Education Minister Jason Clare has set a debt trap for struggling university students after dramatically weakening his support for students scheme which fails to deliver the safeguards he promised, Shadow Minister for Education Sarah Henderson has warned.
The support for students scheme, adopted under the cover of darkness the week before Christmas, is now so weak that universities have no obligation to proactively identify and support students at risk of failing their studies, Senator Henderson said.
By axing the safeguards offered by the 50 per cent pass rule, Labor has set a debt trap for thousands of vulnerable students and shown a reckless disregard for the cost-of-living pressures so many young Australians are facing.
The former Co…
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