The Tasmanian Government’s decision to reintroduce nurses into schools has been a great win for students and broader school communities.
We now have 10 full-time equivalent registered nurses working at schools across Tasmania who are supporting the health needs and education of students in a variety of ways.
School nurses help children in a number of areas such as mental health and well-being, body image and healthy relationships as well as the delivery of local, state and national health promotion initiatives.
Nurses are making a difference for Tasmania’s school children and creating an environment that promotes lifelong health and well-being.
We expect to have 20 full-time equivalent nurses working across Tasmanian schools by July 2017, with each nurse allocated a number of schools within their region.
This is just one of the measures we have taken to improve Tasmania’s education system and give children the best possible environment in which to learn and grow.
We are also investing a record $1.44 billion in education and training as announced in the May budget in addition to our commitment to the full six years of Gonski reforms that will ensure every young Tasmanian has access to high-quality education no matter where they live or what their background is.
Our rollout of extending high schools to years 11 and 12 has been a success with Ulverstone recently becoming the first urban high school to express interest in the extension, which shows how popular the expansion is within the community.
The Government is committed to improving Tasmania’s educational system so that all our school children can get maximum benefit from their school years and the measures we are taking are helping us achieve this goal.
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