❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice regarding funding cuts to State Training Providers, funding allocation to private RTOs, and changes to course offerings following the rollout of the 'entitlement model'. The response provides data on RTO funding and course changes, but notes uncertainty regarding future impacts.
AnsweredQoN 841Legislative Council
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(1) For the year 2013-14 and for each State Training Provider (STP), was the dollar value of the efficiency dividend and/or productivity savings or other funding cuts imposed on such institutions? (2) What is the amount of funding given to private Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) since 2008 on an annual basis, both in dollar terms and as a percentage of the total training budget? (3) What is the proposed future funding allocation to private RTOs for 2013 and 2014, in dollar terms and as a percentage of the training budget? (4) Will any STP campus in Western Australia be closed or reduced in size and number of courses as a result of the rollout of the 'entitlement model'? (5) What is the total number and/or range of courses offered to students in 2013 that have been reduced across all STPs in Western Australia in 2014? (6) What are the names of the courses that have been reduced across all STPs in Western Australia in 2014 and at which campuses?
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Answered
8 April 2014
Responded by
Leader of the House representing the Minister for Training and Workforce Development
Response time
28 days
Answer as at 24 March 2014:
(1) Yes
(2)
Year
Amount
Percent
2008/09
$42.4m
11%
2009/10
$94.4m
20%
2010/11
$83.1m
17%
2011/12
$99.9m
18%
2012/13
$102.1m
19%
(3)
Year
Amount
Percent
2013/14
$96.1m
19%
(4) No campus is expected to close.
It is too early to determine whether any State Training Provider campus will reduce in size and number of courses as a result of the rollout of the Future Skills WA initiative.
(5) Course offerings at campuses vary from year to year due to a range of factors including changing industry need, student demand, lecturer availability, alterations in infrastructure, delivery mode, accreditation status and regular curriculum updates.
At the campus level 70 qualifications, or equivalent qualifications offered in 2013 are not being offered in 2014 by STPs.
This total includes double counting of qualifications as the same qualification may have ceased to be offered across more than one campus.
39 qualifications, excluding equivalent qualifications, are being offered in 2014 that were not offered in 2013.
[See tabled paper no] for these qualifications listed by State Training Provider and campus.
Due to the flexible nature of vocational education, and based on the reasons listed above, it cannot yet be determined whether or not some training courses offered will run in 2014.
(6) [See tabled paper no].
(1) Yes
(2)
Year
Amount
Percent
2008/09
$42.4m
11%
2009/10
$94.4m
20%
2010/11
$83.1m
17%
2011/12
$99.9m
18%
2012/13
$102.1m
19%
(3)
Year
Amount
Percent
2013/14
$96.1m
19%
(4) No campus is expected to close.
It is too early to determine whether any State Training Provider campus will reduce in size and number of courses as a result of the rollout of the Future Skills WA initiative.
(5) Course offerings at campuses vary from year to year due to a range of factors including changing industry need, student demand, lecturer availability, alterations in infrastructure, delivery mode, accreditation status and regular curriculum updates.
At the campus level 70 qualifications, or equivalent qualifications offered in 2013 are not being offered in 2014 by STPs.
This total includes double counting of qualifications as the same qualification may have ceased to be offered across more than one campus.
39 qualifications, excluding equivalent qualifications, are being offered in 2014 that were not offered in 2013.
[See tabled paper no] for these qualifications listed by State Training Provider and campus.
Due to the flexible nature of vocational education, and based on the reasons listed above, it cannot yet be determined whether or not some training courses offered will run in 2014.
(6) [See tabled paper no].
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