TAFE Illawarra says a course has been running at its Dapto campus since Easter, but student and class numbers for the remainder of the year remain unclear.
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The Mercury revealed in March that no semester one classes were operating at the suburban campus, with TAFE Illawarra and the NSW Education Minister's office confirming a lack of students was to blame.
At the time, a TAFE Illawarra spokeswoman said course offerings were regularly reviewed and adjusted in response to changing demand for skills.
The organisation provided the Mercury a similar response this week, however a spokeswoman confirmed one course - Certificate I in Access to Skills for Work and Training (Basic Computers) - was currently running at the Dapto campus.
"This program commenced in Term 2 [after the Easter break] and is continuing in Term 3 [the start of semester two]," the spokeswoman said.
"This foundation program is an entry level course which enables students to access employment or prepare for further education and training."
The spokeswoman said TAFE Illawarra advised NSW Teachers Federation TAFE organiser Rob Long on Wednesday that courses for semester two at Dapto, which begins on July 13, had been advertised and enrolments remained open.
Meanwhile, questions have been raised about where the institute found its enrolment data, after it revealed student numbers for 2015 were forecast to be down 8 per cent overall.
Mr Long said administration software was still in a shambles across the state, and would not be fixed until August at the earliest. He said many students were still not on official records, and some may not receive results when the semester ends or, at worst, would not be able to graduate.
Greens MP John Kaye said they couldn't possibly know, and claimed it was management "basically making stuff up".
"The reality is, on a campus-by-campus basis, there just is not reliable data. The software that management pushed ahead with despite warnings from the teachers is completely dysfunctional," Dr Kaye said.