Government Education and Training International (GETI) Tasmania is a State Government organisation, operating within the Department of Education. It is the central business unit representing Tasmanian Government education and training providers to the world. GETI Tasmania specialises in connecting international students and businesses with flexible education and training development solutions, from our local government education providers:
GETI Tasmania also has a strong partnership with the University of Tasmania, enabling pathways with credit towards university study.
Full fee paying students
Education and training programs for full fee paying international students are only delivered through selected Tasmanian Government schools and particular campuses of the Tasmanian Polytechnic. Based on the needs and interests of each student, GETI Tasmania will make recommendations for particular locations.
Delivering Government education overseas as well as in Tasmania
GETI Tasmania can adapt training solutions to a variety of needs and has a history of coordinating targeted, innovative international programs. For example:
GETI Tasmania administers and provides quality assurance for the Tasmanian Polytechnic’s partnership with the Australian College in Kuwait, through which the Tasmanian Polytechnic has delivered internationally recognised qualifications in Business Management, Marketing and Accounting since 2003
A similar partnership with Bangde Vocational College in Shanghai, China delivers the Tasmanian Polytechnic’s business and logistics qualifications to students and this is overseen by GETI Tasmania
A workforce development program implemented in Malaysia trained engineers in the construction of infrastructure to service the country’s rubber plantations
The Tasmanian Department of Education delivered a capacity building project to provide professional development for school principals, in conjunction with the Thai Ministry of Education and Australian Education International
The Tasmanian Polytechnic is a registered AusAID provider, a process managed by GETI Tasmania
GETI Tasmania has also developed curriculum and provide quality assurance and licensing arrangements for international schools in the Philippines, Korea, Indonesia and China
The Tasmanian Polytechnic is coordinating the delivery of a Library and Information Systems qualification in Tanzania, Africa