Tuesday 27 October 2015

I give a Gonski! Do YOU?

Years ago businessman David Gonski was commissioned by the federal government to undertake a fundamental assessment of how well existing educational practices are working. We are still waiting on the Federal Ministers to fund the fifth and sixth year of GONSKI implementation.

Last Wednesday our NSW Education Minister, Adrian Piccoli, announced record levels of funding for NSW public schools next year.

The $113 million boost pledged will target schools most in need through the Gonski reforms and comes on top of the $860 million already committed to funding school resources in 2016. This is great news for students who need extra help.

If you are not sure why GONSKI money is to important take a few minutes to view this video. It is brief and to the point.

Gonski uses a new allocation model(RAM) to distribute funding to schools. It re-aligns the total pool of funding to focus on students from some form of disadvantage.

The funding is delivered on the basis of the Family Occupation and Education Index (FOEI), to accurately identify levels of socio-economic disadvantage and target funding accordingly.

On the I give a Gonski website it states:

Gonski funding will ensure that every school has the right resources to meet the needs of every child. But only a fraction of the funding has been delivered so far.

Parents, teachers and community members need to work together to convince the Turnbull Government to deliver this vital funding in full!
I give a GONSKI