Australian Government Provides Additional Funding for Disadvantaged Schools

Media Release, The Hon. Julia Gillard, MP, 7 February 2010; Media Release, The Hon. Julia Gillard, MP, 11 February 2010; Media Release, The Hon. Julia Gillard, MP & The Hon. Bronwyn Pike, MLA, 11 February 2010; Sunday Herald Sun, 7 February 2010; The Age, 8 February 2010; The Australian, 8 February 2010

The Australian Government Minister for Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Ms Julia Gillard, has announced that the Australian Government will allocate $11 million to support literacy and numeracy programs in 110 Australian schools.

Schools will be eligible to receive funding of up to $100,000 under the program if they had not previously received funding under the Smarter Schools National Partnerships, and if they performed both below the national average in all areas of the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) and below the average of statistically similar schools. The funding will be in addition to the $2.5 billion that the Australian Government had previously allocated under the National Partnerships.

Ms Gillard and the Victorian Government Minister for Education, Ms Bronwyn Pike, announced that 489 Victorian schools would receive funding of up to $477.5 million through the National Partnerships, while 18 schools would receive $1.8 million in additional funding support.

Funding will be used for the creation of specialist centres to provide professional development for teachers and school leaders, for the provision of literacy and numeracy coaches and professional learning programs to support students, and for the establishment of partnerships between schools and community and support agencies to provide additional assistance to students.

 

 

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