Tag: Education
Kids urge parents to sign up to education trust
A far north Queensland Indigenous organisation says families in Cape York have saved a total of about $1 million in educational funds.[MORE]
Science literacy at risk of extinction
Did humans live at the same time as dinosaurs? The answer is of course no, but about a third of Australians got it wrong in a recent survey.[MORE]
Crean pledges to keep trade training centres
Federal Education and Employment Minister Simon Crean says industry in Gladstone cannot afford to lose trade training centres if the Liberal National Party (LNP) is elected.[MORE]
Independent Schools Qld quizzes candidates
Candidates for the seats of Herbert and Kennedy have met delegates from Independent Schools Queensland (ISQ) to discuss their education policies.[MORE]
Education Minister apologises over gas heater gaffe
The Education Minister has apologised for announcing unflued gas heaters would be replaced in public schools without getting cabinet approval first.[MORE]
TAFE training centre opens at Point Pearce
A training centre for Aboriginal students on Yorke Peninsula is being opened at Point Pearce.[MORE]
Greens: Premier deliberately humiliated Education Minister
Greens MP John Kaye says the Premier has used an invitation for his recommendations on unflued gas heaters to 'publicly insult' her Education Minister.[MORE]
Doubt on govt plan to replace school heaters
The Premier has cast doubt over a commitment made yesterday by the Education Minister Verity Firth to replace all of the state's unflued gas heaters in public schools.[MORE]
Townsville kids win award at international film festival
Students at a north Queensland primary school have won a prestigious award at the international short film festival in Japan. [MORE]
School's federally funded building frame collapses
A school building project funded under the federal government's BER scheme has come tumbling down at Wagga Wagga in southern New South Wales. [MORE]
Schools get $12m for computer support
The South Australian Government says it will spend $12 million to hire computer support staff for schools.[MORE]
Uni SA hopes stoppages won't hit students
Students at the University of South Australia are being told to turn up for classes next week despite planned stoppages by some staff.[MORE]
School bans plastic water bottles
Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College in Sydney's north has banned the sale of plastic water bottles.[MORE]
Labor Senator criticises NT's bilingual policy
Labor Senator Trish Crossin has criticised the Territory Government's bilingual education policy at an Indigenous childcare conference.[MORE]
Adverse health effects from school heaters: report
The state government says it will release a timetable to phase out unflued gas heaters after a report found adverse health effects on students.[MORE]
Hale faces complaints over school funding formula
Federal Labor Member for Solomon Damian Hale has faced complaints over funding cuts while opening new school facilities in Darwin. [MORE]
Trekkers offered cave tours in Klingon
The Jenolan Caves near the Blue Mountains is about to become possibly the first tourist attraction in the world to host tours in the fictional Star Trek language of Klingon.[MORE]
Bashir spells out literacy importance
New South Wales Governor Marie Bashir will visit Wilcannia today to launch an early literacy project called Book Buzz.[MORE]
Immigration cuts could cripple industry: universities
The peak body for the nation's universities says the Federal Opposition's plans to cut immigration numbers could cripple the multi-billion dollar international education industry.[MORE]
Man injured after school gas explosion
A man has suffered serious facial burns after a gas explosion at a western Sydney high school.[MORE]
Government throws lifeline to Eaglehawk school
The State Government has bowed to community pressure and decided to keep the Eaglehawk Primary School open. [MORE]
International student sector warns against reducing visas
The organisation representing the international student sector has objected to the Coalition's proposal to reduce student visas.[MORE]
Emergency workers praised after school fire
Emergency service personnel have been praised for their response to a fire at Griffith High School on Friday morning.[MORE]
Principal guilty of teen sexual assault
A Sydney court has heard a 46-year-old man abused his power as a principal when he raped a young student in northern New South Wales.[MORE]
My School site accused of stereotyping Aborigines
An Aboriginal education advocate wants to know why the My School website lists the number of Indigenous students at each school.[MORE]
