Amendments to the National Vocational and Education Training Regulator (NVETR) Act 2011 were passed in the Senate last week.
The amendments to the NVETR Act are targeted at unscrupulous Vocational Education and Training (VET) providers and aim to improve training quality.
The amendments will enable the Federal Government to make new standards that address issues impacting on the quality and integrity of training for students, will require anyone marketing a VET course to clearly identify which registered training organisation (RTO) is providing the qualification and will extend the registration period for RTOs from five to seven years, so the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) can focus on investigating unscrupulous providers.
The amendments build on other significant VET reforms, including but not limited to: the establishment of a national VET compliants hotline, improved data reporting, new trade support loans, increased RTO standards and $68 million in funds to strengthen the ASQA.
The amendments also come a month after NSW Fair Trading launched a new education campaign with the goal of protecting consumers from unscrupulous training providers and marketers.
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