Satisfaction with TAFE is on the rise

By Phil Bradley

The latest Australian vocational education and training statistics on student outcomes show that "for government-funded TAFE students, satisfaction with training was the highest reported in five years".

The statistics for 2005 have been published by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) for the Department of Education Science and Training.

They reveal that the percentage of graduating TAFE students who were satisfied (or very satisfied) with the overall quality of training was a high 88 per cent, and the percentage who fully or partially achieve their main reason for doing the training was 84 per cent.

For those TAFE graduates employed at May 2005, 73 per cent reported that the training was highly or somewhat relevant to their current job.

The percentage of TAFE graduates who were satisfied with the overall quality of training has improved steadily from 77 per cent in 2002 to 88 per cent in 2005.

Furthermore, another NCVER survey in 2005 found that 79 per cent of employers with apprentices or trainees using TAFE institutes as the main training providers are satisfied (or very satisfied).

Phil Bradley is the Assistant General Secretary (Post School Education).

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