Tuesday, 21 February 2023

 Juliana ADDISON (Wendouree) (14:33): (27) My question is to the Minister for Education. Will the minister please provide me with an update of how the tutor learning initiative is benefiting students in my electorate of Wendouree? On a visit to Forest Street Primary School, a great school in Wendouree, I was pleased to meet a tutor working with grade 2 students to improve their numeracy. As a former teacher, I want every student to reach their potential, and the tutor program is supporting this. Over the last two years the tutor learning initiative has identified the needs of individual students and provided instruction in small groups to help these students develop better understandings. I welcome that the program has been extended into 2023 through our nation-leading investment of $258 million. Our tutor initiative supports our classroom teachers and provides opportunities for teachers who may be retired or have caring responsibilities and are unable to work full-time to be able to return to the classroom and continue teaching, which they enjoy so much. I look forward to the minister’s response.