Education Matters

November 2nd, 2008 by greig.thomson in TAFE

Educational issues are in the news. Last Wednesday in the Sydney Morning Herald it was reported that “federal and state bureaucrats are pushing to privatise all occupational training in Australia”. The document, prepared for the Council of Australian Governments, also proposes that students who attend TAFE or private vocational colleges pay significantly more to complete courses. 

And on the weekend, influential media tycoon Rupert Murdoch claimed that Australia has “a 21st century economy with a 19th century education system” and called for a major overhaul of education.

On a more local and immediate level, the NSW government is moving to slash  the school travel subsidy and scrap the annual $50 back to school allowance as part of a series of spending cuts.