The Tasmanian Government is committed to lifting educational outcomes in this state, and the Department of Education’s annual report shows we are on the right path to achieving this.
The Department has made strong progress on a number of key initiatives this year, aimed at improving retention, attainment and literacy and numeracy.
Our plan to extend rural and regional high schools has been well implemented at six schools already, with a further six to follow next year.
Career education has been boosted with the roll out of My Education to Year 10 students this year, and will be implemented from Years 7 to 12 from next year.
Twenty-five literacy and numeracy specialist teacher are now working with Year 7 and 9 students performing below the national average, and the Department continues to support teachers to build capacity in literacy and numeracy teaching and learning.
The School Health Nurse Program is being delivered by the first 10 full time nurses this year, providing a contemporary model of child and health nurses across Government schools.
Importantly, this annual report is more transparent than ever before, with a significant amount of data made publicly available for the first time.
This Government is committed to transparency and encouraging the community to better understand the challenges and successes of our education system, because the only way we can change the long-standing, intergenerational issues in education is by working together.
The newly released data includes school resource package information, enrolment, attendance and suspension data and information about supporting student need including funding for students with disabilities.
This shows that the total funding available under School Resource Package Allocations, including the Fairer Funding Model Allocations, increased in both 2014 and 2015.
Attendance rates have continued to improve overall and the proportion of students suspended has also continued to decline.
Total funding for students with disability has also increased from 2014 to 2015.
The report shows the Department has made significant progress across a number of initiatives, delivering high quality services that Tasmanians expect.
This year we will continue to build on this progress and work towards a Tasmania where everyone gets a quality education so they can get a good job and live a fulfilling life.
For the full report go to:
http://education-news.education.tas.gov.au/2015/10/department-of-education-annual-report.html
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