Rural and Remote Education - NSW

Rural

and Remote Education - NSW

Submissions

Catholic Education

Office, Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn

The submission is

structured along the lines of the Inquiry's terms of reference and details

• The availability

  and accessibility of both primary and secondary schooling in the Archdiocese

• The quality of

  the educational services: including curriculum, staffing, learning support

  for students with learning difficulties and for Indigenous students

• Human rights of

  students and parents in the Catholic schooling system

The submission reports

on consultations with the regional and local rural Catholic school communities

in the Archdiocese which identified issues of disadvantage and inequality

experienced by families served by their local Catholic schools.

The submission lists

"priority areas for action to address the inequalities and disadvantages

facing schools in the Archdiocese" and concludes by suggesting that the

Commission "recommend to the Commonwealth and State/Territory governments

that proactive initiatives be taken to ensure that the choices of schooling

opportunities and educational provisions for Australia's rural and remote

communities be resourced, over an appropriate time period, to more closely

resemble those available to urban and more densely populated communities

in Australia".

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(54K)

NSW Department

of Education and Training

The submission is

in six sections.

1. Introduction:

   the statutory obligations of the Department of Education and Training

   and the statewide structure for planning and delivering educational

   services.

2. The availability

   and accessibility of primary and secondary schooling in NSW: deals with

   the Inquiry's first term of reference.

3. The quality of

   education services and technological support services: deals with the

   Inquiry's second term of reference.

4. Education of students

   with special needs: deals with the Inquiry's third term of reference.

5. Examples of programs

   for students, teachers and the community operating in rural areas of

   New South Wales.

6. Review and Conclusion.

Note that the Attachments

provided by the Department are not included in this electronic version

of the submission.

PDF (243K),

Word

(334K)

Last

updated 2 December 2001.