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Industry groups in areas including childcare, aged care and disability services have raised concerns about cuts to TAFE courses and the quality of training going forward under private providers, the TAFE SA boss has revealed.
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A secret document on projected public school enrolments and capacity in South Australia is being kept under wraps because of concerns it could cause “unnecessary stress and concern” for the community and harm future planning around land acquisition and zoning.
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The Education Department is advertising for a communications adviser specifically to help it promote the move of Year 7 from primary to high school, prompting accusations it’s bringing in “spin doctors” to try to convince the public the reform is “on track”.
The State Government has sent a letter to all non-government training providers, urging them to lobby Labor Leader Peter Malinauskas over his party’s vocal opposition to TAFE cuts, in a move setting up the issue as an early election battleground.
No South Australian parents have been prosecuted for school truancy in nearly four years, despite harsher penalties and warnings to other families following two successful legal cases in 2017.
TAFE SA staff have been told of a plan that could see students’ accounts closed or force them into full fee paying courses under changes to the sector from next year.
More than two years after pledging to track school dropouts in a bid to improve retention rates, the Education Minister says a report is imminent – but the Opposition is accusing him of dragging the chain.
