TAFE South Australia (TAFE SA) provides
vocational education
Vocational education is education that prepares people to work as a technician or to take up employment in a skilled craft or trade as a tradesperson or artisan. Vocational Education can also be seen as that type of education given to an in ...
and
training
Training is teaching, or developing in oneself or others, any skills and knowledge or fitness that relate to specific useful competencies. Training has specific goals of improving one's capability, capacity, productivity and performance. I ...
in
South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...
. The acronym TAFE stands for
Technical and Further Education
Technical and further education or simply TAFE (), is the common name in English-speaking countries in Oceania for vocational education, as a subset of tertiary education. TAFE institutions provide a wide range of predominantly vocational cours ...
and is used and recognised nationally throughout
Australia. TAFE SA is a
Registered training organisation
A registered training organisation (RTO), in Australia, is an organisation providing Vocational Education and Training (VET) courses to students, resulting in qualifications or statements of attainment that are recognised and accepted by indus ...
(RTO) under the jurisdiction of the
Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA).
History
On 1 November 2012, TAFE SA became a statutory corporation separate from the Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology.
2017 Training Scandal
In December 2017, following a random audit of TAFE SA courses by the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA), fourteen courses were affected for small discrepancies in assessment, affecting 630 students that were individually case managed. The
Weatherill Government and Education Minister
Susan Close
Susan Elizabeth Close (born 12 November 1967) is an Australian politician, who is currently the Deputy Premier of South Australia since March 2022. She also holds the ministerial portfolios of Minister for Climate, Environment and Water, Minis ...
announced that the government would cover expenses for affected students, but opposition and cross-bench figures have called for broader solutions such as a specialised
Ombudsman or a statutory compensation scheme. This was taken up as a political issue by the Nick Xenophon Party. Close further sacked TAFE SA's chairman.
All assessment errors were rectified.
See also
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Education in Australia
Education in Australia encompasses the sectors of early childhood education (preschool) and primary education (primary schools), followed by secondary education (high schools), and finally tertiary education, which includes higher education (un ...
References
External links
TAFE SA Website
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South Australia, TAFE
Education in South Australia