Exclusive: One of the country's most experienced policy gurus will preside over the authority responsible for curriculum and teaching standards in NSW | JordsBaker
One of the country's most experienced policy gurus will preside over the authority responsible for curriculum and teaching standards in NSW, raising hopes he will be a "powerful" force in education reform.
“As NSW undertakes a review of the curriculum for the first time in three decades and moves into the digital space for examinations and learning, the experience Professor Shergold brings from both the private and public sector will be vital,” she said. Former NSW education minister Adrian Piccoli, who merged the Board of Studies with the NSW Institute of Teachers to create NESA, said the authority's board was intended as a tough, cross-sector policy adviser to the government.But NESA has "tried to keep everybody happy, and in the end probably kept nobody happy," said Professor Piccoli. "[Professor] Shergold comes with a massive pedigree, he's been involved in a lot of change in government ...
The authority's present chair, Tom Alegounarias, who has been in the job since the beginning of 2017, is stepping down.
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