据中国之声《新闻纵横》7时15分报道,位于澳大利亚悉尼的莫瑞迪安国际学校的大门上昨天（6日）突然挂起了停课通知,数以百计的悉尼分校学生无法进入学校上课,学生们在焦急的等待中得到的却是莫瑞迪安国际学校倒闭的消息。
此起事件涉及几千名学生,很多来自印度和中国,无疑给澳大利亚留学蒙上了阴影,特别是澳大利亚的职业教育。需要澄清的是,澳大利亚的职业教育学院并不是大学,不属于澳洲的高等教育,而是单独的一类,在签证类似上属于572签证即职业教育类。广州日报中说是“四所私立大学”是不正确的,因为是四所私立职业学院。而且澳洲的职业教育学院分为两类,一类是公立学院,即TAFE,比较出名的有新南威尔士州TAFE,墨尔本的博士山TAFE等。另外一类类似莫瑞迪安国际学校的私立职业教育机构。因为过去几年,去澳洲这类学校就读理发、汽车维修、亚洲厨艺、西点等专业移民比较容易,因为这类课程需要例如厨房等基础设施投入,为了吸引更多的印度和中国的学生就读,一些私立职业教育机构举债进行了大规模的扩张,但是自从2007年下半年开始,澳大利亚的移民政策发生了改变,就读这类课程的学生读完以后,移民难度加大,再加上澳洲的持续升值,作为中国最大的澳大利亚留学办理机构的启德教育,可以明显感觉申请这类课程的学生在减少,结果造成学校的财政困难。
一直以来,澳大利亚的教育出口是其第三大外汇来源,但问题是很多去澳大利亚留学的学生是报着移民的目的的,一旦移民政策发生改变或者有一些风吹草动,都对留学产生重大影响,同时也造成例如莫瑞迪安国际学校这类学校不追求教育的目的,只为移民。真所谓成也萧何,败也萧何。当然,我对澳大利亚教育整体是有信心的,详见我的文章“澳洲留学优势何在？-一个留学顾问的告白”。当然,澳大利亚教育部、移民局,以及留学服务机构也应该检讨,如何给学生和家长准确的信息以及引导,这是我们应该思考和积极改正的。
附录：中国教育部承认的澳大利亚公立职业教育学院名单（TAFE）
公立技术与继续教育学院（启德教育代理下面绝大部分学校,可登陆启德教育网或者致电了解详情）
Australian Capital Territory
Canberra Institute of Technology
Canberra Institute of Technology
New South Wales
1.Hunter Institute of Technology
2.Illawarra Institute of TAFE
3.New England Institute of TAFE
4.North Coast Institute of TAFE
5.Northern Sydney Institute of TAFE
6.Riverina Institute of TAFE
7.South Western Sydney Institute of TAFE
8.Sydney Institute of Technology
9.Western Institute of TAFE
10.Western Sydney Institute of TAFE
Northern Territory
Charles Darwin University
Charles Darwin University
Queensland
1.Barrier Reef Institute of TAFE
2.Brisbane North Institute of TAFE
3.Central Queensland Institute of TAFE
4.Cooloola Sunshine Institute of TAFE
5.Gold Coast Institute of TAFE
6.Logan Institute of TAFE
7.Moreton Institute of TAFE
8.Mt Isa Institute of TAFE
9.Open Learning Institute
10.Southbank Institute of TAFE
11.Southern Queensland Institute of TAFE
12.The Bremer Institute of TAFE
13.Tropical North Queensland Institute of TAFE
14.Wide Bay Institute of TAFE
15.Yeronga Institute of TAFE
1.Barrier Reef Institute of TAFE
2.Brisbane North Institute of TAFE
3.Central Queensland Institute of TAFE
4.Cooloola Sunshine Institute of TAFE
5.Gold Coast Institute of TAFE
6.Logan Institute of TAFE
7.Moreton Institute of TAFE
8.Mt Isa Institute of TAFE
9.Open Learning Institute
10.Southbank Institute of TAFE
11.Southern Queensland Institute of TAFE
12.The Bremer Institute of TAFE
13.Tropical North Queensland Institute of TAFE
14.Wide Bay Institute of TAFE
15.Yeronga Institute of TAFE
South Australia
1.Adelaide Institute of TAFE
2.Douglas Mawson Institute of TAFE
3.Murray Institute of TAFE
4.Onkaparinga Institute of TAFE
5.Regency Institute of TAFE
6.Spencer Institute of TAFE
7.Torrens Valley Institute of TAFE
Tasmania
The Institute of TAFE Tasmania
The Institute of TAFE Tasmania
Victoria
1.Bendigo Regional Institute of TAFE
2.Box Hill Institute of TAFE
3.Central Gippsland Institute of TAFE
4.Chisholm Institute of TAFE
5.East Gippsland Institute of TAFE
6.Gordon Institute of TAFE
7.Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE
8.Holmesglen Institute of TAFE
9.Kangan Batman Institute of TAFE
10.Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE
11.RMIT University (TAFE Division)
12.South West Institute of TAFE
13.Sunraysia Institute of TAFE
14.Swinburne University of Technology (TAFE Division)
15.University of Ballarat (TAFE Division)
16.The University of Melbourne Institute of Land and Food Resources (TAFE Division)
17.Victoria University (TAFE Division)
18.William Angliss Institute of TAFE
19.Wodonga Institute of TAFE
1.Bendigo Regional Institute of TAFE
2.Box Hill Institute of TAFE
3.Central Gippsland Institute of TAFE
4.Chisholm Institute of TAFE
5.East Gippsland Institute of TAFE
6.Gordon Institute of TAFE
7.Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE
8.Holmesglen Institute of TAFE
9.Kangan Batman Institute of TAFE
10.Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE
11.RMIT University (TAFE Division)
12.South West Institute of TAFE
13.Sunraysia Institute of TAFE
14.Swinburne University of Technology (TAFE Division)
15.University of Ballarat (TAFE Division)
16.The University of Melbourne Institute of Land and Food Resources (TAFE Division)
17.Victoria University (TAFE Division)
18.William Angliss Institute of TAFE
19.Wodonga Institute of TAFE
Western Australia
1.Central West College of TAFE
2.Challenger TAFE
3.Curtin University of Technology*
4.CY O‘Connor College of TAFE
5.Great Southern TAFE
6.Kimberley College of TAFE
7.Pilbara TAFE
8.South West Regional College of TAFE
9.Swan TAFE
10.TAFE International Western Australia
11.West Coast College of TAFE