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Skills for a Nation:
A Blueprint for Improving Education
and Training 2007-2017

	Cover
	Inside Front Page
	Foreword
	Contents
	ACCI - Leading Australian Business
	Executive Summary
Part A:	Introduction
	Chapter 1	Introduction
	Chapter 2	An Overview of Education and Training in Australia
	Chapter 3	ACCI National Education & Training Survey
Part B:	Education Sectors
	Chapter 4	Early Childhood, Pre-School and Primary School Education
	Chapter 5	Secondary Schools and Transitions to Post-Compulsory Education
	Chapter 6	An Overview of Vocational Education and Training (VET) in Australia
	Chapter 7	Resourcing Issues in Vocational Education and Training
	Chapter 8	VET Institutional Arrangements and Quality Issues
	Chapter 9	VET and Industrial Relations Issues
	Chapter 10	Higher Education: Providing Skilled Workers and R&D
Part C:	Cross Sectoral Issues
	Chapter 11	Maths and Science
	Chapter 12	Employability Skills
	Chapter 13	Literacy and Numeracy
	Chapter 14	Careers Advice
	Chapter 15	Education as an Export
	Chapter 16	Education & Training and the Tax System
	Chapter 17	People with Disabilities; Indigenous People; and Mature Aged Workers
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