Fee-Free TAFE

The Australian Government is providing $550.1 million for the 12-Month Skills Agreement in 2023, including $493.3 million for fee-free TAFE places to be matched by the states. This agreement will reinforce the central role of TAFE in the Vocational Education and Training sector, delivering 180,000 fee-free TAFE places from January 2023 and boosting essential infrastructure.

This Agreement also includes $6.8 million from the Australian Government to improve critical data infrastructure and $50.0 million for a TAFE Technology Fund, to improve IT facilities, workshops, laboratories, and telehealth simulators across the country.

Fee-Free TAFE Skills Agreement

This Schedule establishes shared funding arrangements between the Commonwealth and states and territories (the States) to deliver fee-free TAFE places in agreed areas of priority.

Through Fee Free TAFE, support will be available for priority groups including First Nations Australians, young people (17-24), people out of work or receiving income support, unpaid carers, women facing economic insecurity, women undertaking study in non-traditional fields, people with disability and certain categories of visa holders.

This agreement will put TAFE at the centre of VET, while recognising varied State delivery contexts.

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