Taylor will have a new high school, while Margaret Hendry School will be expanded to another 600 students, Yvette Berry, ACT Minister for Education and Youth Affairs, announced today – a $118 million investment in Gungahlin education.
The upcoming ACT Budget review will include over $156 million package for three ACT public schools in Strathnairn, Narrabundah and Garran for new and improved school infrastructure.
In his column ‘Holocaust needs to be taught in ACT Schools’ (CW 3 Feb 2022, p12), Bill Stefaniak says that he was "appalled but not surprised to find that it [the Holocaust] is not taught in ACT schools". This is incorrect.Â
ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr expects to make a final decision next week on whether schools in the ACT will go back as planned next month, following today’s National Cabinet meeting.
From Monday 25 October, dedicated school transport routes will resume as more Canberra students head back to school.
Deputy Director-General of Transport Canberra and City Services, Ben McHugh, said 230 dedicated school services...
The new school term began this week, and soon school classrooms and corridors will ring with the happy sound of youthful laughter (much of it muffled by face masks).
The past two years have been challenging for school students, principals, teaching and school staff as they juggle the ups and downs of remote learning and the lack of social interaction that is a part of daily life on campus.
Construction will commence this year on a new high school in Kenny that will open in 2023 after the approval of the development proposal earlier this week. Â
A nationwide shortage of teachers is putting pressure on Canberra’s teachers, causing increasing dissatisfaction and burnout. In response, the ACT Government has set up a Teacher Shortage Taskforce, which will meet for the first time on Thursday.
ACT teachers are "under-staffed, under-resourced, and under-appreciated", according to an Australian Education Union ACT survey of 1,800 teachers and principals published this week.
Re: Nick Fuller’s article ‘Liberals give ACT Government a failing school report’ (CW 24 June 2021, p18): I agree the independent systemic review of the ACT education system is not only needed but long overdue.
