Crisis in Victorian TAFE: 16 of 18 institutes under extreme financial pressure

The Victorian Government has opened all government VET funding up to private providers. TAFE providers in Victoria now have to compete, on cost, with private for profit RTOs to deliver training.

The Victorian Government calls this the Training Guarantee, arguing that all Victorians can access a place at a VET provider of choice, with some restrictions depending on previous qualifications.

In fact, Victorians used to have an entitlement to publicly funded vocational education at TAFE, but many now have to pay significantly for their VET qualifications, often under a loan scheme similar to HECs.

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