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CHIEF MINISTER FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION
TAFE Colleges - Computing Courses
Question No. 266
MR WOOD - Asked the Chief Minister upon notice on 12 September 1990 in respect to computing courses in ACT TAFE:
(1) What is the total number of students in a) full time and b) part time.
(2) Does the Commonwealth or private enterprise make any contribution for the training of people they eventually employ.
(3) Is it the case that the ACT Government substantially funds computer education in TAFE, while the Commonwealth does so at the Australian National University and University of Canberra.
MR KAINE - The answer to the members question is as follows:
(1) Refer to the attached sheet for statistics.
(2) No direct contributions towards recurrent costs of computing education have been forthcoming from either the Commonwealth government or private employers. The School of Management and Business Studies charges an initial fee for short computing courses in 1990 and will expand this approach in 1991. The Institute has now only limited opportunities for expansion by reallocation from other areas, and is therefore looking to means of encouraging and arranging for industry to contribute to the recurrent and capital costs of expansion. A consultancy review of funding mechanisms is under negotiation as the first substantive step in this direction. This review will assist both the School of Management and Business and its Advisory Committee to pursue a more systematic approach to contributions to the recurrent costs of computing training.
At the same time the Institute is hopeful that current negotiations with major computing equipment suppliers will yield favourable contributions via the Commonwealths Joint Venture Equipment Program administered by the Department of Employment, Education and Training
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