Some of the current thinking (that I see) is that, statistically, tertiary educated people are happier, so everyone should be tertiary educated and the nation will be a happier place. So, trade bound people should all study to become engineers. Therefore, the system is set up to push people toward tertiary and trade education, although it LOOKS like a priority (in QLD), is not seen as any real value.
The decision makers seem to have only a very tenuous grasp of the realities of life in this area. eg., for every engineer on a job, there needs to be many many tradesmen.
Education standards are going through the floor, and they don't seem to know why.
Ask a teacher, it's a no-brainer to us.
Sam, Manual Arts teacher in Queensland (ret.)
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