Poor reception for high school mobile phone ban

A ban on mobile phones in South Australian high schools is set to go ahead, with teachers accusing the State Government of “populist politics”.

'I ruled it out': Premier's lesson over early schools closure call

Premier Peter Malinauskas says he has made it “crystal clear” to the Education Department that he rejects a teachers’ union call for term one to end early due to pandemic fatigue, as a COVID management committee today examines close contact rules.

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Schools, teachers under pressure as COVID takes toll

The Education Department has called up most of its relief teachers and is struggling to plug gaps in country schools as the number of COVID cases and close contacts rise, with the education union calling for an early end to term one.

Teachers' strike decision drags on

UPDATED | A decision on whether a teachers’ strike will go ahead next week is dragging on, with the education union giving the State Government a new deadline to meet its COVID safety demands for the return to school.

Postpone school return to avert teacher strike: union

UPDATED | The teachers’ union says it will not go ahead with a strike if the State Government agrees to extend school holidays by two weeks to make safer COVID plans, instead of sending half the state’s children back to classrooms on February 2.

Strike action looming over 'totally unworkable' return to school plan

UPDATED | Public school teachers will go on strike on the first day of the modified school year if the State Government doesn’t adequately address ongoing COVID safety concerns, the Australian Education Union SA branch executive has recommended.