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The New South Wales Government is planning to establish an alternative quarantine program for international students to facilitate their return in late 2021, in its latest response to the state’s tumbling revenue of its vital $14.6 billion-worth overseas education industry.
Revealing the details of the proposal, a spokesperson for NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet, said that the state is developing a plan to revive the international student and education sector within the context of the current quarantine system.
“Any approved plan will incorporate all the existing police and health protections to ensure the safety of the community and students,” the spokesperson told SBS Punjabi.
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Federal Education Minister Alan Tudge has called on universities to bring all their local students back on campus straight away as parents, students and academics grow increasingly frustrated by some universities dragging their feet on the return to face-to-face learning.
Parents are worried about their childrenâs mental health and the National Union of Students has accused universities of cutting staff and costs under the guise of COVID-19 safety.
While some universities have most of their students back on campus, this is not uniform and other universities wonât return to normal until August or will pursue a ânew normalâ.
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Yes, Minister, you can entice our best and brightest into teaching. You will have to pay them more
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Yes, Minister, you can entice our best and brightest into teaching. You will have to pay them more
By Julie Sonnemann and Jordana Hunt
April 16, 2021 5.00am
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Federal Education Minister Alan Tudge wants Australia’s best and brightest to take on teaching. Good on him for aiming high – there could hardly be a more worthy goal – but to succeed he will have to reverse a damaging, decades-long trend of bright young Australians turning their backs on a career in teaching.
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