The NSW government has pledged to improve education outcomes by investing a total of $9.8bn in schools across the state, prioritising education infrastructure in Western Sydney and regional NSW over the next four years. Treasurer Daniel Mookhey handed down Labour's ...

NSW students are increasingly starting kindergarten later compared with a decade ago, according to data from the Department of Education. Many parents are waiting until the year their child turns six before starting kindergarten, with almost 6,000 more children entering ...

Victorian Premier Dan Andrews has opened a new front in the national campaign to attract and retain teachers. Amid ongoing teacher shortages, Victoria will offer fee-free education for high school teaching degrees from next year. This is similar to the ...

Teachers are telling the state government to “show us the money”, with a list of demands including pay rises of up to 25 per cent over three years, more than $1bn in extra classroom support and a 20 per cent reduction in ...

Australia's teachers will receive new resources and more training to teach primary school students how to be safe online. The eSafety Commissioner released a suite of self-paced online training package to help primary school kids develop good practices around online ...

Gamified education could be one of the solutions to boost primary school students' interest in STEM subjects, a new study shows. According lead researcher associate professor Simon Leonard from the University of South Australia, games can help students understand and ...

Remember getting your pen licence? That enshrined document among Australia’s school-going youth, marking the rite of passage from cheap scribbler to noble, professional scribe. Those endless hours spent painstakingly connecting one letter to another, sewing the alphabet into seamless elegance, ...

Some of Australia’s youngest coders converged on the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) headquarters to compete for the title of top coder this week. The 24 primary school students battling for supremacy on the day hailed from 41 ...

National Science Week gives people a chance to think ahead. But the technological future isn't just about emotive robots and self-driving cars; it also involves children. That's why, if we want a smart machine programming a self-driving car, we need to ensure ...

Primary school environments have been shown to affect children’s physical activity at school. By Aileen Macalintal The University of Western Australia’s ACTIVE Schools Project investigated 27 government-funded primary schools in Perth. Dr Karen Martin, author of the study, said “the ...