PM promises 100 more technical colleges
October 29, 2007 03:37pm
PRIME Minister John Howard has announced a $2.1 billion plan to build 100 more technical colleges around the country over the next 10 years.
Mr Howard said 30 of the colleges would be funded directly by the Commonwealth.
“The other 70 of those will be technical colleges which any government or independent school anywhere in Australia can choose to establish,” Mr Howard said at a school in east Melbourne.
“And if they choose to establish them, we will provide direct funding of $10 million to each of those schools established by either a government or independent school.”
Mr Howard said he would make further technical education announcements tomorrow.
“We want to restore what was a good system in a modern form,” he said.
“We need to understand that technical education is a very, very important component of the modern Australia.”
Mr Howard said boosting technical education would help drive unemployment down to 3 per cent.
译文:
澳洲总理承诺兴建100所技术学院
澳大利亚总理霍华德宣布一项21亿美元的计划，在未来10年里, 在全国兴建100所技术学院。
霍华德表示， 联邦政府将直接拨款建立30所技术学院。
霍华德在东墨尔本的一所中学表示，“澳大利亚的任何洲政府或私立学校都可以兴建其余的70所技术学院”。
“无论是洲政府，还是私立学校，如果他们选择兴建其余的70所技术学院，联邦政府将为每一所技术学院直接拨款1000万美元。
霍华德表示，他会于明日就进一步的技术教育问题发表公告。
“我们要在现代形态下，恢复过去的优良制度”， 他说：“我们应该明白，技术教育是当代澳大利亚一项非常，非常重要的组成部分，”。
霍华德还表示，提高技术教育，将有助于带动失业率下降至百分之三。