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June 2010 News Articles

Victorian Government to Improve Educational Opportunities
for Regional Students

As part of its plan to attract more people to regional Victoria, the Victorian Government has announced that it will provide $103.6 million to improve educational opportunities outside of Melbourne. Read more here...

Science National Curriculum Changes Called For

The Science Teachers’ Association of Victoria has called for a number of changes to the Australian Curriculum in its submission to the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. Read more here...

On Track 2009 Data Released

Results from the 2009 On Track Survey of school leavers has indicated that non-government school students are still more likely to go to university than government school students, but that more students overall are undertaking tertiary study. Read more here...

English and Arts National Curriculum Discussions

A submission on the national English curriculum has expressed concern that the requirement to teach phonics has not received enough prominence, and that it is ‘submerged in a sea of competing strategies’. Read more here..