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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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Nearly 40 per cent of public school students with learning difficulties had to wait more than six months to be assessed by an educational psychologist last year – with some children waiting up to two years – according to data from the Education Department.
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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.
All subsidised childcare, aged care and disability courses will be cut from TAFE SA’s metro campuses from next year – forcing students to study with private providers – while doubts have been raised about the authenticity of several “new” courses announced by management.
