Image from TAFE NSW.
More regional Australians are getting education or training with fee-free TAFE according to the latest data, with one out of three places filled by people from remote or regional Australia.
From January 2023 to June 2024 there was a total of 180,000 fee-free TAFE places, including 35,500 in early childhood education and care, 35,000 in construction, and 131,000 in care and support roles.
Federal Minister for Parkes, Mark Coulton, was happy with the amount of people from regional and remote areas attending TAFE as part of the fee-fee initiative…