Victorian Certificate of Education

Have you thought about where you want your future to go and are ready to take the leap? Do you need a higher level of education to help get you there? Then the Victorian Certificate of Education may your pathway to achieving your dreams.

For Senior Secondary students (aged 16-18) and adult students who wish to return to study, the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) is a Senior Secondary Certificate of Education recognised within the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF).

The VCE opens pathways to university, higher-level TAFE or VET certificate courses, apprenticeships, traineeships and the workforce. TAFE Gippsland offers both a scored and non-scored VCE pathway and the VCE Vocational Major.

Our VCE programs include:

• Adult VCE (online - one-year full-time program - but does not need to be taken in a single year, can be completed part-time)
• Student VCE (online - two-year full-time program for Year 11 and Year 12)
• VCE Vocational Major (face-to-face, two-year full-time program for Year 11 and Year 12)
• VCE VET Studies (online/face-to-face, two-year full-time course offered as part of VCE programs).

Throughout your study, you will be supported by our expert teachers, interacting with them and other students regularly in order to discuss your learning and helping to increase your confidence.

Subjects on offer in our (online) VCE program for 2024 include:

• English
• Maths
  • Foundation Maths
  • General Maths
• Environmental Science
• Health and Human Development
• Psychology
• Sociology
• VCE VET Business (partial completion - to include a 3-4 sequence)

When you complete this qualification, there really is no limit to where you can go. You can either enter the workforce immediately and gain hands-on experience or choose to take your learning further by enrolling at university with your ATAR score (scored pathway).
Whether you're wanting to become a teacher, a builder, a nurse or anything else in between, the Victorian Certificate of Education at TAFE Gippsland will help you feel confident in getting there.