The number of school development days at NSW public schools will rise from six to eight from next year,moving back the first day of term 1 to February 6.
Parents have been told there will be minimal supervision at the state’s schools on Monday.
The shake-up has been welcomed by the teachers’ union,but slammed by critics who warn it will erode quality assurance and vital oversight of thousands of teaching courses.
After decades of the reading wars,another ideological culture battle is set to ignite when teachers return from their school holidays.
Enrolments at public schools have been dropping and this is cited as a key reason behind a slashing of schools’ budgets,revealed to principals in an all-staff note earlier this week.
Deputy Premier Prue Car has criticised teachers for wearing the Palestinian scarf in schools,saying classrooms are not places for political activism.
Education Minister Prue Car was tasked with identifying the budget savings needed to boost the wages of 95,000 teachers,the majority of which will receive historic increases of up to $10,000.
Education Minister Prue Car said the bureaucracy had proliferated and ordered cuts be made as teachers get pay rises of up to $10,000.
Pay uncertainty still surrounds NSW’s teachers despite the deal agreed between the state government and the union.
Education Minister Prue Car says savings will need to be made to fund a pay rise agreed to with teachers,ending months of talks between the government and unions.