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Read about the allegations of exploitation and profiteering  and “unethical practices and unscrupulous marketing techniques employed by private providers” in the Final Report of the Senate inquiry into the operation, regulation and funding of private vocational education and training providers in Australia. 

Additional comments by the Greens included:

“…major and continuing cuts in government funding to the TAFE sector around Australia under both Labor and Coalition governments, coupled with the diversion of substantial public funding from TAFE to private for-profit Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) under the contestability model, has resulted in a funding crisis for TAFE institutes across the country, with major losses of staff, resources and infrastructure.  The inquiry also found that the substantial amounts of public funding now available to private providers as contestable funding  has resulted in an 'explosion' of private providers delivering cheap-to-run qualifications that are not meeting skills needs of employers or students.”

Report by the University of Sydney Business School: