NSW govt rejects TAFE funding claims

The NSW government has rejected claims nearly half of the state's TAFE funding will need to come from the private sector next year.

A leaked government document has reportedly shown that direct state government funding for TAFE's income will be reduced to half in 2016, with the rest to be funded by competitive sources, according to media reports.

But a spokesman for NSW Skills Minister John Barilaro said the claims were "false and misleading".

Decisions regarding future budget allocations would be made as part of the regular government budget process next year, the spokesman said.