If your child is coming up to their final years of secondary school, you may be wondering when you should begin discussing their post-school options and how.

With the first phase of the Australian Curriculum underway, read on for an update of what's been happening in 2012.

Victorian government primary schools have welcomed 100 mathematics and science teaching specialists into classrooms in time for the new school year.

Information on Vocational Education and Training (VET) and apprenticeships.

If your child really wants to pursue a course at TAFE or university but they are worried about missing out, there are other pathways which will boost their chances of getting in.

Not all school leavers go on to university-level courses. Entry to apprenticeships, or certificate-level courses in a multitude of fields, from apparel manufacture to secretarial studies, does not require an ATAR.

There are a number of schools that focus on special areas of the curriculum, or on developing children?s unique talents.

Information on the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL).