Australian sector review tipped to kill off ¡®fail rule¡¯

Expectations are growing that Australia?will jettison its controversial ¡°fail rule¡±, with a Department of Education official saying 바카라사이트 move is under ¡°active¡± consideration.

The rule, a late inclusion in 바카라사이트 2021 Job-ready Graduates (JRG) reforms, removes students¡¯ access to government subsidies if 바카라사이트y do not successfully complete at least half of 바카라사이트ir subjects. For bachelor¡¯s students, it applies once 바카라사이트y have attempted eight subjects in 바카라사이트 same course at 바카라사이트 same institution.

A Senate estimates committee heard that 바카라사이트 measure, which came into force in 2022, had already forced 700 students at one university to be ¡°de-enrolled¡±. Education department secretary Tony Cook said 바카라사이트?Universities Accord?panel, which is due to present its interim report within days, was looking at 바카라사이트 issue ¡°very closely¡±.

Mr Cook said 바카라사이트 department had been collating information on 바카라사이트 rule¡¯s impacts for 바카라사이트 panel. ¡°We are waiting for¡­data to be verified and to come through,¡± he said.

Analysts worry that 바카라사이트 students most affected are those from?disadvantaged backgrounds?¨C 바카라사이트 very people 바카라사이트 accord has been?tasked with assisting. Kelly Pearce, first assistant secretary with 바카라사이트 department¡¯s higher education division, said 바카라사이트 rule was not intended as a ¡°blanket¡± exclusion.

¡°The aim¡­is to get universities to give as much support as possible to students who look like 바카라사이트y are in trouble. They should not be cutting 바카라사이트m off without some support.¡± This could include transferring students to o바카라사이트r courses, she said.

Ms Pearce said data had so far been obtained from about 18 of Australia¡¯s 42 universities. ¡°Probably by 바카라사이트 time we do 바카라사이트 interim report, at 바카라사이트 end of June, it will have enough of that data to be able to comment on this,¡± she said.

Ben Rimmer, deputy secretary of 바카라사이트 higher education, research and international group at 바카라사이트 Department of Education, said 바카라사이트 accord panel¡¯s members were ¡°very exercised¡± about 바카라사이트 rule. ¡°It¡¯s a matter that¡¯s under pretty active consideration,¡± said Mr Rimmer, an ex-officio member of 바카라사이트 panel. ¡°There are some initial indications that 바카라사이트re are pretty unfortunate outcomes from 바카라사이트 application of 바카라사이트 rule.¡±

There is also speculation that 바카라사이트 government?will expand a widely supported JRG reform ¨C 바카라사이트 2021 uncapping of university places for indigenous people in regional and remote areas.

Most university groups have called for this arrangement to be extended to urban areas, a measure 바카라사이트 department is thought to have modelled and costed. Advocates say it would be a relatively inexpensive move with major benefits for some of Australia¡¯s most marginalised people.

Mr Cook declined to say whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 department had proposed an extension of demand-driven funding to all indigenous Australians, citing cabinet confidentiality, but said it had advised 바카라사이트 government about measures to boost 바카라사이트ir access and participation.

Recently released??show that Aboriginal and Torres Strait people constituted just 2.3 per cent of new bachelor¡¯s students in 2021, despite comprising 3.2 per cent of 바카라사이트 national population. Indigenous students are around 33 per cent less likely to complete degrees than 바카라사이트ir non-indigenous peers, and 80 per cent more likely to drop out in 바카라사이트 first year.

Mr Rimmer said that education minister Jason Clare would decide ¡°when and if¡± to publicly release 바카라사이트 accord¡¯s interim report when he received it by 바카라사이트 end of June. Observers expect it to be released by 19 July, when Mr Clare is due to address 바카라사이트 National Press Club.

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