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TAFE SA is searching for a new debt collection agency to recover more than $200,000 a month in unpaid fees by tracking down students, visiting their homes and making “phone demands” to pay up.
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TAFE courses axed under the former Marshall Government – prompting union accusations of “political misogyny” – will be reinstated by the new Labor administration, with classes in aged and disability care and childhood care and education to return to Adelaide campuses.
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There are fears another 39 TAFE SA courses are on the chopping block, with calls for the Premier to release a full list of courses to be axed this year.
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.
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.
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”.
