Schools

Mother and son home schooling. | Newsreel

Home schooling group needs parent experts

Queensland parents’ views on Home Education will be the focus of a new State Government advisory group. Expressions of Interest are being called for members of the
Read more 20 May 2024
John Palma (First Secretary to the PNG Minister for Education), Mary Hurwood (program project manager, QUT Engagement and Development), Francis Alua (PNG MP for Karimui-Nomane), Professor Mark Harvey (QUT Deputy Vice-Chancellor, International and External Relations), Lucas Dawa Dekena (PNG Minister for Education), Professor Lori Lockyer (Executive Dean, QUT Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice), Professor Sue Irvine (Head of the QUT School of Early Childhood and Inclusive Education), and Dr Uke Kombra (Secretary for the PNG Department of Education). | Newsreel

QUT boosts skills of PNG teachers

Thousands of teachers in Papua New Guinea will be upskilled through a new QUT diploma course. The Brisbane university is helping the country transition to a new school
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CTM and Virgin sponsorship deal for Yulari students.

First Nations children given education boost

The vast distances some First Nations children need to travel just to attend school each term can prohibit them from an education. But now children from Yalari, which
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Composer Ethan Waller. | Newsreel

Illness keeping 100,000 students away from school

New digital support services have been released to support more than 100,000 students who are missing out on significant school time due to medical and mental
Read more 22 April 2024
Stressed teacher. | Newsreel

Program aims to take WHS burden off teachers

Queensland teachers will have extra support to reduce administration tasks under a joint Federal-State pilot program. The program will fund 11 specialist staff across 33
Read more 19 April 2024
School children in playground. | Newsreel

School land struggle as 90,000 student influx looms

The Queensland school sector is struggling to find land for new schools as it contemplates an influx of 90,000 new students in less than 20 years. Independent Schools
Read more 17 April 2024
School children and teacher in classroom. | Newsreel

Home schooling and discipline changes withdrawn

The Queensland Government has amended its new Education bill to remove items relating to student discipline and home schooling. Education Minister Di Farmer said there
Read more 16 April 2024
Students in classroom. | Newsreel

Queensland students ‘deserve their fair share’

In the wake of billion-dollar funding deals in other areas of Australia, P&C Qld is calling on all levels of government to fully fund public schools in the
Read more 4 April 2024
Teacher with students in classroom. | Newsreel

School clusters proposed to ease weight on principals

Public policy think tank The Grattan Institute has called for trials of school clustering in Australia to improve student outcomes and better support school leaders. The
Read more 19 March 2024
School students and researcher studying microscope. | Newsreel

Researchers reach out to inspire students in FNQ

School students in Far North Queensland accessed some of the State’s brightest scientific minds with a visit from QIMR Berghofer researchers. The researchers travelled
Read more 17 March 2024