Should funding for adult and community education be restored?

About 70 people, including 20 Opposition MPs, protested outside Parliament yesterday over the cuts to adult and community education funding.

In May's Budget, funding for adult community education was cut from $16 million to $3 million, with the Government saying it paid for hobby courses. There has been intense criticism of the cut, with opponents saying courses will be slashed.

Education Minister Anne Tolley said that with the recession the Government was focusing on foundation skills such as literacy, numeracy and language courses.

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