Childcare course marketed as pathway to residency for international students | ABC NEWS

Whistleblowers are sounding the alarm that the quality of childcare education is in decline, with 90 per cent of one university's fast-track childcare course comprised of international students.
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Some of these courses are being used as visa pathways, some stripped of substance, others entirely fake. Education providers are cashing in, pumping out tens of thousands of students — some with no prior childcare experience — and pushing them into centres with minimal oversight.

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