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that TAFE systems keep up with the changing needs of the community. My understanding is that the national launch of the plan of action is expected in April this year.
I am looking forward to being involved, and I am proud to say that I will be convening a task force to develop the ACT action plan. I will be working closely with TAFE to ensure that women get the best deal possible from TAFE. At the moment we are at the planning stage as to how the task force will operate, and I look forward to reporting on its progress.
Mr Speaker, by the time the Government has both completed and implemented the review into training and skills development options for women in the ACT and developed a response to the national plan of action for women in TAFE, the ACT will have achieved a very high standard of training, especially for women. Mr Speaker, I hope that these brief words have helped outline the high level of commitment that TAFE and this Government have to ensuring that everyone in the community has a chance to reach their potential in the area of training.
MRS NOLAN (3.38): Mr Deputy Speaker, today in this debate I want to contain my remarks more to the unmet demand in many of the schools of the ACT TAFE, and perhaps some of the reasons which could have contributed to this, and also to the School of Tourism and Hospitality in the ACT TAFE, rather than refer to the response to the recommendations of the working party to review the provision and financial management of TAFE.
Members are well aware that the working party was formed to look at the 1989-90 budget funding and priorities for both the short term and the medium to long term, and to find appropriate strategies for TAFE to continue to provide a high standard of service to our community and, of course, strategies which would enable TAFE to respond to the changing education environment. Partly this environment has contributed to the record level of unmet demand for student placement.
Those of us who have been or are closely involved with the TAFE are well aware of the TAFE mission statement to develop a skilled work force to sustain industry and encourage economic and social development in the ACT. There is no doubt that, over the last few years, TAFE has become a leader in the technical and further education field in many of its schools, especially in the School of Tourism and Hospitality. One has only to look at the national awards that have been won by TAFE students over the last few years. These achievements have been remarkable not only for the TAFE students involved, but also for the ACT TAFE teachers. More significantly, they have played a great role in the tourism promotion of our city. Not only does attendance at national awards put Canberra on the map, but when ACT TAFE students win these awards Canberra receives, I believe, a great amount of free
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