Thursday, 14 November 2019

In reply to  Ms MAXWELL (Northern Victoria) (12 November 2019)

Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria—Minister for Training and Skills, Minister for Higher Education):

RESPONSE TO SUBSTANTIVE QUESTION

VCE delivery by individual TAFEs is demand driven. To ensure the information is most up to date, I have asked my Department to establish which TAFEs currently offer VCE courses either in full or in part. As soon as possible and on receipt of this information from the Department, I will provide Ms Maxwell with a response to the questions raised on VCE and TAFE provision.

RESPONSE TO SUPPLEMENTARY QUESTION

Victorian TAFEs are a great place to receive quality training that leads to a job.

TAFEs draw on industry partnerships and knowledge of local community needs to inform their Course offerings, as well as liaison with the Department and the Victorian Skills Commissioner.

Individual TAFE institutes are responsible for decisions relating to the scope and scale of the courses which they deliver, including single VCE subjects.

The courses included as part of Free TAFE have been selected because they lead to occupations in high growth industries like building and construction, plumbing, engineering and horticulture as well as important areas for Victoria like preventing family violence, rolling out the National Disability Insurance Scheme and delivering major infrastructure projects.

There are no current plans to expand Free TAFE to include single VCE subjects.