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Launch of the Tasmanian Skills Strategy

David Hind, Chair of the Skills Tasmania Board welcomed the Premier and Minister for Education, David Bartlett.

Sam’s wandering about with a camera so I think I’ll stop using jasjam photos and use his, there’s not enough light in these rooms

Bartlett’s speech touched on the economic downturn and the future of the Tasmanian economy being sound relies on investing, building the foundation through skills, infrastructure and something else that I missed. Tas Tomorrow reforms got a mention, highlighting the need for post year 10 qualifications in the job market now and into the future.
An Innovation startegy will be developed. Also an infrastructure plan: roads to sustainable energy to optic fibre. Today is the third key strategy – the Tas Skills Strategy to bring together government initiatives in skills. 3 Ps are Participation, Productivity and Population. Ten key areas with ambitious (according to him, I can’t read the slides from here) targets. http://www.skills.tas.gov.au/skillstas/tasskillsstrategy

Plans include more projects like the TICT one, and more elearning (well commonwealth funds, David mentioned a figure but I promptly forgot) projects. Targets are online with baseline data available.