Education in Budget gets F
May 24, 2015
Queensland academic, Stewart Riddle, has assessed the recent budget and given it an overall F.
Perhaps this is because there does not seem to be an overrarching plan from this government. They have confirmed they won't fund the final two years of Gonski. A failure to fund growth in education costs, too, will see a $30 billion shortfall from 2018.
One thing he noted could cause us all to become cyncial - in this budget the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership received $16.9 million to help improve teacher quality. In last year's budget, the same organisation had a cut of $19.9 million.
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