RAISING THE BAR ON INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
Source: Victoria. Minister for Skills & Workforce Participation. Media Release
"The Brumby Labor Government has introduced new legislation into Parliament that will raise the bar on international education quality and student protections to help secure Victoria’s $5.4 billion international education sector. Skills and Workforce Participation Minister Jacinta Allan said amendments to the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 will allow the state regulator, the Victorian Regulation and Qualifications Authority (VRQA), to name and shame rogue providers and move rapidly to suspend or cancel the registrations of incompetent or unscrupulous providers.“The amended legislation is further proof that colleges who fail to provide quality education will not be tolerated under the Brumby Labor Government,” Ms Allan said.Ms Allan said the VRQA was previously required to give 28 days notice to training providers asking them to prove why they should not have registrations suspended or cancelled – a drawn-out process despite evidence of regulatory breaches.“But under the tough new powers, rogue providers will have just three days for suspensions and seven days for cancellations, to explain their behaviour to the VRQA before a decision is made," she said."