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Almost 150 tertiary colleges have been shut down for failing to show proof they were offering any training to students, figures have revealed.The vocational education providers were closed down as part of a crackdown by the Australian Skills Quality Authority, targeting colleges that did not offer proof of providing courses in the past year.
Skills Minister Andrew Giles said colleges that had not been operating for the purposes of providing quality education had been weeded out and shut down.“The Albanese government is calling time on the rorts and loopholes that have plagued the VET sector for far too long,” he said.“Under our government, there is no place for anyone who seeks to undermine the sector and exploit students.
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