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Inquiry into combining school and work: supporting successful youth transitions

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Report

On Monday 16 November 2009, the House Standing Committee on Education and Training tabled its report on the inquiry into combining school and work: supporting successful youth transitions entitled Adolescent overload?.

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This report is comprised of preliminary pages, 7 chapters and 5 appendices.

Adolescent overload?

Preliminary pages (PDF 90KB)
Contents, Foreword, Membership of the Committee, Terms of Reference, List of Abbreviations and List of Recommendations

Chapter 1 (PDF 89KB)
Introduction

Chapter 2 (PDF 157KB)
Students combining school and work

Chapter 3 (PDF 226KB)
School and work: a delicate balance

Chapter 4 (PDF 133KB)
Employability skills and opportunities for accreditation of part-time work

Chapter 5 (PDF 189KB)
Protections for students in the workplace

Chapter 6 (PDF 223KB)
Flexible senior secondary education settings and the effectiveness of schoolbased training pathways

Chapter 7 (PDF 161KB)
Support for students at risk

Appendix A (PDF 43KB)
List of submissions

Appendix B (PDF 53KB)
List of exhibits

Appendix C (PDF 84KB)
List of witnesses

Appendix D (PDF 97KB)
Committee’s student survey

Appendix E (PDF 153KB)
Role of Australian Commissioners for Children and Child Guardians

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