Commenting on “Students told to reject Box Hill TAFE after it waters down free course"
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/students-told-to-reject-box-hill-tafe-after-it-waters-down-free-course-20200212-p54082.html
My hours of teaching at TAFEs dropped drastically when the funding cut was so severe. The cut was due to the smart Alec advisers and policy makers who came out with some ill-conceived ideas about market competition allowing private enterprises to open private colleges.
The quality of TAFE was not that bad when I started in the mid-90’s, but began to deteriorate when more and more overseas students came for further studies.
Early batches of students from Korea and Japan were good, hardworking and not spoilt brat. Of course, there were exceptions, but they belong to the minority.
The Indians and mainland China arrived in large numbers. The Indians were ok with English, but they came here with the intention to work to earn money to send to their families back in India. Many Chinese students were from families who were loaded, and to some extent, they were more like getting rid of the good riddance
Thank you for reading.
The quality of TAFE was not that bad when I started in the mid-90’s, but began to deteriorate when more and more overseas students came for further studies.
Early batches of students from Korea and Japan were good, hardworking and not spoilt brat. Of course, there were exceptions, but they belong to the minority.
The Indians and mainland China arrived in large numbers. The Indians were ok with English, but they came here with the intention to work to earn money to send to their families back in India. Many Chinese students were from families who were loaded, and to some extent, they were more like getting rid of the good riddance
Thank you for reading.
