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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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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.
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Premier Steven Marshall says his Government is likely to favour private vocational training providers over TAFE, saying if equivalent courses are available in the non-Government sector “then maybe TAFE won’t be providing that work in the future”.
Adelaide TAFE admin workers held stopwork action today as the public sector union rails against “sudden and drastic restructures” it argues are “creating chaos” within the vocational education provider, “compromising course delivery, leaving students in limbo and staff overwhelmed”.
The State Government has backflipped on plans to close TAFE SA’s Urrbrae campus, today announcing it will remain open but – along with several regional and outback campuses – it will operate in a reduced form.
For the second year running, SA Treasurer Rob Lucas is set to throw extra budget cash at Health, Child Protection and TAFE with all three once again facing major blowouts.
The State Government has appointed a permanent CEO to TAFE SA for the first time since former head Robin Murt resigned more than a year ago, after enrolments were suspended in a raft of underperforming courses.
