Share if you care ... What liars, thieves, traitors! We have to admit we havent seen a single ad, but we dont tend to watch the places that they would be saturating. How many people could $8 million have helped rather than cut the funding for Group Training, for instance Here are some of the Education cuts from the May budget: $87.1 million will be saved over 3 years by cutting an incentive program for graduates to take up work in regional locations of need. The threshold on Higher Education Loan Program (HELP) will drop by 10%, to $50,638 in 2016, at a repayment rate of 2%, saving $3.2 billion over 4 years. Australian Research Council funding will be cut by 3.25%, saving $74.9 million over three years. ANU’s HC Combs Policy Forum will be cut, saving $6.4 million. Higher education reward funding will be cut, saving $121.1 million over 5 years. A cut of $173.7 million over 3 years to the Research Training Scheme from 2016, with tertiary education providers introducing student contributions for higher degrees – up to $3900 for high cost courses and $1700 for low cost ones. Australian Baccalaureate development is ended, saving $9.6 million. Funding to the Australia Institute for Teaching and School Leadership will be reduced, saving $19.9 million over five years. The Better Schools Centre for Quality Teaching and Learning will end, saving $21 over 5 years. Tightened eligibility criteria for the child care providers to access the community support program will save $157.1 million over 3 years. $39.3 million taken from existing child care programs, including $14.7 million from Child Care Early Learning Projects and $12 million from the Professional Support Programme, redirected to other child care support programs $59.7 million saved over five years by reducing uncommitted funding for various education grant programs $202.8 million saved over three years by changing the indexation system for Australian Research Council Act and the Higher Education Support Act. $29.8 million saved over four years by cancelling the Improving Educational Outcomes program $38.4 million saved by cutting the Online Diagnostic Tools Programme $31.1 million saved by reducing funding for Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency LIars, thieves, traitors!
Posted on: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 00:46:53 +0000
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