 The other two organisations were the Tasmanian Academy and the Tasmanian Skills Institute.The Tasmanian Polytechnic was created from the merger of Tasmanian Colleges and TAFE Tasmania, following the Tasmanian State Government's reform of post-year-10 education in 2009.This significant restructure envisaged taking place over a three-year period with the expectation of all colleges making the transition by 2011.