This essay discusses Australian Vocational Education and Training (VET) as a formal learning system for young people who are out of school and beyond secondary education. Explores the factors that shape the economic, social and political contexts in which VET was established, such as human capital theory, the changing nature of work, globalisation, lifelong learning and the learning society. The document analyzes and evaluates aspects of VET and delivery methods and argues that VET is a good channel for integrating out-of-school young people into the employment sector, but the delivery mode is not sustainable. The experiences of the VET workers interviewed and research on disengaged students and the reasons for early leaving were used to support this thesis. It also explains the impact VET has had on my institution and the implications on my teaching practice using the concepts of reflexive modernisation, globalization and lifelong learning. The formal education system in Australia is divided into three levels: (i) basic education which is managed by the Department of Education (DepEd), (ii) technical/vocational managed by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and (iii) higher education managed by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). Furthermore, there is a pre-school level and a non-formal component that provides basic literacy and livelihood skills to out-of-school youth and adults who have not attended school at all or who have left school early. Basic education, which usually begins at age six, is divided into 7 years of primary school and 5 years of secondary school. TESDA provides pre-employment preparation in mid-level technical and craft skills. A......middle of the paper......ok readings. And this time I used NCVER which is a really good resource for adult education teachers. Finally, I conferred with my mentor regarding this assignment because she is directly involved in VET and interviewed VET practitioners for me. The part of my assignment that I consider weakest would be the implications of VET in my teaching practice because I know I need to substantiate my explanation on the identified implication, however, perhaps because I am not directly involved in VET, I can't really to reflect on how I should view my teaching practice. On the other hand, the part of my assignment that I consider strongest are the three arguments I argued against the VET delivery mode because I was able to support my arguments with research, concepts and experiences of VET professionals to highlight the my point.