Employment, Education and Training (EET)
This week has been a busy week in the EET policy domain. The activity has centred on the EET Ministers Meeting (which has been in Melbourne on Thursday/Friday). The announcement of the Skills Australia Board was at the heart of some of the policy announcements.
The Board of 7 includes Ms Heather Ridout (AIG), Ms Sharan Burrow (ACTU), Michael Keating (IPART), Prof. Gerald Bourke (ACER), Marie Persson (TAFE NSW), Mr Keith Spence (Enterprise Capability) and will be Chaired by ex IBM Executive Phillip Bullock.
Also released this week was a report commissioned by the previous Government into the Skills Shortage prepared by the Boston Consulting Group (attached). The report is essentially making recommendations in relation to funding, suggesting that more funds should be contestable (i.e. not provided to TAFE as recurrent funds).
