On ‘TAFE day’, union says we’re at risk of destroying the institution

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Tracing it’s roots back to the 19th century, TAFE is one of Australia’s oldest government institutes. But some stakeholders say that the very existence of the program is at risk due to funding cuts from multiple state governments.

Will state government funding cuts affect the very existence of our nation’s TAFE colleges? Well, that’s what’s said by several experts in the field, and they are using today’s TAFE day as a way to make their point about why the privatisation of vocational education could jeopardise the future of our workforce.

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