He is not alone in feeling this way. Ms Kosky acknowledges there is a problem with fees. We have tried to fix up a number of the situations where the fee increases were pretty dramatic, but I really want to get a broader picture of the costs that are being charged by the different training providers. Part of the challenge is to ensure training providers understand the money is specifically for the enrolled as part of the VET in schools program rather than for general use. Funding is only one aspect of the implementation of the Kirby recommendations.
Quality control is another.
As a result of Kirby, the Board of Studies is being restructured and two new bodies set up, the Victorian Qualifications Authority and the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority. Ms Kosky denies suggestions this gives the board, in its new guise as VCAA, a diminished role. All IB students in Victoria attend independent schools. At the Australian Principals' Centre, Mr Thornton is in a position to observe school leaders from all three sectors, government, Catholic and independent. Independent schools have a greater capacity to provide more administrative support to teachers and they have greater flexibility in terms of resources for professional development.