Hunter TAFE will be folded into a single statewide institution as part of a plan to save on administration costs.
It follows an April report which found TAFE NSW spends up to 60 cents per dollar on administration and backroom tasks.
It's unclear what this will mean for Hunter jobs, but Parliamentary Secretary for the Hunter Scot MacDonald says it's a positive step.
"I think this is long overdue, TAFE of twenty, thirty years ago the people are comparing with doesn't exist anymore. The workforce is very very different, we all understand that. It is very much a services growth economy these days. That means different courses, that means different modes of delivery. I think we should look on the positive side of this. I think we can have an a lot more nimble, a lot more competitive TAFE going forward" he said.
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