The more education your son or daughter can get, the better their future employment prospects will be.
Whether or not they attend university straight away, research shows that if they study beyond year 10, young people are more likely to:
find employment,
earn a higher salary, and
get promotions and pay rises.
In 2012, the employment rate for people with a university degree was 85.3 per cent, compared with only 55.5 per cent for people who left school at Year 10 or below, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
If your son or daughter thinks they would like to go to university straight after year 12, they will need to complete the higher school certificate (HSC) to obtain a Australian tertiary admission rank (ATAR).