Growing numbers of students continue learning after school

<h3>Almost 70 percent of NSW Year 12 school leavers continue on to further education or training within six months of finishing formal schooling&comma; according to new data&period;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>More than two-thirds of 2018 Year 12 completers &lpar;69&period;2&percnt;&rpar; and more than half of early school leavers &lpar;57&period;1&percnt;&rpar; were in some form of education or training by mid-2019&comma; a report released by the Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation &lpar;CESE&rpar; has revealed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The proportion of early school leavers entering further education or training has increased by just over three percentage points since 2015 &lpar;from 53&period;8&percnt; to 57&period;1&percnt;&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;cese&period;nsw&period;gov&period;au&sol;publications-filter&sol;nsw-secondary-students-post-school-destinations-and-expectations-2018">NSW secondary students’ post-school destinations and expectations 2018 report<&sol;a> provides insights into the educational pathways&comma; attainments and destinations of students in NSW&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The report indicates that the main post-school destination for Year 12 completers in 2018 is a bachelor’s degree &lpar;50&period;6&percnt;&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In comparison&comma; the most frequently reported education or training post-school destination for early school leavers in 2018 continues to be an apprenticeship &lpar;32&period;4&percnt;&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The first NSW secondary students’ post-school destinations and expectations survey was conducted in 2010&period; In 2018&comma; 3&comma;529 Year 12 completers and 4&comma;470 early school leavers completed the survey&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The annual survey is a collaboration between&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>NSW Department of Education<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>NSW Educational Standards Authority<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>NSW Skills Board<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Catholic Schools NSW<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Association of Independent Schools NSW&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;

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