A months-long investigation visited schools throughout the city but had trouble finding students.
“Weeding out the disreputable providers and [education] agents is going to take determination and tough decisions,” said federal Labor MP Julian Hill, who is on the inquiry and is the former head of international education for the Victorian government.
Education agents make their living arranging visas for students to come to Australia. Global Reach agent Ravi Lochan Singh has recruited students to Australia for 32 years and says many who enrol in universities and then move to colleges are in reality workers – not students. Brighton was “not required to monitor attendance”, the spokesperson said. “As is the norm across much of the [vocational college] sector, Brighton maintains a policy and processes to monitor the progress of its students to ensure that they are making satisfactory course progress.”
Over nine visits to this school, there were rarely more than a dozen students present. The school did not respond to multiple requests for comment. Another schoool, Level Up, has links to the Australian Vocational Education and Training Academy and operates on the floor above. It is registered to service 544 students.
At Einstein College in King Street, attendance sheets obtained for a first-aid course run in July – where participants were expected to have completed practical tasks including basic emergency life support and CPR – showed 73 in attendance in a class meant to have 20 students.Justin McManus
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