The state government's controversial TAFE reforms have driven away more than 30,000 students this year and at least 2500 TAFE staff have lost their jobs since 2012, the budget papers reveal.

TAFE enrolments have been significantly declining since 2012, the papers show, with overall student numbers plummeting by more than 83,000 in just three years. The number of Aboriginal students and students with a disability have also dropped.

TAFE enrolments have been in chaos during roll out of the LMBR system. Credit:Rob Homer

The government's so-called Smart and Skilled reforms, which began on January 1 this year, saw many course fees rise substantially and coincided with the collapse of a new computerised enrolment system.