Analysis of the latest financial data reveals that a handful of Victorian and NSW private schools outspent 3300 public schools on new facilities in just one year. State education ministers are calling for the Commonwealth to close the gap in capital infrastructure spending.
A handful of Victorian and NSW private schools together outspent 3300 of the nation’s public schools on new facilities in just one year, analysis of the latest financial data shows.
State education ministers are calling for the Commonwealth to close the gap in capital infrastructure spending, with a one-off $215 million public school upgrade program set to expire, and new analysis by the Australian teachers’ union revealing twice as much money is being spent on private infrastructure per student as public. State education ministers are calling for the Commonwealth to close the gap in capital infrastructure spending.In a report to be released on Friday, Australian Education Union researchers analysed school spending on capital works via Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority data, taking in both government funding and money spent by non-government schools from other large revenue sources such as parent fees, investments and donation
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