10984NAT is the national code for the Certificate II in Basic English for Speakers of Other Languages, a certificate ii, accredited by the national regulator outside the training packages. It has been the current version on the national register since 2021, when it replaced 10589NAT. 725 people enrolled in 2025, down 19.4% on the year before.
Certificate II in Basic English for Speakers of Other Languages graduates find work less often than is typical at Certificate II level. In the 2025 NCVER Student Outcomes survey, 60.5% were employed or in further study after training. The typical Certificate II result is 77.6%, across 63 programs at the same level. 88.4% were satisfied with the training, against 91.4% typical.
Fewer people are enrolling in the Certificate II in Basic English for Speakers of Other Languages than a year ago. Across Australia, 900 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 725, down 19.4% in a year. National data for 10984NAT starts in 2022.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for 10984NAT is being verified against official program lists.
Eligibility and student contributions vary by program and provider. The official state listing is the source of truth. In a subsidised place the government pays most of the tuition and you pay a co-contribution set by the program and provider.
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Browse coursesEnrolment counts come from NCVER Total VET Activity and count people in training, not completions. Outcome benchmarks marked “typical” are medians computed by Get Course across all Certificate IIs in the same NCVER collection; they are derived figures, not official NCVER benchmarks. Funding rows appear only after verification against the official state program list. Source vintages: register training.gov.au, synced 29 August 2026; NCVER Student Outcomes survey 2025 survey; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; register synced 29 Aug 2026. Page last updated 30 Aug 2026.