NSW Labor says it will hire an extra 1,000 apprentices and trainees within state-run agencies if elected, as the party officially launches its election campaign in Sydney's south.
The party has already announced a guarantee that 70 per cent of the vocational education budget goes to TAFE, with plans to build three TAFE centres of excellence in the Hunter, Illawarra and Western Sydney.
Minister for skills and training Alister Henskens criticised Labor's budget guarantee, saying it is less than the current funding arrangement. "Our record investment in TAFE NSW has meant that 46 per cent of the nation's TAFE enrolments are here in NSW.""Under the new model, all schools will receive a subsidy for externally delivered VET, with 50 per cent to 90 per cent of their tuition fees covered."
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