Education Week
Ms SHING (Eastern Victoria) (09:47): This week is Education Week, and it has been such an honour to recognise the many teachers, staff, instructors, volunteers and support crews for education systems right across the state. We have invested a record amount of funding into every part of our education system to provide a lifelong opportunity for people to learn—and learn in a way that benefits them throughout their entire working lives and right through to the very activities that they enjoy within community. From free TAFE through to universal access to three-year-old kinder and from the support that we have provided to schools, including in this year’s budget for specialist schools, to the upgrades and the uplifts to the investment in teacher education, recruitment and support, we have seen not only that our schools, our staff and student bodies have risen to the challenge of some exceptionally difficult circumstances in the course of the pandemic but also that they have continued to excel in the results, inclusivity and future opportunities across the board.