Early Childhood Australia Update

Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Minister for School Education Peter Garrett have announced the annual update http://ow.ly/9tcPw of the My School website by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). This release of My School features an additional year of data for each school, with four years of performance data now available; enhanced information about Vocational Education and Training (VET) in schools; and richer information on students' literacy and numeracy progression http://ow.ly/9tdhN .

no school will lose $1

Australian govt is not confident that there will not be any fee hike in private schools,govt will be backing a pledge that "no school will lose a dollar" under the changes, with a promise to offer new indexation arrangements for private school funding.Mr Garrett refused to commit to a major injection of funds into the eduction system

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/education/solution-for-schools-5bn-garretts-answer-fat-chance-20120218-1tfv2.html#ixzz1mnqQ6KJ8

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Tarpeena School gets 75% voting from parents for its closure.

75 % of parents have voted in favor of closing the Tarpeena Primary School due to low student enrollment.According to the Regional Director of Education David Chadwickstudents numbers have been declining every year,this year it declined to 11 and as of next year it will decline even further to 7 students. School is located at 25km north of Mount Gambier in the south-east of South Australia.. Students at the school live within the township and many families have some connections with the timber industry.

Western Australian Teachers Rejected 12% Pay Hike

12 % Increment is not enough says state school teachers of western Australia.On past July 18, the WA government had offered a 12 per cent pay increase over three years which is rejected by teachers,according to them current offer is not acceptable as there were some clauses on which there was disagreement.
According to Anne Gisborne (President of SSTU of Western Australia) things can take some time before a agreement is reached as the government was proposing to set separate agreements for teachers and administrators.