❓ Ljiljanna Ravlich questions the Minister for Training and Workforce Development about increased fees and potential discontinuation of Diploma of Applied Language (LOTE) courses at Central Institute of Technology due to funding reallocation and lack of concessions.
AnsweredQoN 5259Legislative Council
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I refer to the course Diploma of Applied Language (LOTE) at the Central Institute of Technology, and I ask -
(1) Why have fees increased so prohibitively that students who expected to take their Diploma in some of the LOTE courses this year now find after two years of study they are unaffordable?
(2) Is the Minister aware that some of these LOTE courses are being discontinued because these substantial fee increases mean the minimum enrolment number is not being met?
(3) Why are concession rates or payment plans no longer available, as they have been previously?
(1) Why have fees increased so prohibitively that students who expected to take their Diploma in some of the LOTE courses this year now find after two years of study they are unaffordable?
(2) Is the Minister aware that some of these LOTE courses are being discontinued because these substantial fee increases mean the minimum enrolment number is not being met?
(3) Why are concession rates or payment plans no longer available, as they have been previously?
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Answered
2 May 2012
Responded by
Minister for Training and Workforce Development
Response time
56 days
1. To meet growing demand in areas of skill shortage and areas of priority, like health, it has been necessary to reallocate available public funding away from the language qualifications, such as the Diploma of Applied Language (LOTE), where the majority of students undertaking the programs do so for non-vocational reasons.
Fees have increased for the Diploma of Applied Language (LOTE) qualification following the decision to reallocate public funding elsewhere. The Diploma of Applied Language (LOTE) is now being provided on a commercially costed basis.
The Central Institute of Technology is providing assistance to current students to enable them to complete their language qualification to Diploma level. The majority of current Central Diploma of Applied Language (LOTE) students have either completed the qualification or are currently enrolled to undertake the outstanding units needed to complete their qualification.
2. There is a minimal enrolment number required for a Diploma of Applied Language (LOTE) course to be financially viable. Accordingly, Diploma of Applied Language (LOTE) may eventually be discontinued for some Diploma level languages where there continue to be persistently low student numbers.
In determining whether it is viable to offer any particular language, the total enrolments across the Diploma level program are taken into consideration. A language course with a slightly lower than minimum enrolment number may therefore be able to continue to operate, if there is an offset from another language that has greater than the minimal number of required enrolments.
3. Concession rates and payment plans are not available for Diploma of Applied Language (LOTE) courses that are now provided on a commercial basis. The Diploma of Applied Language (LOTE) course fees have been calculated on a minimal cost recovery basis to keep the fees as low as possible. The fees do not include any allowance for concessions or payment over an extended period of time.
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Fees have increased for the Diploma of Applied Language (LOTE) qualification following the decision to reallocate public funding elsewhere. The Diploma of Applied Language (LOTE) is now being provided on a commercially costed basis.
The Central Institute of Technology is providing assistance to current students to enable them to complete their language qualification to Diploma level. The majority of current Central Diploma of Applied Language (LOTE) students have either completed the qualification or are currently enrolled to undertake the outstanding units needed to complete their qualification.
2. There is a minimal enrolment number required for a Diploma of Applied Language (LOTE) course to be financially viable. Accordingly, Diploma of Applied Language (LOTE) may eventually be discontinued for some Diploma level languages where there continue to be persistently low student numbers.
In determining whether it is viable to offer any particular language, the total enrolments across the Diploma level program are taken into consideration. A language course with a slightly lower than minimum enrolment number may therefore be able to continue to operate, if there is an offset from another language that has greater than the minimal number of required enrolments.
3. Concession rates and payment plans are not available for Diploma of Applied Language (LOTE) courses that are now provided on a commercial basis. The Diploma of Applied Language (LOTE) course fees have been calculated on a minimal cost recovery basis to keep the fees as low as possible. The fees do not include any allowance for concessions or payment over an extended period of time.
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