16 August 2010
What TAFE means to me
TAFE is a place that provides so much more than an education.
It's where friendships are born.
It's where networks are created
It provides people with a dream of gaining meaningful employment and the hope that they will one day be able to improve their lives.
The Government has significantly increased TAFE fees and abolished concession prices.
TAFE is no longer a place of hopes and dreams.
It's become an exclusive business.
Only those who can afford it are able to attend.
The rest of us are forced to make do with an existence, instead of a life.
Trapped at home with housework.
No opportunity to give birth to friendships.
No opportunity to create networks.
No qualifications to offer prospective employers.
We need to act now!
To reduce TAFE fees
To reintroduce concession prices
To reinstate people's hopes and dreams for a better future
To reduce social isolation and depression,
through making TAFE affordable and inclusive to everybody.
— Posted by Angela Jones, TAFE student
If you agree that increasing TAFE fees and scrapping concessions is unfair, send an e-lobby to let your local MP know you won't stand for it.
I absolutely agree Angela. Tertiary education is about so much more than 'book learning' but fees are quickly eroding people's opportunities......
Deborah Rosenberg, dandenong, 16 AUG 2010 15:15
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