Doorstop interview, Canberra

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Doorstop interview, Canberra Topics: SA TAFE crisis 06/12/2017 Simon Birmingham: Over the last five years, the Federal Government has provided $771 million to the South Australian Government to support vocational education and training. What we’ve seen in that time is constant policy chaos. The South Australian Government had a policy called Skills For…

Improvements in reading literacy outcomes, but no room for complacency

Australian Year 4 students have shown marked improvement in reading literacy outcomes, according to a new international comparative study. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) showed Australian students improved their ranking from 27th (out of 45 countries) in 2011 to 21st (out of 50 countries)…