Catherine King

Catherine King

CATHERINE KING MP
Federal Member Ballarat
Shadow Minister Infrastructure, Transport & Regional Development

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Monday, 21 September 2015 / Published in MEDIA

LABORS PLAN TO INVEST IN STUDENTS, NOT $100K DEGREES

Ballarat students will benefit from Labor’s plan to invest in higher education, Federal Member for Ballarat Catherine King said today.

“We want kids in Ballarat that start university to finish with a high quality degree, not a debt sentence,” said Ms King.

“Not every kid wants to go to university but we know that in the future, two in every three jobs in Australia will require a university degree, and the fastest growing jobs require skills and knowledge in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.”
  
Labor is concerned that the national average drop-out rate for first-year students reached 14.84 per cent in 2013, the highest since 2005.
28 per cent of people who started a degree in 2006 had not completed it after eight years – Even worse, the gap in completions between metropolitan students and those from regional areas like Ballarat is nearly 6 per cent.

“One of the biggest concerns parents have is what kind of job their kids are going to get down the track,” said Ms King.

“The truth is our economy is in transition and our kids must be highly skilled, highly adaptable and technology literate to compete in the world.

“That means they can’t just enrol in university, they need to complete university.
 
“They need to graduate with the skills employers need and the knowledge to compete in an evolving employment landscape.

“That’s why Labor has a positive plan for more highly skilled graduates, not $100,000 degrees. This is the investment our economy needs.”
 
For more details visit: www.futuresmartaustralia.org

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