Government promises to weed out 'bottom feeders' in VET provider crackdown

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Vocational education and training providers who exploit international students could soon face suspension, expulsion or criminal prosecution, under a newly announced federal crackdown on unethical and illegal behaviour.

Earlier this year, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese encouraged aspiring students to take up one of the 180,000 fee-free TAFE courses on offer in 2023. Now, his government is promising a crackdown on dodgy vocational education providers.A confidential tip-off line will allow current and former students, staff and employers of international students to report fraud.

An integrity unit to be established within the Australian Skills Quality Authority will be equipped with the latest technology and data-matching capability to find and stop providers doing the wrong thing. People will be able to anonymously report misconduct by training organisations by phone or through the regulator's website.Skills and Training Minister Brendan O'Connor will announce the measures at an address to the National Press Club on Tuesday.

The vocational training measures announced today are “aimed at stopping domestic and international students and graduates from being exploited by unscrupulous operators," says Skills and Training Minister Brendan O'Connor ."It will also send a message to others contemplating acting in the same way," he said.

"Dodgy training providers have no place in VET, international education and our migration system," she said.

 

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