After decades of the reading wars,another ideological culture battle is set to ignite when teachers return from their school holidays.
Enrolments at public schools have been dropping and this is cited as a key reason behind a slashing of schools’ budgets,revealed to principals in an all-staff note earlier this week.
Deputy Premier Prue Car has criticised teachers for wearing the Palestinian scarf in schools,saying classrooms are not places for political activism.
Education Minister Prue Car was tasked with identifying the budget savings needed to boost the wages of 95,000 teachers,the majority of which will receive historic increases of up to $10,000.
Education Minister Prue Car said the bureaucracy had proliferated and ordered cuts be made as teachers get pay rises of up to $10,000.
Pay uncertainty still surrounds NSW’s teachers despite the deal agreed between the state government and the union.
Education Minister Prue Car says savings will need to be made to fund a pay rise agreed to with teachers,ending months of talks between the government and unions.
Education Minister Prue Car has sought to calm tensions between the NSW Teachers Federation and the Minns government by saying a 2.5 per cent pay offer after a big first-year wage increases could change.
Chris Minns slammed NSW teacher shortages from opposition. That problem is now his to fix,and the education union is already off-side.
Principals say fewer students are choosing SRE,and are pushing to overhaul rules that leave students unable to do formal school activities if they opt out of scripture.
Premier Chris Minns has denied claims by the NSW Teachers Federation that his government walked away from a pay agreement.