by DIRK MULDER

Indian students at private providers in Victoria drove the February growth in VET enrolments, (CMM yesterday). This is what and where they selected to study

Their top-three choice of courses by narrow field of study were:

 Business and management: commencements nationally are up 621 (28.3 per cent) and overall enrolments up 1,954 (18.7 per cent). Victorian providers delivered all the 1,393 increase in enrolments.

 Food and Hospitality: commencements nationally are up 224 (13.7 per cent) and overall enrolments up 4,081 (55 per cent). Victoria accounting for 1,843 of the enrolments. In Victoria, TAFE numbers declined by 16 while non-government providers increased by 1859.

 Automotive Engineering and Technology: commencements nationally are up 79 (7.6 per cent), enrolments up 900 (16.9 per cent). Victoria accounting for 453 of the enrolments. In Victoria, TAFE enrolments declined by six while non-government enrolments increased by 459.