Election year:
2023
Political party:
TOP
Associated politicians:
Policy:
Education
- Give direct cash support to parents for help with early childcare & education.
- Implement a contracting model for ECE that requires the government to award contracts based on the quality of service provision, with a focus on child and community centered outcomes.
- Improve the quality of professional development for teachers.
- Offer fair pay for all teachers, increase funding for teaching assistants and improve specialist support in schools.
- Build curiosity in children and youth, including a 'facilitated play' approach to learning in the early years of schooling.
- Invest in ‘structured literacy’ to boost educational outcomes, including international accredited training for teachers.
- Support lifelong and flexible learning, including funding for ‘night schools’.
- Review the Tertiary Sector to support both student outcomes and academic research.
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