{"id":6746,"date":"2020-05-28T15:11:59","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T15:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=6746"},"modified":"2020-05-28T15:11:59","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T15:11:59","slug":"tafe-fee-free-courses-pass-100000-enrolments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/05\/28\/tafe-fee-free-courses-pass-100000-enrolments\/","title":{"rendered":"TAFE FEE-FREE COURSES PASS 100,000 ENROLMENTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NSW Government\u2019s fee-free TAFE NSW short courses has passed 100,000 enrolments since being introduced in April as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic.<br \/>\nPremier Gladys Berejiklian said the enthusiasm for upskilling during this period of restrictions shows TAFE NSW is a vital educational provider.<br \/>\n\u201cTo pass 100,000 enrolments in such a short time is truly a remarkable result. Every part of NSW has embraced the 21 fee-free courses on offer in some way,\u201d Ms Berejiklian said.<br \/>\n\u201cThis program is assisting people look for a new job or allowing career progression at a time when we are facing enormous economic and social challenges.\u201d<br \/>\nSome key points about the initiative include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>54 per cent of enrolments are from regional NSW;<\/li>\n<li>46 per cent of enrolments are from metropolitan NSW (Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong);<\/li>\n<li>\u2018Statement of Attainment in Medical Administration Skills\u2019 was the most popular course in regional NSW;<\/li>\n<li>\u2018Statement of Attainment in Team Leader Skills Set\u2019 is the most popular course in metropolitan NSW; and<\/li>\n<li>48 per cent of students are studying with TAFE NSW for the first time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Minister for Skills and Tertiary Education Geoff Lee took the opportunity to note the Queensland Labor Government copied the idea to offer fee-free TAFE courses as part of their COVID-19 response.<br \/>\n\u201cAs happy as I am for the Queenslanders to pass 7000 enrolments at their last check, if it was a State of Origin match, the score would show a big win for the Blues by a mere\u00a0 93,000 enrolments,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nPlease click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tafensw.edu.au\/fee-free-short-courses\">here<\/a>\u00a0for more information about the TAFE NSW fee-free short courses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NSW Government\u2019s fee-free TAFE NSW short courses has passed 100,000 enrolments since being introduced in April as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the enthusiasm for upskilling during this period of restrictions shows TAFE NSW is a vital educational provider. \u201cTo pass 100,000 enrolments in such a short time is &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/05\/28\/tafe-fee-free-courses-pass-100000-enrolments\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;TAFE FEE-FREE COURSES PASS 100,000 ENROLMENTS&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6746\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}