Australia's multi-billion-dollar vocational education and training sector has come under more criticism, with calls for major changes to overhaul a complicated and underperforming system.The Productivity Commission has found substantial scope to reduce waste in the VET systemThe Australian Education Union federal president has called for TAFE to be central to any reforms
The interim report comes after Prime Minister Scott Morrison flagged an overhaul of the skills sector, which he labelled clunky and unresponsive,The report was critical of a lack of transparency about how government funding was used, and highlighted large differences in subsidy rates across the states and territories.
It also called for government incentives encouraging employers to train apprentices to be reassessed, arguing there was little evidence they boosted enrolments. "We need a new funding model to better link funding to actual forward-looking skills needs, based on what businesses need," she said.
Methodology of governmental privatization by cash hungry state and Federal structures. Selling off long-term govt funders, Electrical generators, telecommunication infrastructure, should have been in fact privatizing portfolio development.Factional politics game as vote rorts.
LNP failure
Amazing opportunities for young people like myself.
Good old trade school which i did in the 1970's was the best thing i ever did, worked full time for 45 yrs, & no 'ok boomer' jokes lefties 😉😉.