The Australian | 15 March 2013 The Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency (AWPA) has made a veiled attack on national training reforms, saying that dwindling funding rates are jeopardising quality and the 'entitlement' model prevents people from adapting to workplace change. In its Future focus: 2013 National Workforce Development Strategy, the agency says that while recurrent funding since 1999 has increased 31% for public primary schools and 20% for secondary schools, it’s fallen 25% for vocational education and training. AWPA says all jurisdictions except South Australia and the Northern Territory decreased their VET budgets last year. The trend “raises … [Read more...]
