School attendance is on the rise at one Papua New Guinea school, and researchers say its new playground could be responsible. Truancy is an issue throughout PNG. Only 55 per cent of primary age children are enrolled in school and ...
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After a tense wait for their VCE results, a cohort of Victorian teens now have a clear pathway into higher education after receiving scholarships from the University of Melbourne. The UniMelb National Scholarship offers students tuition fee-exempt places in one ...
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Australia must address growing inequity across the school system in 2016, experts agree. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development shows Australia’s schools are becoming socially stratified. OECD figures in the Going for Growth 2015 report show a direct correlation ...
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Refugees on temporary visas and about 29,000 asylum seekers may miss out on education because they are ineligible for government aid to help meet the substantial financial costs. To go to university, refugees on Temporary Protection Visas and asylum seekers must pay full ...
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An initiative getting trouble-making teens out of court and into class has received a five star review from Victoria University. 950 young people a year appear before in criminal cases at Victoria’s Children’s Court each year. The Education Justice Initiative ...
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The recent chicken pox outbreak at a Melbourne primary school reinforces the importance of ensuring kids are vaccinated, an expert has said. Last week 80 of the 320 kids at Brunswick North West Primary school came down with chickenpox. At ...
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