TAFE runs hi-tech celebrations

PERTH’S oldest TAFE college has celebrated its centenary with hi-tech demonstrations, futuristic visions and reminiscences of a century as a leader in vocational education and training.

The milestone was marked at Central TAFE, one of Australia’s four biggest TAFE colleges, with the unveiling of a plaque and a time capsule to be reopened in 2050.

The celebration of 100 years of service to WA was held at Central TAFE’s East Perth campus, site of the college’s new Centre for Online Services and Communications, due to be opened later this year.

The Centre for Online Services and Communications will provide training in growth areas of electronic commerce and electronic service delivery.

It will also be supported by the creation of Central TAFE’s first diploma in electronic commerce, which will start in semester two of this year.