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Students of a TAFE photography course have been told a subsidy has been suddenly axed and they will have to pay a full $10,000 for the six-month program due to begin in weeks.
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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.
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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.
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.
