❓ Mr. Waldron questions the Minister for Education and Training on the disparity in laptop provision between school teachers and TAFE lecturers, highlighting differences in employment frameworks. The Minister cites certified agreements and employment structures as justification.
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(b) if not, why not; and (c) how can the Minister justify the inconsistency in providing Laptop Computers to the State’s school teachers but not the State’s TAFE Lecturers?
(c) how can the Minister justify the inconsistency in providing Laptop Computers to the State’s school teachers but not the State’s TAFE Lecturers?
(b) Laptops for lecturers was not considered for inclusion in the certified agreement. (c) Government schoolteachers are employed by the Director General of the Department of Education and Training under the School Education Act 1999. TAFE lecturers are employed by individual TAFE colleges under the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996.
(c) Government schoolteachers are employed by the Director General of the Department of Education and Training under the School Education Act 1999. TAFE lecturers are employed by individual TAFE colleges under the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996.
(c) how can the Minister justify the inconsistency in providing Laptop Computers to the State’s school teachers but not the State’s TAFE Lecturers?
(b) Laptops for lecturers was not considered for inclusion in the certified agreement. (c) Government schoolteachers are employed by the Director General of the Department of Education and Training under the School Education Act 1999. TAFE lecturers are employed by individual TAFE colleges under the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996.
(c) Government schoolteachers are employed by the Director General of the Department of Education and Training under the School Education Act 1999. TAFE lecturers are employed by individual TAFE colleges under the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996.
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Answered
4 December 2003
Responded by
Minister for Education and Training
Response time
71 days
(a) No, the latest TAFE Lecturers’ Certified Agreement does not include an agreement to provide them with laptop computers. The provision of laptop computers was not part of the Australian Education Union’s log of claims for the agreement.
(b) Laptops for lecturers was not considered for inclusion in the certified agreement.
(c) Government schoolteachers are employed by the Director General of the Department of Education and Training under the School Education Act 1999. TAFE lecturers are employed by individual TAFE colleges under the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996.
(b) Laptops for lecturers was not considered for inclusion in the certified agreement.
(c) Government schoolteachers are employed by the Director General of the Department of Education and Training under the School Education Act 1999. TAFE lecturers are employed by individual TAFE colleges under the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996.
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