Wednesday, 29 October 2025

 Ryan BATCHELOR (Southern Metropolitan) (17:56): Just briefly, I want to rise to make a statement on the Legal and Social Issues Committee inquiry into the state education system in Victoria. As part of that inquiry, we did some analysis of how Victoria is performing in NAPLAN. After the tabling of that document, we got our results for this year and the Education State did not disappoint. The Allan Labor government’s investment in education is delivering NAPLAN results that are nation leading. Victorian students are top of the class, ranking first or second in 18 out of the 20 measures and significantly improving on 2024 results. Seventy per cent of Victorian students are scoring in the top two bands, sitting in either the ‘strong’ or ‘exceeding’ categories, while our primary students are first or second in all 10 domains. I want to particularly shout-out some of the fabulous schools in the Southern Metropolitan Region who are implementing practices designed to teach kids how to read and write more effectively. It is great going around and talking to principals, teachers and staff about how they are going about the task of improving our literacy and numeracy here in Victoria. These achievements are no accident. They are the result of dedicated work by teachers, policy settings put in place by this government and our continued determination to make sure Victoria is the Education State.