Australia is or may be a lucky country on earth, where the Government have always encouraged its people, and paid them to stay in school , at least, achieving a Higher School Certificate [equivalent to Bac II there], and had been given loan to pursue further academic study at the university, through Austudy scheme [loan for study which can be progressively repaid back to Government when they receive or have incomes]. But I can tell you that many children would or will drop out from school when they are 15 – just when they are at Year 10.

Some are choosing to enter technical college to learn trade or particular skills that they may want to pursue. Some are rather to start working with a very low wages and may opt to go back to school later.

Some are gaining Master or Bachelor degree but is not meant that they can get the job they want as job market are very competitive and as a fresh graduate without experience makes it even harder.

As Australia is now an aging population country, always short of skill people , Government is now coming up with another idea: – encouraged people to learn skills, short the required apprenticeship period and award degree, which is to address a short and long term shortage, other than rely on the import of skill workers from overseas.

I don’t really know that explanation above mentioned address the point you are making. Thanks