
Fears of TAFE course, job cuts
The Australian Education Union fears up to 50 per cent of TAFE SA courses, and many lecturers, could be axed next year.
The Australian Education Union fears up to 50 per cent of TAFE SA courses, and many lecturers, could be axed next year.
UPDATED: Public school teachers have been ordered to start planning in advance for a possible return to home schooling amid fears the resurgence of COVID-19 in Melbourne could make its way to South Australia.
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UPDATED: The SA teachers’ union says parents should not send their children to school if they have concerns about the spread of COVID-19, amid claims public schools are without hand sanitiser and classes are unable to practice social distancing.
The State Government will go to the South Australian employment tribunal in a bid to end a long-running dispute with teachers over a new enterprise agreement.
South Australian teachers would be among the worst-paid in the country if they were to accept the current pay rise offered by the State Government, the head of the Education Department has revealed.
More than 3000 public school teachers have rallied in Adelaide, vowing to take the fight for better wages and conditions up to the State Government.
Most South Australian public schools will stay open during tomorrow’s half-day strike by teachers in a “vote of no-confidence in the union bosses”, says Treasurer Rob Lucas.