Teachers union calls for more funding | April 3, 2024 | Illawarra Mercury - video Dailymotion

Illawarra Mercury

NSW Teachers Federation president Henry Rajendra talks to Smiths Hill High School teachers as the union campaigns for more federal funding for public schools.

Transcript

00:00 There is no greater urgency than to ensure that our public schools are funded to 100%

00:05 of the minimum level of funding required, the schooling resource standard.

00:08 Whilst private schools are at 100% of that schooling resource standard, or indeed above,

00:14 in New South Wales we are at 89%, 11% massive gap. That reflects a chronic funding shortfall

00:22 in our system, that is $1.9 billion. $1.9 billion that should we have had it this year,

00:28 we could have employed 10-12,000 extra permanent teachers, a 20% increase across the board.

00:35 We began the school year in this region, according to the Department of Education figures,

00:41 with 149 unfilled vacancies, impacting 58% of the 257 schools across this region.

00:50 That is unacceptable.

00:52 What do we want? Full funding!

00:53 When do we want it? Now!

00:55 What do we want? Full funding!

00:56 When do we want it? Now!

01:04 [BLANK_AUDIO]

Teachers union calls for more funding | April 3, 2024 | Illawarra Mercury

Category

Transcript

Recommended