Indian trip will benefit students

Head teacher of construction Matt White was one of five TAFE representatives who spent eight days in India as part of a partnership with Centurion University of Technology and Management.

“The trip was about what we can learn from them and what they can learn from us,” Mr White said.

He said it was interesting to learn about the non-for-profit microbusinesses run at the university to help students starting their own business and the great relationship Centurion had with industries, which ensure students will be guaranteed a job after training.

TAFE Western would use the experience to shape their teaching, Mr White said.

Indian delegates visited TAFE Western in December, and there are already plans for them to visit again.

Mr White said they were interested in learning more about TAFE’s remote mobile learning, such as holding barista courses in Bourke.

“We take the training to the people rather than getting people to come to the training,” he said.

Overall the construction teacher said his first visit to India was an amazing experience.

“It was a very enjoyable trip but very much a different world out there. There were people in the paddocks everywhere. If you drive from Dubbo to Bourke put of the towns you won’t see anyone, but when we were there you never not see people. There’s people everywhere,” Mr White said.

The trip was supported by an Australia-India council grant.