The Latest Breaking News from Education Directorate

Changes to policies on mask wearing and visitors in schools are expected to be announced by the ACT Education Directorate.

Despite household contacts being allowed in the community in certain circumstances, ACT public school students are still following first term COVID safety rules for at least the first two weeks of Term 2.

Parents are grappling with discrepancies in school COVID safety measures.

The work safety watchdog inspected five public school campuses plagued by severe staff shortages.

Masks will still be required in schools under an Education Directorate policy, despite the chief health officer saying a mandate was no longer a proportionate response.

Health Minister Rachel Stephen-Smith has also defended a delay to changing close-contact rules in the ACT

Police are actively investigating an assault which occurred at Gold Creek High School in full view of other students and teachers.

Coronial inquest heard, three and a half years on from tragic death

An inquest into the death of a Canberra student is examining the Education Directorate's safety procedures related to outdoor activities.

While playing with classmates at the base of Mount Ainslie, Adriaan Roodt suffered a traumatic head injury and died later in hospital.

Education Directorate officials respond to a critical audit on teaching quality in the ACT.