An apprentice mechanic tightens a bolt on an engine. A second student is using a wrench to adjust a pipe].
[Symbols of a hand holding a spanner, a young woman holding a bag, a pile of books beneath a mortar board, and a satchel and document.]
[On-screen text: VCE and arrow pointing to ATAR.]
If you want an ATAR when you finish school, you should select a VCE pathway with subjects that lead to a study score.
[A young woman wearing a lab coat holds up a vial containing yellow liquid.]
A VCE pathway can take you to university, high-level TAFE or VET certificate courses, or into an apprenticeship, traineeship or the workforce.
[On-screen text: University, TAFE/VET courses, apprenticeship, traineeship, the workforce.]
Your school will offer a variety of subjects that you can include in your VCE or VCE Vocational Major…
[On-screen text: Offer a variety of subjects.]
[A young woman is drawing on a notebook. A second young woman is looking at a litmus test and comparing the results].
…. like Biology, Drama, Psychology, Literature or Accounting.
[Symbols of a microscope, drama masks, hands underneath a person, books and a calculator.]
You can also include VET subjects like Health, Electrical Industry, or Creative and Digital Media.
[Young woman working with an electrical circuit board appears].
[Symbols of a heart with a cross inside, an electrical wire and an artist's pallet.]
For students not yet ready to take or able to undertake the VCE or VCE Vocational Major the Victorian Pathways Certificate is a new flexible year 11 and 12 course that’s built around the needs of individuals.
[A young male nurse smiling downwards as he pushes a patient in a wheelchair. A young male examining a pipe. Two young people filming a short movie.]
[On-screen text: Victorian Pathways Certificate. VPC certificate graphic appears.]
Choose a study option that suits your strengths, goals and aspirations.
[In a darkened room, we see the back of a young woman as she walks away from the camera towards stage lights.]
[On-screen text: Choose your pathway, vic.gov.au/oneVCE.]
Talk to your teachers and careers practitioner to help make your choice.
[A four-way split screen with the apprentice mechanic using a spanner, the apprentice chef with a tray of pies, the singing woman onstage, and a young woman looking down.]
Authorised by the Victorian Government Melbourne.
[Victoria State Government logo. On-screen text: Authorised by the Victorian Government, 1 Treasury Place, Melbourne.]
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