Private vocational courses cost taxpayers seven times as much as TAFE, analysis finds

By Kelsey Munro
Updated June 17 2016 - 10:13pm, first published June 16 2016 - 5:29pm
Taxpayers spent $10,500 per graduate in TAFE courses in 2014. Photo: Rob Homer
Taxpayers spent $10,500 per graduate in TAFE courses in 2014. Photo: Rob Homer
A protest against TAFE cuts in Belmont, near Newcastle, last year.  Photo: Simone de Peak
A protest against TAFE cuts in Belmont, near Newcastle, last year. Photo: Simone de Peak

It is costing taxpayers on average seven times more to educate a student at a private vocational college than a public TAFE, according to new analysis of federal government figures.

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