Submissions
Catholic Education Office, Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn
The submission is structured along the lines of the Inquiry's terms of reference and details
- The availability and accessibility of both primary and secondary schooling in the Archdiocese
- The quality of the educational services: including curriculum, staffing, learning support for students with learning difficulties and for Indigenous students
- Human rights of students and parents in the Catholic schooling system
The submission reports on consultations with the regional and local rural Catholic school communities in the Archdiocese which identified issues of disadvantage and inequality experienced by families served by their local Catholic schools.
The submission lists "priority areas for action to address the inequalities and disadvantages facing schools in the Archdiocese" and concludes by suggesting that the Commission "recommend to the Commonwealth and State/Territory governments that proactive initiatives be taken to ensure that the choices of schooling opportunities and educational provisions for Australia's rural and remote communities be resourced, over an appropriate time period, to more closely resemble those available to urban and more densely populated communities in Australia".
NSW Department of Education and Training
The submission is in six sections.
- Introduction: the statutory obligations of the Department of Education and Training and the statewide structure for planning and delivering educational services.
- The availability and accessibility of primary and secondary schooling in NSW: deals with the Inquiry's first term of reference.
- The quality of education services and technological support services: deals with the Inquiry's second term of reference.
- Education of students with special needs: deals with the Inquiry's third term of reference.
- Examples of programs for students, teachers and the community operating in rural areas of New South Wales.
- Review and Conclusion.
Note that the Attachments provided by the Department are not included in this electronic version of the submission.
Last updated 2 December 2001.
