At least 25 TAFE campuses will be closed in Queensland under reforms to the education sector. Source: AAP
THE consolidation of Queensland TAFE colleges will result in modern campuses full of students, not "crumbling relics", the state government says.
Education Minister John Paul Langbroek has accepted 37 out of 40 recommendations in a taskforce report, while the other three have received in-principle support.
A total of 13 campuses will be closed while another 12 will be transferred as part of the merger between the Central Queensland University and the Central Queensland Institute of TAFE.
"We want TAFEs that are modern and up-to-date and full of students," Mr Langbroek told AAP.
"We don't want ageing, crumbling relics that are withering on the vine."
The Queensland Council of Unions (QCU) says Mr Langbroek is blindly implementing the taskforce report without consideration of the impact its recommendations will have on the TAFE community.
"The closure of TAFE campuses will make attendance for many students far more difficult, if not impossible," said QCU president John Battams.
"If TAFE colleges close, many students will be faced with an increase in time and expense associated with attending college.
"If the increase in travel costs was not bad enough, the taskforce report also recommends increasing the fees charged to TAFE students."
Shadow treasurer Curtis Pitt accused the government of engaging in an assets sale of educational institutions.
"It is disgraceful," Mr Pitt said.
"By closing regional TAFE campuses, the LNP (Liberal National Party) is now making it even more difficult for people in regional areas to access the training and tertiary education needed to gain what employment is left in the regional towns where the LNP government has already cut jobs and services."
Mr Langbroek said the government was committed to supporting TAFE and not endangering federal National Skills Plan funding which would be lost if Queensland doesn't provide the training it's supposed to.
"We also have to make sure we support rural and regional areas who, if they don't have TAFE, the private market won't go in there."
Mr Langbroek said the government would provide more detail by the middle of next year.
"The commitment is to make sure ... the political decisions about viability are things we have to balance with the political need to maintain training in areas where the private market won't work," he said.
The minister said no changes would be made in 2013 and it was irresponsible for federal Labor candidates and the state opposition to run scaremongering campaigns.
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