TAFE in Australia: second report on needs in technical and further education, May 1975

On 26 April, 1973, the then Australian Minister for Education, the Hon. Kim E. Beazley, announced the appointment of the Australian Committee on Technical and Further Education (ACOTAFE) to ‘… advise the Australian government on the development of technical and further education in Australia and … make recommendations for financial assistance to State technical and further education institutions’. The terms of reference for the Committee were that the information and advice will include: (a) priorities within needs and appropriate measures to be undertaken by the Australian government; (b) the amount and allocation of financial assistance; and (c) the conditions upon which financial assistance should be granted; and in carrying out its task, the Committee will take into account: (a) the promotion of the vigorous and well balanced development of technical and further education throughout Australia; (b) overall manpower policy and national and local occupational requirements; (c) the emerging needs of industry, commerce and governments as they adjust to technological, economic and social change; (d) community attitudes and the needs and aspirations of individuals seeking to undertake courses in technical and further education; and (e) the optimum use of resources. The Committee’s first report, known as the ‘Kangan report’ was mainly directed at the major government TAFE sector. This second report also looks specifically at the question of financial assistance for the TAFE activities of advanced education, for non-government technical colleges and for the non-government adult education sector. It differs from the first in that it attempts to develop a phased program for the implementation of the philosophies and concepts developed in the first report. Show less