Tag: Education
Darwin schoolboy's song performed across country
A song co-written by a Darwin schoolboy is being sung by 500,000 students from around the country as part of a national music program.[MORE]
Teacher, student injured at school camp
A teacher and a 13 year old boy have been injured at a school camp at Mount Barney National park, south-west of Brisbane.[MORE]
Asylum-seeker rhetoric blamed for slump in student visas
The National Tertiary Education Union is concerned about a big fall in the number of international students wanting to study in Australia.[MORE]
'Little progress' on standardised science tests
A report on the Queensland Government's plan to lift education standards in primary schools has found there has been little progress on science testing.[MORE]
School upgrades 'mind blowing': principal
The Western Australian Government expects the upgrade of Dongara District High School to be complete by mid-2012.[MORE]
Port corporation denies having bully culture
The Newcastle Port Corporation has denied there is a culture of bullying at the organisation after concern was raised in an independent workplace review.[MORE]
Degree yields better return than share market
New research has found a university degree can be more financially rewarding than investing in real estate or the share market. [MORE]
Core test for year 12 students
About 30,000 year 12 students are preparing to take the Queensland core skills test today.[MORE]
Indigenous ear disease rate still high
A Queensland Health worker says there are still high rates of middle-ear disease in Indigenous children in the state's remote communities.[MORE]
Hotels back new crackdown on drunken violence
Queensland's Hotels Association says it supports the State Government's new plans to crack down on drunken violence. [MORE]
Union to air job concerns with school
A meeting will be held today at the Sunshine Coast Grammar School to discuss union concerns about the jobs of teaching staff. [MORE]
Med students demand action on intern shortage
Australian medical students are calling for the urgent introduction of a national authority to manage a shortage of hospital internships.[MORE]
$4.5m Warilla school revamp 'like rebuilding school'
New South Wales Education Minister Verity Firth says a multi-million dollar upgrade to Warilla North Public school is essentially like rebuilding the school.[MORE]
Education Qld moves to replace principal facing charges
Education Queensland (EQ) says it is moving to replace the principal at Townsville's Belgian Gardens State School in the state's north after he was arrested on child pornography charges.[MORE]
Jobs Queensland hails success of jobs program
A total of 24 unemployed people have graduated from a jobs program in the Rockhampton region.[MORE]
School terrorist project 'could have been educational'
An expert has defended a school assignment which asked students to plan a terrorist attack that would inflict the most number of civilian casualties.[MORE]
Assigning students terrorist attack a mistake
The principal of Kalgoorlie-Boulder Community high school says one of his teachers made a mistake in asking students to do a class assignment on planning a terrorist attack. [MORE]
Trade college teachers to strike over wage dispute
Teachers at the Hunter Trade College in Maitland are planning further industrial action this week over pay and work conditions. [MORE]
Questions over private school surplus
The Greens want private schools in New South Wales to increase their financial transparency, with revelations the state's most elite schools are posting large surpluses while receiving government funding.[MORE]
Failed science experiment puts boys in hospital
Four boys and two teachers have been taken to hospital after a failed science experiment at a school in the northern Melbourne suburb of Preston.[MORE]
Merbein school council abandons closure plans
A proposal to close two primary schools next year in the Merbein area on the NSW-Victorian border has been abandoned.[MORE]
Coalition cuts could stop thousands attending uni
There are concerns the Coalition's plan to cut government spending may prevent hundreds of thousands of disadvantaged people from going to university.[MORE]
Labor promises skills training centre for Biloela
Federal Resources Minister Martin Ferguson says a re-elected Labor Government would spend a further $1 million on a skills training centre in Biloela.[MORE]
Labor promises $10m for financial literacy program
The Federal Government has pledged more funds for a financial literacy program for school children, if it wins the election. [MORE]
Broken Hill schools in world record attempt
Students at three Broken Hill schools are hoping to be part of a new world record.[MORE]
