On the right track
The Victorian Pathways Certificate (VPC) has been accredited and the curriculum is now available.
The VPC is a new inclusive Year 11 and 12 standards-based certificate for students who are not able or ready to complete the VCE (including the recently released VCE Vocational Major). It provides an enriched curriculum and excellent support for students to develop the skills, capabilities and qualities for success in personal and professional life.
The certificate is designed to develop and extend pathways for young people, while providing flexibility for different cohorts. It is suitable for students whose previous schooling experience may have been disrupted for a variety of reasons, including students with additional needs, students who have missed significant periods of learning and vulnerable students at risk of disengaging from their education. Students will gain the skills, knowledge, values and capabilities to make informed choices about pathways into a senior secondary qualification, entry level vocational education and training (VET) course or employment.
The VPC follows the recent release of the
VCE Vocational Major. Both new pathways ensure that Victoria’s vocational and applied learning in schools is consistently high quality, relevant to the needs of students and employers, and accessible to all students. For more information about the reforms to Victoria’s vocational and applied learning, go to the
Senior Secondary Certificate Reform page. We also invite teachers and educators to attend or access our
professional learning sessions about the VPC and the VCE Vocational Major.