Greens warn of NSW TAFE job losses Leaked NSW TAFE documents has warned funding changes will result in less enrolments and job losses. LEAKED NSW TAFE documents warn enrolments will decline and jobs will be lost from a faculty that helps vulnerable students as a result of funding changes. TAFE fees are set to rise for many NSW students from next year under changes to state government funding, the Greens say. The documents show the Sydney TAFE institute is considering cutting seven teaching jobs from the Work and Study Pathways Faculty, which provides basic literacy and numeracy programs for students wanting to study other courses. It's also estimated the percentage of students receiving fee assistance in that faculty will decline from 87 per cent to 23.5 per cent next year. NSW Greens MP John Kaye says that means many students who currently receive fee assistance from the government will be forced to pay the entire course fee. "Two thirds of the current student base will not be eligible under Smart and Skilled for any state funding," he told AAP. We're talking thousands of dollars which most of these students would not be able to find. He said the Work and Study Pathways Faculty assists some of NSW's most vulnerable students. "They're people who school has not delivered the appropriate skills to go on and do further training," he told AAP. The O'Farrell government is slamming the door in their face. Across the board, The institute estimates as few as 38 per cent of students will receive state assistance next year, down from 75 per cent currently.