The owner might claim that it’s perfectly fine to offer little or no pay during a training period,but Dr Kirstin Ferguson says taking advantage of young workers doesn’t stack up.
The vocational education watchdog has been on an aggressive campaign to clean up the sector. One college says it has been wrongly targeted.
About 17,000 students across the country have been told their qualifications will be torn up.
The next federal poll isn’t due until May,but the prime minister has kicked off proceedings with another large education promise aimed at TAFE.
Ploughing the fields of history.
Just 1 per cent of Victorians who registered for a free plumbing course in recent years successfully completed their training.
While some strike gold and make the right decision after high school straight off the bat,others take a little longer to find their calling.
Legislation to be introduced on Wednesday will also weed out colleges misrepresenting themselves as prestigious institutions and void the registration of providers that have been inactive for 12 months.
A request to match TAFE funding and a plan to create 20,000 more places in critical fields of study will be put to the federal government as research and development investment falls to record lows.
Data shows Australia approves far fewer student visas from India than China,despite government ministers visiting India to promote skills study.