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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Adeshola Ore

Education ministers unite to demand Albanese government fix teacher shortages

Education minister Jason Clare
Education minister Jason Clare on Wednesday announced a five-year deal in which WA and commonwealth will jointly boost public school funding. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

State and territory education ministers have joined forces to demand the commonwealth implement a suite of major reforms to fix the nation’s teacher shortages, after all jurisdictions except WA rejected a landmark education funding agreement.

The majority of Australia’s education ministers have called for the Albanese government to consider waiving Hecs debt for teaching degrees, increasing the number of commonwealth-supported university places and boosting the number of scholarships for students.

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