National Charter for TAFE

TAFE Directors Australia (TDA) has released a discussion paper, ‘The Case for a National Charter for TAFE: its role in public sector provision in Australia’.

The paper makes the case that a National Charter for TAFE would bring consistency and greater certainty ahead of new Commonwealth State and Territory funding for VET - available from 1 July 2012.

The TDA Board believes that it is time to:

• affirm the significance of TAFE in delivering on the Government’s productivity and participation agenda
• articulate the role, scope and responsibilities of TAFE
• commit to administrative and funding arrangements that will enable TAFE providers to perform this role effectively

The paper follows recommendations from Skills Australia that the role of TAFE be better articulated, to assist with consistency, funding and planning.

TDA is calling for submissions in response to the discussion paper – in particular whether members and stakeholders agree with the proposed 5 components of the Charter (page 14), or can provide any alternative suggestions. Submissions are due 19 December, and can be sent to pcaven@tda.edu.au.

See a TDA media release here. See the discussion paper ‘The Case for a National Charter for TAFE’ here.

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