Supporting teachers to better meet the needs of students with disability will be a focus for the Turnbull Government’s response to the 2015 Review of the Disability Standards for Education 2005. Minister for Education and Training Senator Simon Birmingham today released the report, and the Turnbull Government’s initial response to recommendations, to coincide with International…
DetailsSubject: Jobs for Families E&OE… Simon Birmingham: Good afternoon, and thank you for coming along today. The Government has, consistent with our commitments, introduced to the Parliament today the Jobs for Families child care reforms. These are important reforms to our child care arrangements, and because they will enable is us to implement a new…
DetailsThe Turnbull Government today introduced the Jobs for Families Child Care package and Family Tax Benefit bills to Parliament to encourage workforce participation and provide a more flexible, accessible child care system. Minister for Education and Training Senator Simon Birmingham said the savings from the Family Tax Benefit bill would be used to fund the…
DetailsThe 2015 NAPLAN National Report released today shows while there are some areas of improvement in student literacy and numeracy outcomes we can and must do better. The Turnbull Government is committed to improving the literacy and numeracy outcomes for school students throughout Australia. Without these key foundation skills students face challenges in successfully progressing…
DetailsSubject: literacy and numeracy standards among trainee teachers E&OE… John Compere: Almost one in ten trainee teachers, eight per cent of teachers, do not make the grade when it comes to the basics of literacy and numeracy, which, when you think the job of teachers is to help kids acquire the same skills, this is…
DetailsThe Turnbull Government has thrown its support behind an initiative to provide more Australian children with an opportunity to learn how to code and be creative in digital environments. The Minister for Education and Training Senator Simon Birmingham today marked the first anniversary of Code Club Australia with a $500,000 commitment to expand their teaching…
DetailsNine out of ten teaching students have passed an Australian-first pilot test to evaluate their literacy and numeracy skills. Minister for Education and Training Senator Simon Birmingham said the test was implemented to ensure that future teaching graduates are in the top 30 per cent of the population in personal literacy and numeracy skills. Minister…
DetailsBuilding on opportunities in education, training and skills with one of Australia’s closest regional neighbours were the focus today of bilateral meetings between Australian and Indonesian Education ministers. Minister for Education and Training Senator Simon Birmingham, and Minister for Tourism and International Education Senator Richard Colbeck, today met Indonesian Minister for Education and Culture Dr…
DetailsSubject: Code Club Australia E&OE… Annie Parker: My name’s Annie Parker, I’m the founder of Code Club Australia. It’s a pleasure to have everybody here today, and especially to welcome Trent Zimmerman and the Minister for Education to see one of our… one of our newest Code Club’s actually. These guys have only been up…
DetailsSubject: Pilot literacy and numeracy test for teaching graduates E&OE… Matthew Abraham: Simon Birmingham is the Education Minister, Minister welcome. Simon Birmingham: Merry Christmas, Matt and Dave. Matthew Abraham: No, Simon Birmingham. You don’t … David Bevan: Nice try. Simon Birmingham: I don’t get the ham? Matthew Abraham: You don’t win… David Bevan: You don’t…
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