Will the teachers and staff who are currently employed through our public education and training institute TasTAFE remain as State Service employees?
I have looked all through the PESRAC report and am still no clearer about where this recommendation to turn TasTAFE into a GBE came from.
We all want to see young Tasmanians have the education and the skills they need to enter the workforce and contribute to our society.
For seven years TasTAFE has been asking for more teachers, for better pay.
Despite this constant erosion of funding, TasTAFE has the highest student satisfaction rate and some of the highest apprentice completion rates in the country.
$1 million is being give to the industry for skills training that has got no quality assessment, no accreditation package, no certificate.
Cassy O'Connor speaks on Labor's Matter of Public Importance on TasTAFE.
This is a very interesting and significant debate, particularly for young Tasmanians who are looking for affordable public vocational training options.
TasTAFE's former CEO received a $188 000 separation payment despite being the subject of a damning Integrity Commission investigation.
The Adult Migrant English Program to Launceston is important as a service to newly arrived humanitarian entrants.