Public schools across NSW have been slapped with a “significant” funding cut, as the state tries to get teachers back into the classroom to help bolster flagging enrolment rates. NSW Education Minister Prue Car informed principals on Tuesday of a decision to slash the School Budget Allocation Report (SBAR) byContinue Reading
Labor will bid to permanently increase its share of public school funding across the country, after striking a landmark deal with Western Australia. In the biggest shake-up to school funding in more than a decade, WA will be the first state to be fully and “fairly” funded after the federalContinue Reading
Dodgy training providers who rort public funding and take advantage of vulnerable students will be targeted in a new compliance blitz, the federal government has announced. In an address to the National Press Club on Tuesday, Skills and Training Minister Brendan O’Connor will announce a new $37.8m investment towards aContinue Reading
One in three of the country’s 1.3 million school students who sat the 2023 NAPLAN tests failed to meet literacy and numeracy expectations in the latest sign that Australia’s educational standards are continuing to slide. Aggregated results from the 2023 National Assessment Program, Literacy and Numeracy testing, released on Wednesday,Continue Reading
Frustration over inaction on sexual violence on campus has boiled over as the peak body was unable to guarantee if it would fund fresh research into the matter. The 2021 National Student Safety Survey found one in 20 students had been sexually assaulted since starting university. One in six reportedContinue Reading
National reading and numeracy results have gradually declined over the last five years, and widening inequality is rampant across the country, a damning report into Australia’s education strategies has revealed. The Productivity Commission has given a scathing assessment of the National School Reform Agreement – agreed to by federal, stateContinue Reading