Labor will lift teacher entry standards and boost teacher numbers, as part of a plan to raise the status of the teaching profession, fix teacher shortages, and improve student results.
The Morrison Government has let our children down with a school system that\u2019s falling even further behind countries like the United States, the United Kingdom, China and Korea.
This is a serious problem for students, who aren\u2019t being properly prepared for high-skilled, well-paid jobs, and it\u2019s a handbrake on the economy.
Our hardworking teachers do a terrific job. They stepped up during COVID to make sure our kids could keep learning. But far fewer high achievers in Australia choose teaching today. That needs to change.
If the federal government doesn\u2019t act now, we\u2019re going to have a massive teacher shortage in coming years \u2013 we\u2019re already facing shortages and Australia will be about 4,000 teachers short by 2025, according to Senate testimony from the federal education department.
To tackle these issues, Labor will:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Labor will invest $146.5 million to deliver the plan, over four years. This investment will improve outcomes for our kids, and lift education standards for our nation \u2013 helping to secure a Better Future for Australians.
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Anthony Albanese said:<\/strong> Tanya Plibersek said:<\/strong> Labor will lift teacher entry standards and boost teacher numbers, as part of a plan to raise the status of the teaching profession, fix teacher shortages, and improve student results. The Morrison Government has let our children down with a school system that\u2019s falling even further behind countries like the United States, the United Kingdom, … Continue reading “Fixing Teacher Shortages and Lifting Standards”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16551"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16552,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16551\/revisions\/16552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u201cWe want to make sure our kids get the best education they can. That means we have to make sure they get the best quality teaching.
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Labor\u2019s plan will incentivise the best graduates to join the teaching profession, leading to a brighter future for our students and for the nation.\u201d
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\u201cOne of the most important things we can do to stop the slide and boost student results is to lift teaching standards.\u00a0
\u201cI want students competing to get into teaching like they do to get into medicine or law.\u00a0
\u201cIf we want a better future in Australia, we need a smart, skilled workforce so we can compete for jobs and growth with our neighbours.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"