Over 300 people attended the evening on 24 May, which was jointly sponsored by the TAFE Community Alliance and the Addison Road Community Centre. The Alliance includes community members, educationalists, students and academics, all who support TAFE and its important role in delivering quality education and training.
Carmel Tebbutt, Opposition spokesperson for Education, spoke of TAFE’s important role in supporting communities, and in ensuring we have the skills for a productive economy. NSW Greens education spokesperson John Kaye challenged the Government to keep funding TAFE, and not to support private providers focused on profit not education.
Trivia night participants signed hundreds of letters to NSW politicians drawing their attention to the risks the ‘Smart and Skilled’ proposed changes will bring to TAFE. Unanimously they endorsed the resolution and committed to continuing action.
The resolution said:
- Maintain TAFE NSW as the major
provider of vocational education and training in this state
- Restore funding to TAFE so that it
can deliver quality education in a wide range of industry areas on all
current TAFE campuses
- Put “Smart and Skilled NSW” on hold,
as a competitive training market will not lead to better quality or more
accessible courses for students
- Keep TAFE accessible by keeping
TAFE fees low
- Maintain specialist units such as
Outreach, Aboriginal, Multicultural, Disabilities, Language Literacy and
Numeracy, and Counselling, which provide support and education to students
who may have additional learning needs
- Resource TAFE to address the needs
of all students, including those requiring
second-chance and further education, and prevent TAFE being forced
into a for-profit model of operation
- Maintain high quality educational
standards with professionally qualified teachers
For further
information, contact:
tafecommunityalliance@gmail.com
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