It can be financially harder to do TAFE than uni. This idea could change that

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Governments should consider funding post-school education through a voucher system where funds go to students instead of institutions, according to a new report by the Productivity Commission.

The current loan system may be pushing some students to studying at university rather than TAFE

TAFEs and private colleges get cash primarily from state and territory governments, while the student loan system is funded by the federal government. It said unfair student loan arrangements between unis and TAFEs were stopping people from taking on vocational education and may even be pushing students towards more expensive degrees.Under the current system, most domestic students who take on a bachelor's degree can get an income contingent loan from the federal government. That just means they don't have to pay off that loan until they start earning a certain amount of money .

"About 7 per cent of all Australians who did not participate in formal study in the past year wanted to, but could not, with one-third of them listing financial barriers as a reason for this."

 

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Govt complains about skill shortages but caps free courses to people under 25. What a joke.

The recommendations noted in this report are all commonsense and need to be taken up immediately. Routing of the education system needs to stop, universities need to be held to account for their ideological brainwashing of their students as well.

Absolute bollocks. TAFE fees are a fraction of university, and miniscule if you're unemployed.

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