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In 1990, the institute became the Central Metropolitan College of TAFE following the amalgamation of affiliated colleges at Perth, Leederville, Wembley and Mount Lawley, as well as the Claremont School of Art and the Western Australian School of Nursing. In late 2009 Central TAFE changed its name and branding to Central Institute of Technology.
C. Y. O'Connor College of TAFE (also known as C. Y. O'Connor Institute), established in July 1994, is a Technical and Further Education institute servicing the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. [1] The institute is based in the town of Northam 97 kilometres (60 mi) east of the state capital, Perth.
West Coast Institute (formerly West Coast TAFE) is the TAFE institute servicing the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. The institute, based in the Joondalup learning precinct 26 kilometres (16 mi) north of the Perth central business district , became part of North Metropolitan TAFE on 11 April 2016.
North Metropolitan TAFE was formed on 11 April 2016, [1] when the Government of Western Australia announced after the Independent Review of the Vocational Education and Training Sector in Western Australia, that the 11 State Training Providers would be streamlined and form five new TAFE colleges in Western Australia. [2]
Polytechnic West [2] (formerly Swan TAFE [3]) was a State Training Provider [4] established under section 35 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA) [5] based in Perth, Western Australia. Polytechnic West is one of the largest training providers in the state and teaches and instructs in a range of areas from trade-based ...
Technical and further education or simply TAFE (/ ˈ t eɪ f /) is the common name in Australia for vocational education, as a subset of tertiary education. TAFE institutions provide a wide range of predominantly vocational courses. Colloquially also known as "Tech".
The first schools started to appear during the 1830s throughout the state, in the form of one-teacher schools. The oldest government-sponsored education institution in Western Australia, Guildford Colonial School (now Guildford Primary School), was founded at the Swan River Colony in 1833, and consisted of several premises in the townsite before a purpose built school was constructed in 1870. [4]
TAFE began as a system of technical colleges and schools under the Education Department, from which they were separated in the 1980s and ultimately formed into regional colleges. Two are in the Perth metropolitan area: North Metropolitan TAFE (formerly Central Institute of Technology and West Coast Institute of Training); and South Metropolitan ...