For the first time in three decades, the NSW school curriculum is undergoing a complete reform. Jason van Tol argues that it is important to note what is being omitted.
Too many NSW students are leaving school without the ability to express themselves in writing, even though they are entering a world that increasingly requires it of them.
New school maths course to teach students how to budget and read their payslip
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NSW will introduce a new year 11 and 12 HSC maths course to help students master the everyday numeracy skills they will need in their adult lives, such as understanding taxes, making a budget and keeping accounts.
An evaluation of the numeracy course found it increased mathematics participation by up to 11 per cent for students studying vocational education and training courses, and by up to eight per cent for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.
Australian State Needs 11,000 More Public School Teachers Within the Next Decade
New South Wales (NSW) will need to recruit thousands of new teachers in the next 10 years to meet the demand from record-high student enrolment numbers.
A new report (pdf) by economist Adam Rorris commissioned by the NSW Teachers Federation Union projects that public schools need to hire at least 11,000 additional teachers by 2031 to meet the surging number of kindergarten to year 12 enrolments.
However, the education department has found that the state already has existing teacher shortages, particularly in STEM fields and rural locations.
“This is projected to worsen due to a combination of student population increases, an ageing workforce, and fewer people going into teaching,” NSW Auditor-General Margaret Crawford said in an audit report from 2019 (pdf).
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