{"id":7793,"date":"2020-08-21T02:19:24","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T02:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=7793"},"modified":"2020-08-21T02:19:24","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T02:19:24","slug":"covid-19-support-courses-hit-115000-enrolments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/08\/21\/covid-19-support-courses-hit-115000-enrolments\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 SUPPORT COURSES HIT 115,000 ENROLMENTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NSW Government\u2019s fee-free COVID-19 support short courses passed 115,000 enrolments before closing last month, with medical administration the most popular area.<br \/>\nThe suite of online courses provided an opportunity for NSW residents to gain new skills at the height of the pandemic, and were fully funded by the NSW Government.<br \/>\nPremier Gladys Berejiklian said people who enrolled in a TAFE NSW short course during the pandemic were putting the skills to good use.<br \/>\n\u201cWe know how important skills training is for driving the State\u2019s economy and it will play a crucial role coming out of the COVID pandemic,\u201d Ms Berejiklian said.<br \/>\n\u201cThe NSW Government\u2019s COVID-19 fee-free short courses have delivered an opportunity to upskill during COVID-19 as well as deliver a meaningful boost to workplaces across the State.\u201d<br \/>\nAchievements of the COVID-19 support fee-free short course program include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A total of 115,537 enrolments;<\/li>\n<li>27 per cent of students were studying with TAFE NSW for the first time;<\/li>\n<li>Between 10 and 15 per cent of first time TAFE NSW students intend to undertake further study with the public training provider; and<\/li>\n<li>The most popular course in the first tranche was the Statement of Attainment in Medical Administration Skills.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Minister for Skills and Tertiary Education Geoff Lee praised TAFE NSW for its seamless delivery of the program.<br \/>\n\u201cI want to congratulate TAFE NSW for the way they delivered this initiative. To hit more than 115,000 enrolments in a single program in such a short time is truly a remarkable result. I hope the courses have assisted people during this difficult time.\u201d Mr Lee said.<br \/>\nThe program closed to new enrolments at the end of last month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NSW Government\u2019s fee-free COVID-19 support short courses passed 115,000 enrolments before closing last month, with medical administration the most popular area. The suite of online courses provided an opportunity for NSW residents to gain new skills at the height of the pandemic, and were fully funded by the NSW Government. Premier Gladys Berejiklian said &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/08\/21\/covid-19-support-courses-hit-115000-enrolments\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;COVID-19 SUPPORT COURSES HIT 115,000 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-7793","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\/7793","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=7793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7793\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}