TAFE NSW will benefit from a more than $2 billion investment in the 2021-2022 State Budget to bolster skills training and deliver a strong workforce.
\nThere are currently around 102,000 apprentices and trainees in training in NSW, a 19.8 per cent increase from 2020.
\nTreasurer Dominic Perrottet said the pandemic has demonstrated now more than ever the need for a flexible workforce.
\n\u201cThis investment in TAFE will help equip people with the skills they will need now and into the future,\u201d Mr Perrottet said.
\n\u201cThe recently released NSW Productivity Commission White Paper highlighted the need to ensure our workforce has the skills needed to adapt to the challenges and opportunities that will emerge in a post-pandemic world.
\n\u201cToday\u2019s announcement underscores our ongoing commitment to creating jobs and cementing NSW as the best to place to live, work and raise a family.\u201d
\nTo help meet the booming demand, the investment will include nearly $6 million for 16 undercover training facilities for trades across the State including in Broken Hill, Kingscliff, Moruya and Western Sydney and $19 million invested in information and communication technology and other assets at campuses across the State.
\nMinister for Skills and Tertiary Education Geoff Lee said students are at the centre of the NSW Government\u2019s more than $2 billion investment, and would benefit from continued subsidised courses, improved training facilities and an ever-expanding training footprint.
\nThere will also be $11.4 million to continue or complete construction of Connected Learning Centres in Bateman\u2019s Bay, Cobar, Jindabyne, Hay, Tomaree, Nambucca Heads and Byron Bay.
\n\u201cTAFE is an economic engine room for the State\u2019s skills-led recovery, training nearly 80 per cent of all NSW apprentices and hundreds and thousands of students in a broad range of courses,\u201d Mr Lee said.
\n\u201cThe NSW Government\u2019s investment in TAFE is producing highly skilled workers that will help deliver the record pipeline of infrastructure projects across the state and futureproof the workforce.\u201d
\n\u201cA strong TAFE means a strong economy and the NSW Government is backing it all the way.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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