Abstract
The federal and Northern Territory governments have just made a “historic” funding announcement of about A$1 billion for schools in the territory.
This includes an extra $737.7 million from the federal government and an extra $350 million from the NT government between 2025 and 2029. This would make the NT only the third Australian jurisdiction (after the ACT and Western Australia) to have “fully funded” public schools.
This means they would get 100% of the “Schooling Resource Standard” which was set up through the so-called Gonski reforms more than a decade ago. This determines how much funding schools get based on student needs.
Federal Education Minister Jason Clare described the announcement as a “historic day for public education in the Northern Territory”.
What is the funding for? What do NT schools and students need?
This includes an extra $737.7 million from the federal government and an extra $350 million from the NT government between 2025 and 2029. This would make the NT only the third Australian jurisdiction (after the ACT and Western Australia) to have “fully funded” public schools.
This means they would get 100% of the “Schooling Resource Standard” which was set up through the so-called Gonski reforms more than a decade ago. This determines how much funding schools get based on student needs.
Federal Education Minister Jason Clare described the announcement as a “historic day for public education in the Northern Territory”.
What is the funding for? What do NT schools and students need?
| Original language | English |
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| Specialist publication | The Conversation |
| Publication status | Published - 15 Mar 2024 |