Has the education sector grown complacent about academic standards in schools?
Generally, in fact invariably, whenever the issue of quality in education is raised, the finger is pointed at funding. So lets look at funding. The majority of students in this country are in public schools. *** State Governments own, operate, manage and provide most of the funding for State Government schools, with supplementary funding from the Commonwealth. Federal funding for State schools is calculated on a percentage of the States investment and has been for decades. If State Governments increase their investment the Federal investment increases automatically. Contrary to the claims of Labor and the unions, the Howard Government has provided record funding to State Government schools every year since 1996. Funding has increased by almost 120% since 1996 while enrolments in State Government schools increased by 1.1% over that time. When the unions say there is inadequate Federal funding, it is really a criticism that State Governments are not investing sufficiently in their school
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