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Teachers fed up with instability

06 July 2008
By

Maree O'Halloran


President

The Education and Training portfolio has had six Ministers in the last six and a half years and the number looks like rising.

The NSW teaching profession is fed up with the state government treating education and training as a "revolving door" portfolio. This portfolio is critical for the children of this state and our future social and economic strength. It is not good enough to have "caretaker" Ministers who hold office for very short periods to avoid accountability. The evidence is clear that poor government policy is being developed on the run with no evidence base and no understanding of the likely impact.

Over 600 teacher, head teacher and principal delegates will today call on the Premier to directly intervene to re-establish a positive relationship with the education workforce. The staffing, standards and salaries disputes need political settlements to ensure stability and industrial harmony.

The delegates are meeting today at the University of Technology at the start of the three day Teachers Federation Annual Conference. On Tuesday morning, the Conference will reconvene at Governor Macquarie Tower to call directly for the Premier.


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