Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology
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The Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology (DFEEST) is an agency of the Government of South Australia
whose responsibilities include:
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
whose responsibilities include:
- Administering TAFE SATAFE South AustraliaTAFE South Australia provides vocational education and training in South Australia. The acronym TAFE stands for Technical and Further Education and is used and recognised nationally throughout Australia....
, the public provider of vocational education and trainingVocational educationVocational education or vocational education and training is an education that prepares trainees for jobs that are based on manual or practical activities, traditionally non-academic, and totally related to a specific trade, occupation, or vocation...
(VET)in South Australia - Overseeing quality assuranceQuality AssuranceQuality assurance, or QA for short, is the systematic monitoring and evaluation of the various aspects of a project, service or facility to maximize the probability that minimum standards of quality are being attained by the production process...
procedures for all VET providers operating in the state - Coordinating higher educationHigher educationHigher, post-secondary, tertiary, or third level education refers to the stage of learning that occurs at universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of technology...
in the state - Developing and implementing policies for youth through the Office for Youth.
- Science and Innovation
- Information Economy