{"id":15608,"date":"2012-11-08T18:11:03","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T08:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=15608"},"modified":"2024-03-07T14:03:28","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T04:03:28","slug":"tafe-faces-major-shake-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2012\/11\/08\/tafe-faces-major-shake-up\/","title":{"rendered":"TAFE Faces Major Shake-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

November 8, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Southern Queensland Institute of TAFE – which operates the TAFE campuses in Kingaroy and Cherbourg – will undergo a major shake-up if recommendations in the Queensland Skills and Training Taskforce final report released on Tuesday are adopted by the State Government.<\/p>\n

The report recommends that 37 TAFE campuses close throughout Queensland – but does not specify which will be affected – and that a new parent body be established.<\/p>\n

The 44 remaining campuses will be re-sorted under a new “rationalised structure” recommended by the Department of Education, Training and Employment.<\/p>\n

SQIT Director Trevor Schwenke today reassured students that it is “business as usual” at the moment.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“While the Queensland Government is looking into ways to improve TAFE and training, changes that will occur won’t be known until later in the year,” he said.<\/p>\n

The report recommends that a new TAFE Queensland parent entity should be established and operational by July 1 next year.<\/p>\n

A “rationalised structure” under this new entity would reduce the number of campuses:<\/p>\n