❓ Ljiljanna Ravlich questions the Minister for Education regarding the expiration of the National Partnership Agreement on Improving Literacy and Numeracy and the state government's plans to continue funding the program. The Minister confirms the expiration and states the state will not fill funding gaps for federal programs, instead focusing on early childhood education.
AnsweredQoN 786Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
NATIONAL
PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT ON IMPROVING LITERACY AND NUMERACY
786. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH to
the Minister for Education:
(1) Can the
minister confirm that the national partnership agreement on improving literacy
and numeracy expired on 30 June 2014?
(2) Can the
minister confirm that the agreement was worth over $20 million to Western
Australian public schools in 2013–14?
(3) Will the
state government now provide state funding to continue this program; and, if
not, why not?
PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT ON IMPROVING LITERACY AND NUMERACY
786. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH to
the Minister for Education:
(1) Can the
minister confirm that the national partnership agreement on improving literacy
and numeracy expired on 30 June 2014?
(2) Can the
minister confirm that the agreement was worth over $20 million to Western
Australian public schools in 2013–14?
(3) Will the
state government now provide state funding to continue this program; and, if
not, why not?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for some
notice of the question.
(1)–(2) Yes,
it did, and we will not be filling gaps for federal government programs.
Suffice to say, we will continue to inject an enormous amount of funds into the
early years of education, and that is why we have placed such a significant
emphasis on early childhood over the last few years—in particular,
compulsory preprimary, the development of 16 child and parent centres, and a
new funding model that directs money specifically to those early years of
learning.
The
PRESIDENT : I think
that was a question without notice, but never mind.
Hon PETER COLLIER : Yes, it was.
notice of the question.
(1)–(2) Yes,
it did, and we will not be filling gaps for federal government programs.
Suffice to say, we will continue to inject an enormous amount of funds into the
early years of education, and that is why we have placed such a significant
emphasis on early childhood over the last few years—in particular,
compulsory preprimary, the development of 16 child and parent centres, and a
new funding model that directs money specifically to those early years of
learning.
The
PRESIDENT : I think
that was a question without notice, but never mind.
Hon PETER COLLIER : Yes, it was.
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