Tertiary report election-year window dressing - ACT
ACT Education spokesman Deborah Coddington today labelled Labour’s report-back on the tertiary education sector as
election-year window dressing.
“Nothing can change the fact that Labour has made an absolute dog’s breakfast of tertiary education and Trevor Mallard
is now blaming the bureaucrats,” Miss Coddington said.
“This report will not recover the millions of taxpayer dollars Labour has shovelled into tertiary institutions without
demanding anything in return in the way of accountability or standards.
“Wasting taxpayers’ money on dodgy courses which masquerade as ‘education’ and hide true unemployment figures will be
Labour’s tertiary education legacy.
“Meanwhile, many students who completed expensive courses, for example, diving instructors or helicopter pilots have got
huge loans to repay. Others who ‘studied’ life skills, twilight golf or sing-along Maori have been victims of a cruel
funding system.
“ACT will scrap taxpayer-funding of low quality, dead-end courses and stop the bums-on-seats funding culture that has
spiralled out-of- control under Labour.
“Only a Party Vote for ACT this election will ensure excellence, standards and accountability are returned to the
tertiary education sector,” Miss Coddington said.
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