Thousands of students flee private colleges following state government crackdown

More than 4000 students have been forced to change courses following an unprecedented crackdown on dodgy training colleges in Victoria.

Schools fail to meet language time targets

Primary schools are failing to teach the recommended 150 hours of language programs every week.

Diplomatic tension as Italian and Greek phased out of school

A diplomatic stoush has erupted after a school in Melbourne's inner north axed Greek and Italian – the languages commonly spoken in its community.

Banning native-speaking Chinese students from subject unlikely to be discrimination

Barring native-speaking Chinese students from enrolling in easier Chinese VCE subjects is unlikely to amount to discrimination, Victoria's human rights watchdog has declared..

2016 NAPLAN results not good enough

Injecting millions of dollars into the country's education system has failed to lift NAPLAN scores.

Lawyer wages war on 'unfair' VCE holiday homework

It's become a fixture in schools that can cast a dark shadow over the summer holidays.

Young Liberal sets up companies that harvest job-seeker data

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Companies sell diploma courses and harvest job seekers' data for the scandal-plagued taxpayer-funded vocational education sector.

Crime rate drop linked to vocational education

A significant drop in Victoria's crime rates has been linked to the state's massive expansion of vocational education and training.

School children charged with sexting offences

School children are among those who have been charged under new sexting laws, with 174 offences recorded since they came into effect.