Department for Education

Thursday, October 22

SA teachers told to prepare for second wave of online learning

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.

"Troubling" NAPLAN participation rate among SA children in care

South Australia is failing young people in care by not ensuring more participate in the NAPLAN, the state’s Guardian for Children says, following the release of data showing only half of Year 9 students under the guardianship last year sat the national test.

Online learning portal crashes as students return to school

Students, parents and teachers across the state were met with error messages as they attempted to access the Government’s online learning portal today, as thousands of children returned to school for the start of term.

"Dreadful" decline in Kaurna language teaching

UPDATED: Kaurna teaching has declined “dreadfully” since the 1990s, the linguist that helped revitalise the language has warned, amid concerns the Education Department has failed to provide a viable career path for Kaurna people to teach in schools.

SA schools to cut disability funding red tape

In an Australian first, South Australian public schools will be able to receive thousands of dollars in funding to support students with disability based on a teacher’s judgement and not on a formal diagnosis.

Teachers strike as pay offer revealed to be 'middling' at best

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.

Disability rate among children in care a “travesty”

School-aged children in state care are seven times more likely to have an intellectual disability than the overall student population, data from the Education Department reveals.