Thursday, March 15, 2012
Radical reform program to tackle skills shortage
Australia will suffer a skills shortage of almost half a million people by 2015 if the vocational education and training (VET) system is not radically transformed, Minister for Skills, Senator Chris Evans said today. Jobs for more highly skilled Australians are growing at 2.5 times the rate of other jobs but the pool of workers with the skills needed for these jobs is not keeping pace, Senator Evans said. The Gillard Government has committed $1.75 billion over five years for a new skills reform National Partnership Agreement with the states.
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