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After technical education developed into a state-wide TAFE NSW network of colleges, eventually a separate Department of Technical Education was established in 1949. [1] In 1957 a committee was appointed to survey secondary education in New South Wales to survey and report on the provision of full-time education for adolescents.
This resulted in the Education Reform Act 1990 (NSW) (now the Education Act 1990). Prior to its assent on 1 June 1990, school education in New South Wales had been provided under a law developed 110 years earlier by Henry Parkes and William Wilkins in their "Public Instruction Act 1880 (NSW)". On the significance of this law, Metherell said in ...
educationstandards.nsw.edu.au The New South Wales Education Standards Authority (abbreviated as NESA ) is the state government education statutory authority with the responsibility for the establishment and monitoring of school standards in the Australian state of New South Wales .
Minister for Higher Education and Employment Services: 7 May 1990 () 20 December 1991 () 2 years, 321 days Keating: 20 December 1991 () 24 March 1993 () 2 Ross Free: Minister for Schools, Vocational Education and Training 24 March 1993 11 March 1996 3 years, 18 days 3 David Kemp Liberal: Howard
The Higher School Certificate (HSC) is the credential awarded to secondary school students who successfully complete senior high school level studies (Years 10, 11 and 12 or equivalent) in New South Wales and some ACT schools in Australia, as well as some international schools in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, China, and Papua New Guinea.
Education in Australia is compulsory between the ages of four, five, or six [13] and fifteen, sixteen or seventeen, depending on the state or territory and the date of birth. [14] For primary and secondary education, government schools educate approximately 64 per cent of Australian students, with approximately 36 per cent in non-government ...
The Act established the Board of National Education, a body corporate, with a Chairman of the Board appointed by the board members. [3] The Board was abolished by the colonial government of Henry Parkes in 1866 with the passing of the Public Schools Act 1866 and its functions were replaced by the Council of Education. [3]
The NSW Department of Education outlines the importance of learning religion in government school curriculums [7] but SRE is not comprehensive, general religious education. The NSW Education Act 1990 No.8 states under Section 32 that "in every government school, time is to be allowed for the religious education of children of any religious ...