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ISSUE 769 FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 2012
Bendigo’s most-read newspaper
YOUR TAFE NEEDS YOU By ROSEMARY SORENSEN
BUSINESS and community leaders are speaking out in support of Bendigo TAFE, underlining the importance of the institution to the region’s prosperity. “You simply cannot be successful in this area without a ready supply of highly trained employees,� Herbert Hermens, chief executive officer of manufacturing, engineering and sales company, Keech, said. “We recognise the value in having ready access to a region-
Business and city leaders speak out to save crippling change to education ally based, regionally focused training provider.� Bendigo TAFE chief executive officer Maria Simpson called on the community to “vote with their feet� in response to the cost-cutting measures imposed this week by State Government funding reductions.
“We really need people to make sure they send their apprentices to us, make sure they send their young employees to us, and if they are studying themselves, to make a choice to come to us,� Ms Simpson said. “The way we remain viable is to have good student numbers
and high levels of delivery.� Bendigo Business Council chief executive officer Patrick Falconer said Bendigo TAFE’s reputation for high quality course delivery should make it the training institution of choice. “There has been an explosion in the increase of courses offered
by other organisations,â€? he said. “Bendigo maintains a high standard of education and would prefer to use TAFE, a trusted name in Bendigo.â€? Mr Falconer stressed the need to maintain a strong TAFE to cope with planned growth in the city and region over the next 20 years. “TAFE has been around in many forms for over 100 years and will be around for another 100 years,â€? he said. CONTINUED Page 5 BUILDING TO EMPTY Page 5
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