VALUING SKILLS

TAFE, Liverpool, Sydney (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I had the chance to attend the launch of some real research into what our Tafe System of public education is giving to us today and it is a worry that there is no relevant research being produced by the State Goverments in Australia who are now in the process of demolishing them by brutal cuts in Victory, NSW, & Queensland.
Valuing Skills

Updated research since this report:

THE CAPTURE OF PUBLIC WEALTH BY THEFOR-PROFIT VET SECTORA REPORT PREPARED FOR THE AUSTRALIANEDUCATION UNION 

 "Funding for TAFE has been substantially reduced despite their obligation to contribute to these social and economic objectives, while also acting as custodians for the provision of quality vocational education. If higher levels of funding and a more sustainable funding model for TAFE is not found, then the there is a very high likelihood that public confidence in the entire system of vocational qualifications will be fatally eroded."

 

Related articles

• TAFE cuts may mean 'lost earnings'